Birthdays

Mr James Brown, singer, composer and musician, 61; Miss Pat Chapman, Editor, News of the World, 46; Miss Betty Comden, playwright and screenwriter, 75; Mrs Kathy Cook, athlete, 34; Mr Henry Cooper, heavyweight boxing champion, 60; Sir Graham Day, former chairman, Cadbury Schweppes and PowerGen, 61; Mr Ben Elton, comedian and author, 35; Sir Russell Fairgrieve, former MP and chairman, Belwood Nurseries, 70; Sir William Glock, music lecturer and critic, 86; Lt-Gen Sir Michael Gray, defence industries adviser, 62; Sir William Gray, former Lord Provost of Glasgow, 66; Professor Ruth Lister, social economist, 45; Mr Eddie Loyden MP, 71; Col Michael McCorkell, Lord- Lieutenant of Co Londonderry, 69; Miss Sheila McKechnie, Director, Shelter, 46; Mr Randle Manwaring, poet and author, former insurance broker, 82; Mr Peter Oosterhuis, golfer, 45; Professor Anne Robertson, Roman numismatist, 84; Baroness Seccombe, vice-chairman, Conservative Party, 64; Mr Pete Seeger, folk singer, 75; Dr Norbert Singer, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Greenwich, 63; Mr Norman Thelwell, illustrator and cartoonist, 71; Mr Allan Wells, athlete, 42.