Birthdays
Birthdays
Dame Margaret Anstee, former United Nations Under-Secretary General, 70; Mr Peter Blake, painter, 64; Sir Jack Boles, former Director-General, National Trust, 71; Sir Alcon Copisarow, a chairman, General Commissioners for Income Tax, 76; Mr Cyril Fletcher, comedian and broadcaster, 83; Mr Derek Foster MP, 59; General Sir Roland Guy, former Chief of Staff, HQ, BAOR, 68; Mr Eddie Large, comedian, 54; Mr Sidney Lumet, film director, 72; Mr Victor Marks, cricketer, 41; Mr Roy Marsden, actor, 55; Mr George Michael, singer, 33; Mr Richard Morgan, Warden, Radley College, Oxford, 56; The Hon Sir Charles Morrison, former MP, 64; Sir Gerrard Neale, former MP, 55; Mr Howard Newby, novelist, 78; Sir Kenneth Oxford, former Chief Constable, Merseyside Police, 72; Lord Ravensdale (Nicholas Mosley), author, 73; Miss Carly Simon, singer and songwriter, 51; Mr Larry Smith, former trade union leader, 73; M Patrick Tambay, racing driver, 47; Mr Robert Venturi, architect, 71; Mr Moray Watson, actor, 68; Miss Doreen Wells, ballerina, 59; The Rev Keith Wilkinson, Headmaster, King's School, Canterbury, 48; Professor Sir Arnold Wolfendale, former Astronomer Royal, 69.
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