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Birthdays

Mr Walter Allen, author and journalist, 82; The Duke of Beaufort, fine art dealer, 65; Mr Jim Cousins MP, 49; Lady Digby, chairman, Wessex Regional Advisory Board, 59; Lord Ezra, former chairman, National Coal Board, 74; Mr Peter Fonda, actor, 53; Lord Forteviot, former chairman, John Dewar & Sons, 87; Mr Frank Gerstenberg, principal, George Watson's College, 52; Miss Sylvie Guillem, ballerina, 28; Miss Kathleen Harrison, actress, 101; Mrs Maureen Hicks, former MP, 45; Mr Anton Mosimann, cuisinier and proprietor, Mosimann's, 46; Sir Christopher Tugendhat, chairman, Abbey National, 56; Mr David Ward, former president of the Law Society, 56; The Right Rev Dom Aelred Watkin, titular Abbot of Glastonbury, 75.

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