Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2006: F

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Falk, Peter Born 16 September 1927  (New York City, New York, USA) Shambling, raincoat-wearing, one-eyed star of "Columbo". Still busy with his acting career, despite a previous battle against cancer. 99 Ways To Die Lived So Let's Die

Fallaci, Oriana  Born 29 June 1930  (Florence, Italy) Died 15 September 2006  (Florence, Italy) Age at death: 77  (read death notice) Italian journalist and author, renowned for her confrontational interviews. Already Dead One Foot in the Grave The Newlydeads The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers The Raven  We Spin Terror

Faltskog, Agnetha Born 5 April 1950  (Jönköping, Sweden) Best known as "the blonde one from ABBA". Now a virtual recluse, in part due to death threats from a crazed stalker. Dead Beat

Falwell, Jerry Born 11 August 1933  (Lynchburg, Virginia, USA) Yet another US TV evangelist. Eejit The Winged Devil Monkeys Tramp The Dirt Down

Farrell, Colin Born 31 May 1976  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Irish actor/womaniser/supposed hellraiser. Coffin Fit

Felt, W. Mark Born 17 August 1913  (Twin Falls, Idaho, USA) Former FBI official who, in May 2005, finally revealed himself to be the secret informant known as 'Deep Throat' in the 1970s Watergate Scandal. Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities Five-Fingered Hand Of Death Grizly Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day Impaled on The Antlers of Doom Judgment Day Meet Your Maker Octopus of Odstock See, I Told You I Was Sick! The Grey Horde The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers They're Dead, Y'Know! Windsor The Troll

Fender, Freddy  Born 4 June 1937  (San Benito, Texas, USA) Died 14 October 2006  (Corpus Christi, Texas, USA) Age at death: 69  (read death notice) Born Baldemar Huerta. Writer/crooner of blues as well as traditional Mexican songs. Suffered from hepatitis C, had a kidney transplant in January 2002, but still needed a new liver after that. Finally ended up succumbing to lung cancer. So he was either exceptionally unlucky, or (more likely) exceptionally partial to drink and drugs. The Anfield Iron

Fenton, Leonard Born 29 April 1926  (London, England) TV actor - played Dr Legg in "EastEnders". Pooil Vaaish

Ferguson, Alex Born 31 December 1941  (Govan, Glasgow, Scotland) Angry, bullying, unsmiling, much-loathed manager of Manchester United. Dead By Dawn

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Born 24 March 1919  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Last of the beat poets. Owns the City Lights bookshop in San Francisco. The Underdogs of Hull City

Ferraro, Geraldine Born 26 August 1935  (Newburgh, New York, USA) American Congresswoman who stood unsuccessfully for Vice-President in 1984. 99 Ways To Die

Fiennes, Ralph Born 22 December 1962  (Ipswich, Suffolk, England) Bad actor. Coffin It Up

Finney, Albert Born 9 May 1936  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Award-winning actor, with over 40 years' experience on the big screen. Best known recently for films like "Erin Brockovich" and TV shows such as "The Gathering Storm". Not impartial to good food and drink, and lots of it. Beerbutton Jossy's Giants We Don't Talk Anymore

Finney, Tom Born 5 April 1922  (Preston, England) Preston North End and England footballer of the 1940s and '50s. Famously never booked, let alone sent off, in his 20-year playing career. Cave's Corpses Drunkasaskunk Holicman In Bed with Maradona Jesus Jones Sporting Life...Courting Death This Mortal Coil You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body!

Fischer, Bobby Born 9 March 1943  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Absolute looney tunes former world chess champion. Has in the past got mixed up with strange religious sects and voiced some strong anti-Semitic views. Very rarely gives interviews these days, which frankly is no great loss. Mr Yuck Redmyst XX

Flemming, Rhonda Born 10 August 1923  (Beverly Hills, California, USA) Actress, starred alongside Bob Hope. Levelled Crossing

Flynn Boyle, Lara Born 24 March 1970  (Davenport, Iowa, USA) Actress whose credits include "Twin Peaks" and "The Practice". Noz4news

Fogelberg, Dan Born 13 August 1951  (Peoira, Illinois, USA) Easy-listening singer, not well known in the UK, and seemingly not always well liked in the places where he is known. Eternity Tours Mr C One Foot in the Grave Snuff Daddies Thanatopsis The Doffin' Codgers Wishin' on a (Death) Star

Fontaine, Joan Born 22 October 1917  (Tokyo, Japan) Oscar for Best Actress 1940 for "Suspicion", estranged sister of Olivia de Havilland. Bunch of Old Bags Death On The Rocks You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body!

Foot, Michael Born 23 July 1913  (Plymouth, England) Dishevelled left-wing journalist, long-time Labour MP, and leader of the Labour Party from 1980-83. 2 Days Older Than Grass  4 Ever Delayed Alison The Assassin A Shot In The Dark Bazzilliant Big-Iain Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band  Dead And Buried Cap'n Ohtz Coffin It Up Colin's Corpses Crazycarl Crem De La Crem Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead Ends Deadknobs And Doomed Picks Deadpoolers Deathlist.net Death Stalks United Diepod Shuffle Don't Fear (The Reaper) Down Under The Daisies Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Drunkasaskunk Duke Dysfunctional Eat My Dust Eejit Facing The Final Curtain Globaltruth Godot's Waiting List Grobler's Stiff Ones In Bed with Maradona Jaguar X-Types Jesus Jones Jodie's Cuppas Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Just Resting My Eyes Living In A Box Lord Football's Snuffers Nice Little Urner Octopus of Odstock Only Fools And Corpses Palace98 Pooil Vaaish Pushing Up The Daisies Sandals in the Bin: The Mother Teresa Tribute Band Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' Sporting Lesbian The Bitter End The Happy Desk The Doom & Gloom Room The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Living End The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Newlydeads TiM r T. Rex Wishin' on a (Death) Star Youth In Asia Helpline

Ford, Betty Born 8 April 1918  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Wife of former US President Gerald Ford. 99 Ways To Die Bunch of Old Bags  Deathpig Duke Going Green Jodie's Cuppas Sporting Lesbian

Ford, Gerald  Born 14 July 1913  (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) Died 26 December 2006  (Rancho Mirage, California, USA) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Born Leslie Lynch King Jr, renamed by his adoptive parents, and grew up to become Vice-President (1973-74) and then President (1974-77) of the United States, but only after the resignations of Agnew and Nixon respectively; he remains the only person to have held both posts without having won an election. It was said of him that he had problems walking and chewing gum at the same time, and indeed he once famously managed to fall down the stairs of the Presidential jet in full view of the Press and foreign dignitaries. 99 Ways To Die AbraCadaver Asking For It Bazzilliant Beginnings of Rigor  Bleedin' Heart Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band But I'm Not Dead Yet Church(yard) On The Hill Coffin It Up Killers of Hope Git-R-Dead Death Becomes Us Death From Above Deathlist.net Death On The Rocks Deathpig Died In A Nasty Accident Diepod Shuffle Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Drunkasaskunk Duke Eat My Dust Erm...Excuse Me...Aren't You...Dead? Facing The Final Curtain Fallen Sparrow Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) Five-Fingered Hand Of Death Gerald Ford Must Die  Going Green  Going Underground  Grizly Grobler's Stiff Ones Hardwood Surround Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day Henry's Half-Dead Heroes Holicman Fox In A Box Impaled on The Antlers of Doom International House of Death I Smell Dead People Jim Devine Jodie's Cuppas JoeRam Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Just Resting My Eyes Kali Comes To Dinner Kiss of Death Lived So Let's Die Lord Football's Snuffers Madonna's Hand of Bod Mean Machine Mr C Mr Yuck Naked Florida Gravediggers Octopus of Odstock One Foot in the Grave Only Fools And Corpses Puzlman's Passing Picks Riding The Jesus Train Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Rude Kid Sandals in the Bin: The Mother Teresa Tribute Band See, I Told You I Was Sick! Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' Slave to the Grave Snuff Daddies Sporting Lesbian Stab In The Dark Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Team AJS Weatherman90 And The Crew The Conqueror Worm  The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Last Gasp The Living Dead The Living End The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Morbid Postman The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers The Raven The Underdogs of Hull City The Undertaker The Vyrdolak They're Dead, Y'Know! Time Is NOT On Our Side! Toasted Brown Bread Tramp The Dirt Down We Spin Terror Windsor The Troll Wishin' on a (Death) Star You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body! Youth In Asia Helpline

Ford, Glenn  Born 1 May 1916  (Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada) Died 30 August 2006  (Beverly Hills, California, USA) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Actor whose career peaked in the 1950s, but he did play Clark Kent's father in the first "Superman" movie in 1978. Canadian Paul Inar's Golden Oldies Loulou's Lions Slave to the Grave The Vyrdolak

Ford, Sir Edward  Born 24 July 1910  (Repton, Derbyshire, England) Died 19 November 2006  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 96  (read death notice) Former private secretary to King George VI, and subsequently to Queen Elizabeth II. Coined the term "annus horribilis", famously used by the latter. Ready, Steady, Deady Whitaker's Choice

Fordham, Andy 'The Viking' Born 2 February 1962  (London, England) BDO world darts champion. Standing 6ft tall, he weighs around 30 stone (420lb), and is, according to the Daily Mirror, "a dart attack waiting to happen". George Lass and the Gravelings

Forsyth, Bruce Born 22 February 1928  (Edmonton, London, England) A professional entertainer since the age of 14, 'Brucie' really made his name in the late 1950s as compere of 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium', and went on to become the prominent-chinned presenter of 'The Generation Game' and 'Play Your Cards Right' among other self-consciously cheesy game shows. Dead By Dawn Ding Dong Dead Dudes Globaltruth Juicy Janny Six Foot Under Team Mogblog The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Merry Harvester

Forsythe, John Born 29 January 1918  (Penn's Grove, New Jersey, USA) Played the part of Blake Carrington in "Dynasty". L C And The Sunshine Band Lord Football's Snuffers Noz4news The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Vyrdolak

Forte, Charles Born 26 November 1908  (Monforte Casalaticco, Italy) Hotelier. Founder of the Forte Group, which included the Little Chef and Happy Eater roadside restaurants and Crest, Forte Grand, Travelodge and Posthouse hotels. Otherwise known as Baron Forte Of Ripley. Cap'n Ohtz

Fossett, Steve Born 22 April 1944  (Jackson, Tennessee, USA) Record-setting round-the-world sailor and hot air balloon pilot. Death From Above

Fox, Michael J Born 9 June 1961  (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Pint-sized actor of "Back To The Future" fame. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991. Close The Casket Dead Man Walking Git-R-Dead Deathpig Jodie's Cuppas ProDeathCrew Pushing Up The Daisies The Ex Factor The Great Beyond Victor Spencer's Delight

Fox, Tom  Date and place of birth unknown Died 9 March 2006  (Iraq) Age at death: 54  (read death notice) Taken hostage in Baghdad in November 2005, along with Norman Kember. Found dead there in March 2006; the date of death given above is approximate. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk

Francis, Dick Born 31 October 1920  (Pembrokeshire, Wales) Bestselling author of various horseracing-themed novels. Deadpoolers Globaltruth

Fraser, 'Mad' Frankie Born 13 December 1923  (Waterloo, London, England) Veteran East End gangster, thief, hired hitman, nightclub bouncer etc etc, whose penchant for crime hasn't been matched by a talent for getting away with it, as he has spent a total of 42 years in prison. Colin's Corpses Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino gdh200 John Stalkest Milksnatcher Bites The Dust Redmyst XX Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Frazier, Joe Born 12 January 1944  (Beaufort, South Carolina, USA) Olympic and world heavyweight boxing champion, known as Smokin' Joe. Fought the "Thrilla in Manila" against Muhammad Ali in October 1975, which many consider to be the best boxing match ever. Redmyst XX

Freeman, Alan 'Fluff'  Born 6 July 1927  (Melbourne, Australia) Died 27 November 2006  (Twickenham, England) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) Radio personality: "Pick of the Pops". A Kick In The Ghoulies Brown Bread Colin's Corpses Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities Dead Certs Hardwood Surround L C And The Sunshine Band Madonna's Hand of Bod Norfolk & Chance Palace98 The Doom & Gloom Room Toasted Brown Bread

Freeman, John Born 19 February 1915  (place of birth unknown) 'Face to Face' inquisitor, Labour MP, New Statesman editor, bowls commentator and ITV executive! They're Dead, Y'Know!

Freud, Lucian Born 8 December 1922  (Berlin, Germany) Artist who normally paints portraits, often nudes, in a distinctive 'impasto' style, slapping the paint onto the canvas so thickly that the brush/knife strokes remain visible even when dry. Godot's Waiting List

Friedman, Milton  Born 31 July 1912  (New York, New York, USA) Died 16 November 2006  (San Francisco, California, USA) Age at death: 94  (read death notice) Nobel Prize-winning economist. Leading proponent of monetarism. Deathlist.net Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard

Frost, Sir David Born 7 April 1939  (Tenterden, Kent, England) All-purpose TV presenter and sometime heavyweight political interviewer. Going Underground The Familiar Undead

Fry, Barry Born 7 April 1945  (place of birth unknown) Rotund football manager - ex-Barnet, Southend United, Birmingham City etc. Sporting Lesbian

Fry, Stephen Born 24 August 1957  (London, England) Cambridge-educated comedian, author, actor, wit and general smartarse. John Stalkest

Funicello, Annette Born 22 October 1942  (Utica, New York, USA) Actress, "The Mickey Mouse Club". 99 Ways To Die Crazycarl Death Becomes Us Fox In A Box  Noz4news Reaper's Insightful Crew The Conqueror Worm The Undertaker

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