Birthdays
Sir Hardy Amies, royal dressmaker, 87; Mr Richard Barker, former Headmaster, Sevenoaks School, 57; Mr Hartley Booth MP, 50; Mr Tim Brooke-Taylor, actor, 56; Mr Mark Burgess, cricketer, 52; Miss Diahann Carroll, actress and singer, 61; Sir Alan Cottrell, former Master, Jesus College, Cambridge University, 77; Miss Phyllis Diller, comedienne and concert pianist, 79; Mr Patrick Egan, former chairman, Fisons, 66; Mr William Etherington MP, 55; Mr Ray Galton, scriptwriter, 66; Baroness Gardner of Parkes, dental surgeon, 69; Mr W. Gordon Graham, publisher, 76; Mr Eric Hammond, trade union leader, 67; Mr Peter Hardy MP, 65; Mr John Harper, former deputy managing director, British Telecom, 66; Sir William Henderson, microbiologist, 83; Sir William Heseltine, former private secretary to the Queen, 66; Lord Lane, former Lord Chief Justice of England, 78; The Right Rev David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, 66; Mr John Patten MP, 51; Dr Marjorie Reeves, historian, 91; Mr Andrew Robathan MP, 45; Mr Peter Sissons, television presenter and newscaster, 54; Mr Wayne Sleep, dancer and choreographer, 48; Lt-Col Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, former deputy Master of the Household, 67; Sir Kenneth Stowe, former senior civil servant, 69; Mr Donald Sutherland, actor, 61; Mr Bob Taylor, cricketer, 55; Sir David West-Russell, former judge and president of Industrial Tribunals, 75; Mr P.D.V. Wilkes, Headmaster, Cheltenham College, 55; Mr Terrel Wyatt, chairman, W.S. Atkins Ltd, 69.
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