Birthdays

Miss Lola Albright, actress, 69; Sir Christopher Benson, chairman of Boots and Sun Alliance, 61; Professor Sir John Dacie, haematologist, 82; M Jacques Delors, former president, Commission of the European Economic Community, 69; Mr Desmond Douglas, table tennis player, 39; Sir Antony Driver, former chairman, South West Thames Regional Health Authority, 74; General Sir Jack Harman, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 74; Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, 75; Mr Charles Hodson, television reporter, 39; Miss Sally Ann Howes, actress, 64; Mr Roger Hunt, footballer, 56; Mrs Molly Keane (MJ Farrell), playwright and author, 89; Mr Edward Leigh MP, 44; Mr John Lodge, rock musician, 51; Mr Charlie Magri, flyweight boxer, 38; Mr Jonathon Morris, actor, 34; Lord Palumbo, chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain, 59; Sir Jeffrey Petersen, former diplomat, 74; Mr Walter Plowright, microbiologist and veterinary surgeon, 71; Miss Dilys Powell, film critic, 93; Mr Michael Quinn, chef de cuisine, 48; Dame Diana Rigg, actress, 56; Mr Ted Rogers, comedian, 59; Viscount Slim, deputy chairman, Peek plc, 67; Mr Vilem Tausky, former Director of Opera, Guildhall School of Music, 84; Miss Elizabeth Tucker, Headmistress, Headington School, Oxford, 58; Dame Veronica Wedgwood, historian, 84.