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TOMORROW: Dr Jack Birks, former managing director, BP, 75; Mr Alister Campbell, rugby player, 35; Lord Colwyn, dental surgeon and jazz trumpeter, 53; Miss Valentina Cortese, actress, 71; Sir James Crane, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 74; Mrs Christine Crawley, MEP, 45; Sir John Dick QC, former Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 75; Mr Richard Gibson, actor, 40; Professor Dame June Lloyd, paediatrician, 67; Miss Zena Marshall, actress, 68; Dr James Merriman, former chairman, Nationa l Computing Centre, 80; Mr James Moorhouse, MEP, 71; Col Patrick Porteous VC, 77; Sir Christopher Prout QC (Life Peer), 53; Professor Ralph Raphael, Professor Emeritus of Organic Chemistry, Cambridge University, 74; Mr Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, 46; Mr J.

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