TODAY
The Duke of York celebrates his 45th birthday today.
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Peter Baldwin, chief executive of the Radio Authority, 1991-95, 78; Sir John Collyear, engineer, 78; Sir Nicholas Fenn, High Commissioner to India, 1991-96, 69; Lord Forbes, Premier Lord of Scotland, 87; John Freeman, Labour MP for Watford, 1945-55, British Ambassador in Washington, 1969-71, and chairman, London Weekend Television, 1971-84, 90; Michael Kennedy, music critic, biographer, lexicographer, lecturer and broadcaster, 79; Canon Mark Meynell, Emeritus Canon Theologian of Coventry Cathedral, 91; Dr Alan J. Munro, master of Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1995-2002, 68; Sir Nigel Nicholls, Clerk of the Privy Council, 1992-98, 67; Sir Daniel Pettit, chairman of National Freight Corporation, 1971-78, 90; Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first shelter for battered wives, 66; Smokey Robinson, singer, 65; Lord Sharman, chairman of KPMG International, 1997-99, 62; Gwen Taylor, actress, 66; Brian Tesler, deputy chairman of LWT (Holdings), 1990-94, 76.
TOMORROW
Robert Altman, film director, 80; Brenda Blethyn, actress, 59; Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 54; Lord Browne of Madingley, chief executive officer of BP, 57; Professor Andrew Fabian, astronomer, 57; Jimmy Greaves, footballer and broadcaster, 65; Eddie Hemmings, cricketer, 56; Commandant Dame Marion Kettlewell, director of the WRNS, 1967-70, 91; Mike Leigh, dramatist and director, 62; Professor Donald Longmore, cardiac surgeon, 77; Lord McNally, vice-chairman of Shandwick Consultants, 1996-2001, 62; Phil Neal, footballer, 54; Sir David O’Dowd, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 1996-2001, 63; Sir Frederick Page, chairman of Aircraft Group of British Aerospace, 1977-82, 88; Dr Valerie Payne, former Headmistress of Malvern Girls’ College, 65; Sidney Poitier, actor, 78; Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, 1980-82, 79; Professor R.A. Weiss, director of the Institute of Cancer Research, 1980-89, 65; Barry Wordsworth, conductor, 57.