Birthdays

Birthdays

Miss Maev Alexander, actress, 49; Mr George Allan, former Headmaster, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, 61; Sir Anthony Alment, obstetrician and gynaecologist, 75; Miss Gillian Ayres, painter, 67; Mr Shelley Berman, comedian, 71; Mr Michael Dickinson, racehorse trainer, 47; Mr Val Doonican, singer, 68; The Earl of Antrim, former Keeper of Conservation, Tate Gallery, 62; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 72; Mr Gavin Henderson, Principal, Trinity College of Music, 49; Sir Edgar Keatinge, former MP, 92; Mr Jeremy Kemp, actor, 62; Mr James Michener, novelist, 90; Baroness O'Cathain, former managing director, the Barbican Centre, 59; Miss Elaine Padmore, director, Royal Danish Opera, 50; Brigadier the Hon Dame Mary Pihl, former Director, WRAC, 81; Mr Robert Simpson, cricketer and manager, 61; Mr Glen Tetley, ballet choreographer, 71; Mr Frankie Vaughan, singer, 69; Mr Alan Watson, chairman, Corporate Television Networks, 56.