TODAY
Dame Margaret Anstee, Under-Secretary General to the United Nations, 1987-93, 79; Sir Peter Blake, painter, 73; Sir Jack Boles, Director-General of the National Trust, 1975-83, 80; Rear-Admiral Richard Cobbold, director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, 63; Sir Alcon Copisarow, chairman of trustees, the Eden Project, 1996-2000, 85; Margaret Gray, Headmistress of Godolphin and Latymer School, 1963-73, 92; General Sir Roland Guy, Governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1987-93, 77; Dr Philip D’Arcy Hart, Director of the Tuberculosis Research Unit at the Medical Research Council, 1948-65, 105; Sidney Lumet, film director, 81; George Michael, singer, 42; Richard Morgan, Warden of Radley College, 1991-2000, 65; Sir Gerry Neale, Conservative MP for North Cornwall, 1979-92, 64; Lord Ravensdale, writer, 82; David Samworth, chairman of the Meat and Livestock Commission, 1980-84, 70; Larry Smith, Assistant General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union, 1985-88, 82; Robert Venturi, architect, 80; Doreen Wells, former ballerina, 68; Canon Keith Wilkinson, Headmaster of King’s School, Canterbury, 57; Professor Sir Arnold Wolfendale, Emeritus Astronomer Royal, 78.
TOMORROW
Claudio Abbado, conductor, 72; Sir Alan Bailey, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Transport, 1986-91, 74; Professor Kenneth Barker, Vice-Chancellor of Thames Valley University, 1999-2003, 71; June Bridgeman, deputy chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, 1991-94, 73; L.A. Carpenter, chairman of Reed International, 1985-87, 78; Professor Alexander Fenton, research director for the National Museums of Scotland, 1985-89, 76; Rear-Admiral Sir David Haslam, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1975-85, 82; Professor Ruth Kempson, linguist, 61; Lord Maclennan of Rogart, President of the Liberal Democrats, 1994-98, 69; Sir Peter Miles, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 1981-87, 81; Professor Sir Alan Peacock, economist, 83; Professor Dame Julia Polak, director of the Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 66; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell, Attorney General, 1970-74, 86; Per Gotfred Saugman, chairman of Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1972-1992, 80; Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes, computer engineer, 92; Colin Wilson, author, 74.