Birthdays
Mr James Arness, actor, 70; Mr Michael Bates MP, 32; M Jacques Bergerac, actor, 66; Miss Helena Bonham-Carter, actress, 27; Miss Zola Budd, athlete, 27; Sir Matt Busby, football manager and president, 84; Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP, 44; Mr Peter Cushing, actor, 80; Mr Roy Dotrice, actor, 68; Sir David English, chairman, Associated Newspapers, 62; Mr Peter Fry MP, 62; Mrs Judith Goodland, headmistress, Wycombe Abbey, 55; Lord Gridley, former overseas administrator, 87; Sir Douglas Hardie, deputy chairman, Scottish Development Agency, 70; Sir Kenneth Jones, former High Court judge, 72; Sir Patrick Kingsley, former Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall, 85; Miss Peggy Lee, singer, 73; Mr Alec McCowen, actor, 68; Professor William McHardy, professor of Hebrew, 82; Lord Mayfield, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 72; Mr Michael Portillo MP, chief secretary, Treasury, 40; Mr Anthony Quick, former headmaster of Bradfield College, 69; Mr Colin Sampson, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, 64; Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, diplomat, 84; Lord Stevens of Ludgate, chairman, United Newspapers, 57; Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart, former Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, 79; Mr Glenn Turner, cricketer, 46; Air Marshal Sir John Walker, 57; Sir Frederick White, former chairman, CSIRO, 88.
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