Birthdays
Mr Ben Aris, actor, 57; Miss Sybille Bedford, author, 83; Miss Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano, 59; Mr Bernardo Bertolucci, film director, 53; Sir Patrick Dean, former ambassador to the United States, 85; The Right Rev Hugo de Waal, Bishop of Thetford, 59; Sir Kingsford Dibela, former Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, 62; Sir John Drinkwater QC, a Commissioner of Income Tax, 69; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, 77; Mr Ramon Hnatyshyn QC, Governor-General of Canada, 60; Sir Ewart Jones, Waynflete Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Oxford University, 83; Sir Anthony Kenny, Warden, Rhodes House, Oxford, 63; Mr Jerry Lewis, comedian, 68; Mr Leo McKern, actor, 74; Miss Kate Nelligan, actress, 43; Mr Roger Norrington, conductor, 60; Mr Richard Puttick, former chairman, Taylor Woodrow, 78; Dame Lucie Rie, potter, 92; Miss Bridget Rowe, Editor, the People, 44.
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