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Birthdays

Miss Eva Bartok, actress, 67; Mr Peter Batty, television and film producer, 65; Mr James Bishop, former editor-in-chief, Illustrated London News Publications, 67; Mr Michael Blakemore, theatre director, 68; Mr Ian Carmichael, actor, 76; Mr Carl de Winter, former secretary- general, Federation of British Artists, 62; Mr Barry Evans, actor, 53; Miss Patricia Hutchinson, former ambassador to Uruguay, 70; Mr Roy Jackson, former assistant general secretary, TUC, 68; Mr John Kelsall, Headmaster, Brentwood School, 53; General Sir Brian Kenny, Governor, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 62; Sir Dennis Landau, former chief executive, CWS, 69; Mr Paul McCartney, songwriter and former Beatle, 54; Miss Alison Moyet, singer, 35; Sir Peter Phillips, former chairman, AB Electronics, 66; Miss Delia Smith, cookery writer, 55.

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