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Birthdays

Miss Mary Hayley Bell, playwright, 85; Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson, Lord- Lieutenant for East Sussex, 71; Commander Lord Cottesloe, Lord-Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire, 69; Sir John Cotton, former diplomat, 87; Sir Charles Davis, former Counsel to the Speaker, 87; Mr George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion, 48; Miss Ann Goddard QC, circuit judge, 60; Miss Margaret Hall, head of design, British Museum, 60; Lord Hughes, former Minister of State for Scotland, 85; Mr John Hurt, actor, 56; Mr John Last, director, Public Affairs, North West Water Group, 56; Miss Piper Laurie, actress, 64; Baroness Lockwood, former President, Birkbeck College, 72; Miss Elizabeth Lynne MP, 48; Mr Sam Perry, rock singer, 43; Sir Alfred Ramsey, former soccer manager, 76; Mrs Claire Rayner, journalist and broadcaster, 65; Mrs Gillian Shephard MP, Secretary of State, Education and Employment, 56; Miss Ann Sothern, actress, 87; Sir Michael Spicer MP, 53; Sir Hilary Talbot, former High Court judge, 84; Sir Graham Wilkins, former chairman and chief executive, Thorn EMI, 72.

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