TODAY
John Amis, music journalist and broadcaster, 84; Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, 74; Sir Edward Downes, conductor, 82; Sir Patrick Duffy, Labour MP for Colne Valley, Yorkshire, 1963-66 and Sheffield, Attercliffe, 1970-92, 86; Laura Duncan, Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 59; Sir Patrick Fairweather, Ambassador to Angola, 1985-87, and Ambassador to Italy and (non-resident) to Albania, 1992-96, 70; Sir Gerald Gordon, Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 1978-99, 77; Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces, Central Europe, 1976-79, 86; Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, 61; Kenneth Loach, television and film director, 70; Ken Mack, disability campaigner, 65; Hugh MacMahon, Labour MEP for Strathclyde West, 1984-99, 68; Barry Manilow, singer and composer, 60; Sir Peter Michael, chairman, Classic FM, 68; Professor Karol Sikora, oncologist, 58; Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Sprot, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale, 1980-94, 87; the Very Rev Henry Stapleton, Dean of Carlisle, 1988-98, 74; Captain R. W. K. Stirling of Fairburn, Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh, 74; Professor Sir Alan Walters, economist, 80.
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TOMORROW
James Bishop, writer and editor, 77; Michael Blakemore, freelance director, 78; Ian Carmichael, actor, 86; Derek Deane, artistic director of the English National Ballet, 1993-2001, 53; Carl de Winter, secretary-general of the Federation of British Artists, 1978-84, 72; Peter Donohoe, pianist, 53; the Very Rev P. B. Francis, Warden and Chief Librarian, St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, 53; Professor Ian Hargreaves, Editor of The Independent, 1994-96, and group director, corporate and public affairs, BAA, 55; Patricia Hutchinson, Ambassador to Uruguay, 1980-83, 80; General Sir Brian Kenny, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1990-93, 72; Sir Paul McCartney, musician and composer, 64; Paul Mayersberg, scriptwriter, 65; Isabella Rossellini, actress, 54; Delia Smith, cookery writer and broadcaster, 65.