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Tuesday 15 September 1998 23:02 BST
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Birthdays

Mr Russ Abbot, comedian, 51; Miss Lauren Bacall, actress, 74; Mr Tommy Carberry, jockey, 57; Mr George Chakiris, actor and dancer, 65; Professor Ken Coates, MEP, 68; Mr Peter Falk, actor, 71; Lord Grimthorpe, soldier and company director, 83; Mr Loyd Grossman, broadcaster, 48; Mr Charles Haughey, former Irish prime minister, 73; Lord Henderson of Brompton, former Clerk of the Parliaments, 76; Sir Anthony Hooper, High Court judge, 61; Mr Ian Horsbrugh, Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 57; Mr Andy Irvine, rugby player, 47; The Very Rev William Johnston, extra Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland, 77; Mr Kenny Jones, rock drummer, 50; Mr B.B. King, guitarist and blues singer, 73; Mr Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore, 75; Mr Peter Newton, ambassador to Guatemala, 56; Sir John Page, former MP, 79; Baroness Pike, former MP, 80; Dame Sheila Quinn, former president, Royal College of Nursing, 78; Maj-Gen Sir Roy Redgrave, 73; Lord Ryder of Eaton Hastings, former chairman, International Publishing Corporation, 82; Mrs Steve Shirley, founder director and life president, FI Group, 65; Mr David Smeeton, radio news correspondent, 62; Mr Mickey Stewart, cricketer, 66; Mr Peter Townsend, golfer, 52; Lord Walton of Detchant, former Warden of Green College, Oxford, 76; The Right Rev Frank Weston, Bishop of Knaresborough, 63; Mr David Wilshire MP, 55.

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