Birthdays

Mr Vivian Bendall MP, 55; Professor Richard Cassily, operatic tenor, 66; General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 81; The Right Rev John Grindrod, former Archbishop of Brisbane, 74; Sir Anthony Kershaw, former MP, 78; Miss Barbara Leigh- Hunt, actress, 58; Mr Thomas McAvoy MP, 50; Mr Charles Morris, former MP and government minister, 67; Mr Alberto Morrocco, painter, 76; Sir John Osborn, former MP, 71; Dame Ruth Railton, founder of the National Youth Orchestra, 78; Mr Charlie Rich, singer, 61; Miss Janette Scott, actress, 55; Mr Stan Smith, tennis champion, 47; Mr Roy Thomason MP, 49; Mr Simon Towneley, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, 72; Col Sir Cennydd Traherne, former Lord-Lieutenant for Mid, South and West Glamorgan, 83; Miss Rosalyn Tureck, conductor, lecturer and writer, 79.