Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2006: J

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Jackson, Michael (Died in 2009) Born 29 August 1958  (Gary, Indiana, USA) Once a cute kid in a group with his brothers, then a hugely successful pop star in his own right, now a flaky-faced, monkey-loving, baby-dangling, allegedly kiddie-fiddling one-man freak show. A Shot In The Dark Cefor's Cremains of the Day Git-R-Dead Died In A Nasty Accident Don't Fear (The Reaper) Juicy Janny Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard SexyB Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show The Driller Killer The Merry Harvester

Jaffee, Al Born 13 March 1921  (Savannah, Georgia, USA) Cartoonist with MAD magazine since 1955. Features include the back cover fold-in and "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions". Beginnings of Rigor

James, P. D. Born 3 August 1920  (Oxford, England) Author of mystery novels. Loss of Life

Jaruzelski, General Wojciech Born 6 July 1923  (Kurow, Poland) Joined the Polish army during WWII, and turned to politics in the 1960s. Rose through the ranks of the Communist Party to become National Secretary (President of Poland in all but name) in 1981, just as the Solidarity movement was heating up. Pitted his trademark sunglasses against Lech Walesa's moustache and lost. Removed from office in 1990, but has been too unwell to face trial ever since. Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band The Conqueror Worm Tramp The Dirt Down Zaph's Snuffers

Jason, David Born 2 February 1940  (Edmonton, London, England) Comedy actor, best known as Granville in 'Open All Hours' and Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in 'Only Fools and Horses'. Even after a decade, it's still hard not to smirk at his supposedly serious role as Detective Inspector Jack Frost in 'A Touch of Frost'. Going Underground ProDeathCrew The Familiar Undead

Jeffries, Lionel (Died in 2010) Born 10 June 1926  (London, England) Actor who specialised in playing stereotypical eccentric English gentlemen, such as Grandpa Potts in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". 2 Days Older Than Grass Eternity Tours The Doom & Gloom Room The Voodoo Gurus

Jenkins, Sgt Charles Born 18 February 1940  (Rich Square, North Carolina, USA) US soldier who defected to North Korea in 1965. Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band

Jintao, Hu Born 21 December 1942  (Jixi, Anhui Province, China) President of China since March 2003. Hu is the President of China? We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? And so on. Murld Leaders

Johansson, Ingemar (Died in 2009) Born 22 September 1932  (Gothenburg, Sweden) Former world heavyweight boxing champion. Sporting Life...Courting Death

John, Elton Born 25 March 1947  (Pinner, Middlesex, England) The most successful pop star of the 1970s, who has managed to remain more or less in the limelight ever since, despite (or perhaps because of) drug and alcohol problems, bust-ups with his lyricist Bernie Taupin, a turbulent love life and a lamentable dress sense. Mr Yuck Over And Out

Johnson, Don Born 15 December 1949  (Flat Creek, Missouri, USA) Miami Vice actor. Reaper's Insightful Crew

Johnson, Holly Born 19 February 1960  (Khartoum, Sudan) African-born former frontman of '80s Scouse popsters Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Was diagnosed with HIV in the late '80s, but treatment has kept it at bay ever since, and he continues to work in the music industry. 2 Days Older Than Grass Death Stalks United Down Under The Daisies gdh200 Sporting Lesbian The Bitter End

Johnson, Junior Born 28 June 1931  (Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA) NASCAR driver/car owner. Crazycarl

Johnson, Lady Bird (Died in 2007) Born 22 December 1912  (Karnack, Texas, USA) Born Claudia Alta Taylor. Widow of former US President Lyndon B. Johnson. Already Dead Beginnings of Rigor Bleedin' Heart Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band Bunch of Old Bags Coffin It Up Deathlist.net Drunkasaskunk Duke Dysfunctional  Eat My Dust Eejit Gerald Ford Must Die Godot's Waiting List God's Waiting Room Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day Impaled on The Antlers of Doom Inar's Golden Oldies International House of Death JoeRam Lord Football's Snuffers Mean Machine Noz4news One Foot in the Grave Only Fools And Corpses Riding The Jesus Train Six Foot Under Slave to the Grave Stab In The Dark Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Weatherman90 And The Crew The Coffin-Dodgers The Conqueror Worm The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Last Gasp The Living End The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers The Vyrdolak Time, Gentlemen, Please! Time Is NOT On Our Side! Whoopass United You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body! Youth In Asia Helpline

Johnson, Magic Born 14 August 1959  (Lansing, Michigan, USA) HIV-positive former basketball player. Git-R-Dead

Johnson, Van (Died in 2008) Born 25 August 1916  (Newport, Rhode Island, USA) Big-screen actor of the 1940s and '50s, particularly in war films and MGM musicals. Eternity Tours

Johnstone, Jimmy 'Jinky'  Born 30 September 1944  (Viewpark, Lanarkshire, Scotland) Died 13 March 2006  (Lanarkshire, Scotland) Age at death: 61  (read death notice) Former Celtic and Scotland footballer, much admired for his darting runs through opposition defences. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Drunkasaskunk George Lass and the Gravelings Grobler's Stiff Ones Jim Devine The Voodoo Gurus Tick Tocks Stopped Ticking

Jones, Jack (Died in 2009) Born 29 January 1913  (Liverpool, England) Militant trade union leader and former General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Instrumental in buggering up the British motor industry in the 1970s beyond the point of redemption. Cap'n Ohtz Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities

Jones, K. C. Born 25 May 1932  (Taylor, Texas, USA) Basketball player/coach. The Coffin-Dodgers

Jong-Il, Kim (Died in 2011) Born 16 February 1941  (Khabarovsk, Siberia, USSR) "Dear Leader" (a.k.a. tinpot dictator) of North Korea. Cave's Corpses Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Git-R-Dead

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