Saturday
Lord (Henry) Bellingham, Conservative MP (1983-97, 2001-19), Foreign Office minister (2010-12), 70; Baroness (Louise) Casey of Blackstock, chairwoman, Institute of Global Homelessness, 60; Tess Daly, TV presenter, Strictly Come Dancing, 56; Duncan Davidson, founder (1972) Persimmon, 84; Brendan Gleeson, actor, The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), 70; Julie Goodyear, actress, Coronation Street (1966-2003), 83; Michel Hazanavicius, film-maker, The Artist (2011), 58; Johnny Hornby, founder, chairman and chief executive, The&Partnership, 58; Eric Idle, actor and comedian, 82; Lord (Richard) Keen of Elie KC, advocate-general for Scotland (2015-20), 71; Elle Macpherson, model, 61; Sir John Major, prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party (1990-97), 82; Crystal Oldman, chief executive, Queen’s Nursing Institute charity, 66; Dame Priti Patel, Conservative MP, shadow foreign secretary, 53; Dame Fiona Reynolds, chairwoman, National Audit Office, Royal Agricultural University, 67; Hannah Russell, chief executive, British Science Association, 48; John Suchet, ITN newsreader (1972-2004) and radio broadcaster, Classic FM, 81; Lord (Norman) Tebbit, chairman of the Conservative Party (1985-87), 94; Leah Williamson, footballer, Arsenal WFC and England, 28; Duncan Wilson, chief executive, Historic England, 68.
Sunday
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, 66; Warren Beatty, actor, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and director, Reds (1981), 88; Tracy Chapman, singer, Fast Car (1988), 61; Eric Clapton, musician, Layla (1971), 80; Martina Cole, crime writer, Loyalty (2023), 66; Debbie Crosbie, chief executive, Nationwide Building Society, 55; Céline Dion, singer, My Heart Will Go On (1997), 57; Margaret Fingerhut, classical pianist, 70; MC Hammer, singer-songwriter, U Can’t Touch This (1990), 63; Simon Humphries, chief branding officer and head of design, Toyota Motor Corporation, 58; Lord (Mervyn) King of Lothbury, chairman, Philharmonia Orchestra, governor, Bank of England (2003-13), 77; Chris Longcroft, executive vice-president, publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times, 54; Lord (Ian) MacLaurin of Knebworth, president of Marylebone Cricket Club (2017-18), chairman, Tesco (1985-97), 88; Kate Mavor, master of St Cross College, University of Oxford, chief executive, English Heritage (2015-23), 63; Piers Morgan, writer and broadcaster, 60; Hugo Rifkind, journalist, presenter of the weekday morning show on Times Radio and columnist for The Times, 48; Andrew Russell, Duke of Bedford, owner, Woburn Abbey, 63; Klaus Schwab, founder (1971), World Economic Forum, 87.
