Jeffrey Archer (1940)
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek…
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Honor Blackman (1925)
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Dick Radatz (1937)
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