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Tuesday 04 February 1997 00:02 GMT
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Birthdays

Mr Peter Allen, broadcaster, 51; Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, 76; The Hon Sir Clive Bossom Bt, former MP, 79; Mr Jim Cunningham MP, 56; Dr P.E. Thompson Hancock, cancer specialist, 93; Lord Haslam, former chairman, British Coal, 74; Mr Russell Hoban, author, 72; Mr David Malouf, novelist, 63; The Hon Mrs Ray Michie MP, 63; Mr Stanley Newens, MEP, 67; Sir Michael Nicholson, a Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 64; Dr James McIntosh Patrick, painter and etcher, 90; Mr Charles Pollard, Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police, 52; Mr William Ross MP, 61; Mr Richard Ryder MP, 48; Lord Shawcross QC, former Attorney-General, 95; Mr John Willan, former managing director, London Philharmonic, 54; Mr Norman Wisdom, actor and comedian, 82; Sir Christopher Zeeman, former Principal, Hertford College, Oxford, 72.

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