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Sunday 02 August 1998 23:02 BST
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Birthdays

Mr Richard Adler, composer, 77; Sir John Anson, senior civil servant, 68; Mr Osvaldo Ardiles, football manager, 45; Air Marshal Sir Peter Bairsto, 72; Mr Tony Bennett, singer, 72; Mr Steven Berkoff, actor and director, 61; Lt-Gen Sir Alexander Boswell, former Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, 70; Sir Paul Bryan, former MP, 85; Mrs Elizabeth Chilver, former Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 84; Mr Peter Easterby, racehorse trainer, 69; Mr Josh Gifford, racehorse trainer, 57; Mr Nick Harvey MP, 37; Baroness James of Holland Park (P.D. James), author, 78; Professor Anthony Jones, Co-Chief Executive, and President of the School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 54; Lord Philip, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 56; Mr Anthony Sampson, writer and journalist, 72; Sir David Scott, former diplomat, 79; Mr Martin Sheen, actor, 58; Miss Sue Slipman, director, Gas Consumers' Council, 49; Mr Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary, 52; Sir Jock Taylor, chairman, Siemens Ltd, 74; Sir George Waller, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 87; The Right Rev Dr Roger Wilson, former Bishop of Chichester, 93; Mr Terry Wogan, broadcaster, 60.

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