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Tuesday 19 March 1996 00:02 GMT
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Birthdays

Miss Ursula Andress, actress, 60; Sir Nigel Broomfield, ambassador to Germany, 59; Miss Glenn Close, actress, 49; Lady Georgina Coleridge, journalist, 80; Mr Peter Cotes, theatrical director and producer, 84; Professor Ronald Girdwood, former President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 79; The Right Rev Ronald Gordon, former Bishop of Lambeth, 69; Mr Bryan Hildrew, former managing director, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 76; Vice- Admiral Sir Norman King, chairman, Bucks Health Authority, 63; Sir David Lumsden, former Principal, Royal Academy of Music, 68; Mr Paul Marland MP, 56; Sir Peter Masefield, aviation authority, 82; Mr Philip Mason, novelist, 90; Lord Plant of Highfield, Master, St Catherine's College, Oxford, 51; Lt-Gen Sir Alan Reay, Chief Honorary Steward, Westminster Abbey, 71; Sir Kenneth Robinson, former chairman, the Arts Council, 85; Mr Philip Roth, novelist, 63; Sir Leonard Scopes, former diplomat, 84; Mr Bruce Willis, actor, 41; Miss Mary Wimbush, actress, 72.

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