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Thursday 04 March 1999 00:02 GMT
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Birthdays

Sir David Barnes, chief executive officer, Zeneca, 63; Mr Michael Barrett ("Shakin' Stevens"), rock singer, 51; Sir Alan Battersby, organic chemist, 74; Sir Arthur Bryan, former Lord-Lieutenant for Staffordshire, 76; Mr Kenny Dalglish, football player and manager, 48; Mr Basil Eastwood, ambassador to Syria, 55; Mr Harvey Goldsmith, pop music presenter, 53; Mr Bernard Haitink, music director of Covent Garden Opera House, 70; Mr John Hunt, former Headmaster of Roedean, 67; Lord Johnston of Rockport, former chairman, NW Area Conservatives, 84; Mr Francis King, writer and drama critic, 76; Mr Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist, 53; Mr Ivan Lewis MP, 32; Miss Miriam Makeba, singer, 68; Mr Stuart Mawson, otolaryngologist, 81; Mr Patrick Moore, astronomer, 76; Miss Paula Prentiss, actress, 60; Mr Chris Rea, rock musician, 48; Mr Alan Sillitoe, playwright and novelist, 71; Mr Peter Skellern, composer and singer, 52.

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