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Friday 08 March 1996 00:02 GMT
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Birthdays

Maj-Gen Sir Christopher Airy, former private secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, 62; Mr David Austick, bookseller and former MP, 76; Mr Gyles Brandreth MP, journalist and broadcaster, 48; Sir Julian Bullard, former ambassador to West Germany, 68; Professor Sir Donald Campbell, anaesthetist and former president, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 66; Sir Anthony Caro, sculptor, 72; Miss Cyd Charisse, actress and dancer, 75; Sir James Comyn, former High Court judge, 75; Mr Phil Edmonds, cricketer, 45; Mr Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel Four Television, 53; Miss Eileen Herlie, actress, 76; The Hon Douglas Hurd MP, 66; Mr Michael Inchbald, interior designer, 76; Miss Ann Jenner, ballerina, 52; Mr Gary Numan, musician, 38; Miss Lynn Redgrave, actress, 53; Dr Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi, 48; Miss Lynn Seymour, ballerina, 57; Professor Stephen Smith, gynaecologist, 45; Professor Norman Stone, historian, 55; Mr Robert Tear, operatic tenor, 57; Miss Claire Trevor, actress, 87; Mr John Ward MP, 71; Mr David Wilkie, Olympic swimmer, 42.

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