Birthdays

Mr Ian Albery, impresario, 56; Mr Austen Albu, former MP and government minister, 89; Mr Leonard Cohen, singer and poet, 58; Miss Shirley Conran, novelist, 60; Mr William Dacombe, director, Campbell Lutyens Hudson & Co, 58; Miss Mary Fetherston-Dilke, former organiser of the Citizens' Advice Bureaux, 74; Miss Susan Fleetwood, actress, 48; General Sir John Gibbon, former ADC to the Queen, 75; Mr Larry Hagman, actor, 61; Professor James Ham, former president, Toronto University, 72; Mr John Hoddinott, chief constable, Hampshire, 48; Sir Colin Imray, High Commissioner to Bangladesh, 59; Mr Stephen King, novelist, 44; Mr Robert Lawrence, chief constable, South Wales, 50; Mr Richard Liddiard, chairman, Bart's Research Development, 75; Sir Hugh Lloyd- Jones, professor of Greek, 70; Mr Donald McCain, horse trainer, 62; Sir Ian MacGregor, former chairman of the National Coal Board, 80; Sir Peter Matthews, former chairman of Vickers, 70; Sir William Nield, former deputy chairman, Rolls Royce, 79; Miss Jean Robertson, former Matron in Chief, QARNNS, 64; Sir Brian Unwin, chairman of the Board of HM Customs and Excise, 57; Professor Bernard Williams, philosopher, 63; Mr Jimmy Young, broadcaster, 69.