Birthdays
Sir Jack Brabham, racing driver, 67; Mr Graham Bright MP, 51; Mr Linford Christie, athlete, 33; Mr Leslie Farrer-Brown, former chairman, Alliance Building Society, 89; Mr George MacDonald Fraser, author and journalist, 68; Mr Paul Gambaccini, disc jockey, 44; Miss Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist, 64; Mr Brian Glover, actor, 59; Ms Myra Green, Director of the East European Partnership, VSO, 55; Mr Sir Alec Guinness, actor, 79; Sir Ian Hunter, impresario, 74; Miss Penelope Keith, actress, 53; Sir Peter Lazarus, director, Manchester Ship Canal, 67; Sir Robert Munro, former president of the Fiji Senate, 86; Maj-Gen Christopher Popham, former director, British Atlantic Committee, 66; Mr Michael Rizzello, sculptor and coin designer, 67; Sir Denis Rooke, former chairman, British Gas, 69; Miss Sue Townsend, author, 47.
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