Birthdays
Dr Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, astronaut, 65; Mr Tom Baker, actor, 59; Mr George Burns, comedian and actor, 99; Sir John Chadwick, High Court judge, 54; The Very Rev David Edwards, Provost of Southwark Cathedral, 66; Lord Ewing of Kirkford, former MP, 64
; Sir Henry Fisher, former President, Wolfson College, Oxford, 77; Miss Liza Goddard, actress, 45; Lord Hanson, industrialist, 73; Major Dick Hern, racehorse trainer, 74; Mr Royalton Kisch, conductor, 76; Commandant Vonla McBride, former director, WRNS, 74; Mr Christopher Martin-Jenkins, sports commentator, 50; Miss Patricia Neal, actress, 69; Mr Natan Shcharansky, former Soviet dissident, 47; Mr Curtis Strange, golfer, 40; Professor Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, astronomer, 56; Mr Nigel Williams, novelist, 47.
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