Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2006: P

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Page, Anita (Died in 2008) Born 4 August 1910  (Flushing, New York, USA) Actress, born Anita Pomares, who was a star of the silver screen in the 1920s and 1930s, playing opposite the likes of Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. She returned to acting some sixty years after retiring, and is still going strong... or is she? Bunch of Old Bags The Living Dead

Page, Bettie (Died in 2008) Born 21 April 1923  (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Arguably the most famous pin-up model in history, who "disappeared" from the public eye in 1957. The reclusive nature of her subsequent life has helped to fuel her status as a cult icon, though it's done nothing to boost her bank balance, by all accounts. Beerbutton Best Left To Rest Big-Iain Mean Machine R.I.P. It Up And Start Again We Spin Terror

Paisley, Rev Ian Born 6 April 1926  (Armagh, Northern Ireland) Loud-mouthed leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party and loud-mouthed leader of Northern Ireland's Free Presbyterian Church. Not to be confused with his son - Ian Paisley, Jnr. - who is also a member of the DUP. 2 Days Older Than Grass Big-Iain Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band Church(yard) On The Hill Crem De La Crem Facing The Final Curtain George Lass and the Gravelings Godot's Waiting List Jaguar X-Types Jim Devine Jossy's Giants Judgment Day Juicy Janny Lived So Let's Die Milksnatcher Bites The Dust Palace98 Redmyst XX Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' The Merry Harvester The Winged Devil Monkeys Toasted Brown Bread Tomb It May Concern Wishin' on a (Death) Star

Palance, Jack  Born 18 February 1919  (Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA) Died 10 November 2006  (Montecito, California, USA) Age at death: 87  (read death notice) Tough-guy actor of "Sudden Fear", "City Slickers" and "Batman" fame. Born Vladimir Palahnuik. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Holicman Hung Like Kong Jossy's Giants Loulou's Lions Pushing Up The Daisies The Coffin-Dodgers The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too...)

Palmer, Arnold Born 10 September 1929  (Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA) Golf maestro, whose business interests include Arnold Palmer Enterprises, the Palmer Course Design Company, the Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company, and the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy (idea for a film). He also helped raise money for the foundation of Orlando's Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women. Big-Iain Levelled Crossing Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Norfolk & Chance Sporting Life...Courting Death The Ex Factor

Palmer, Earl (Died in 2008) Born 25 October 1924  (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) Rock 'n' roll drumming legend. R.I.P. It Up And Start Again

Papon, Maurice (Died in 2007) Born 3 September 1910  (Gretz-Armainvilliers, France) Collaborator with the Nazis in France's wartime Vichy government. Helped to round up Jews for deportation to concentration camps. Conveniently started informing against the Nazis when it became obvious that they were losing the war. Found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1998 and sentenced to imprisonment, but freed on health grounds in September 2002. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Asking For It Cap'n Ohtz Drunkasaskunk Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill! Mr C Noah Reason & the Clowns of Death Octopus of Odstock Oh, It's a Scythe! The Last Gasp The Living Dead The Newstreet Boys Death Squad Tramp The Dirt Down Wishin' on a (Death) Star

Parfitt, Rick Born 12 October 1948  (Woking, Surrey, England) Status to Francis Rossi's Quo; the pair of them have been belting out three-chord tricks since the 1960s, and continue to wear only blue jeans, white trainers and T-shirts. In 1997 Parfitt underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery, but was back on the road again within months. Bazzilliant Deadknobs And Doomed Picks George Lass and the Gravelings Going Underground Nice Little Urner Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' The Anfield Iron The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe

Parkinson, Michael Born 28 March 1935  (Cudworth, South Yorkshire, England) Jovial Northern TV chat show host. The Familiar Undead Tick Tocks Stopped Ticking

Parsons, Estelle Born 20 November 1927  (Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA) American actress who was nominated for an Oscar in 1967 for playing Blanche in "Bonnie & Clyde". Also known for playing Roseanne's mother in the sitcom "Roseanne". The Winged Devil Monkeys

Parton, Dolly Born 19 January 1946  (Sevierville, Tennessee, USA) Country music singer whose name was used for the first cloned sheep because its genetic material was taken from a mammary gland. We Don't Talk Anymore

Patch, Harry (Died in 2009) Born 17 June 1898  (Combe Down, Bath, England) WWI veteran. Gave vivid recollections in several documentaries, notably BBC's "The Trench". Above Average For Norfolk A Kick In The Ghoulies A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino Hardwood Surround I Smell Dead People Jaguar X-Types John's A Legendary Doughnut The Doffin' Codgers The Living Dead  The Underdogs of Hull City Tomb It May Concern

Patten, Marguerite Born 4 November 1915  (Bath, Somerset, England) Cooking writer and arguably the first TV celebrity chef. T. Rex

Patterson, Floyd  Born 4 January 1935  (Waco, North Carolina, USA) Died 11 May 2006  (New Paltz, New York, USA) Age at death: 71  (read death notice) Boxer who won an Olympic gold medal at the age of 17, became world heavyweight champion at 20, and remained at the top of his sport until his retirement in the late 1960s. Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino Sporting Life...Courting Death

Paul, Les (Died in 2009) Born 9 June 1915  (Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA) Guitarist and one of the most important figures in the development of modern electric guitars and recording techniques. Beginnings of Rigor Dead Ends Death On The Rocks Deathpig Eternity Tours Time Is NOT On Our Side! Tomb It May Concern

Pavarotti, Luciano (Died in 2007) Born 12 October 1935  (Modena, Italy) Legendary tenor who became a father for the fourth time at the age of 67 (somewhat creepily, this new daughter will be younger than her niece). Judgment Day RJC The Bitter End They Sure Look Like Plant Food To Me

Perlin, Don Born 27 August 1929  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Comic artist whose work has included The Defenders and G.I. Joe for Marvel. The Newlydeads

Perry, Lee 'Scratch' Born 20 March 1936  (St Mary's, Jamaica, West Indies) Barely sane but hugely influential reggae man. John Stalkest

Pertwee, Bill Born 21 July 1926  (Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England) British comedy actor, who, despite landing the part of Bert Hodges in "Dad's Army", has never been as famous as his thesp cousin Jon. Get Your Kicks in 2006 The Doom & Gloom Room

Peters, Mike Born 25 February 1959  (Prestatyn, Wales) Lead singer of The Alarm. Already Dead Go Fish

Philip, Prince Born 10 June 1921  (Corfu, Greece) The Queen's hubby. Gaffe-prone "Phil the Greek" also has Danish and German blood. 4 Ever Delayed AbraCadaver Bend The Bucket Like Beckham Colin's Corpses Dead Ends Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) Hung Like Kong Jim Devine Levelled Crossing Lived So Let's Die Living In A Box Nice Little Urner RJC Six Foot Under The Bitter End The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Living End The Merry Harvester TiM r Toasted Brown Bread

Phillips, Leslie Born 20 April 1924  (Tottenham, London, England) Comic actor who inherited the "Doctor in..." role from Dirk Bogarde and appeared in a number of the "Carry on..." films. Apparently he also plays the voice of "The Sorting Hat" in the "Harry Potter" movies, whatever that means. Big-Iain Dead Certs Death Stalks United Living In A Box RJC Vassili Zaitsev Victor Spencer's Delight

Pierre, The Abbé  Born 5 August 1912  (Lyon, France) French Catholic priest and MP, born Henri-Antoine Groués. Former member of the Résistance and National Assembly. Founded the Emmaus Community in 1949 to help the homeless, and his work influenced people like Sue Ryder and Leonard Cheshire. Has somewhat dubious right-wing views. Died in 2006 but no obit. Above Average For Norfolk

Piggott, Lester Born 5 November 1935  (Wantage, Berkshire, England) Unusually tall (5'8") jockey, nine times winner of the Epsom Derby, who was often lampooned for his odd speech impediment, and did time for tax evasion. Die, Celebs, Die!!! Six Foot Under

Pinelli, Tullio (Died in 2009) Born 24 June 1908  (Turin, Italy) Italian screenwriter, former cavalry officer, Oscar-nominated for co-writing the screenplays for I Vitelloni (1953), La Strada (1954), La Dolce vita (1960), and 8½ (1963). Indeed, That's Out Of The Air

Pinochet, Augusto  Born 25 November 1915  (Valparaíso, Chile) Died 10 December 2006  (Santiago, Chile) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Former Chilean dictator, installed by a violent US-backed coup in 1973. His regime, finally ousted in 1988 (though he remained commander-in-chief of the army for a further 10 years), was responsible for thousands of murders and "disappearances". He survived an assassination attempt in 1986 and then managed to get himself ruled physically and mentally unfit to stand trial, both in the UK (where he spent over a year under house arrest) and in Chile. So, in the end, he got away with it all. 4 Ever Delayed A Kick In The Ghoulies A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde A Shot In The Dark Asking For It Bazzilliant Beginnings of Rigor Best Left To Rest Dead And Buried Cave's Corpses Coffin It Up Crem De La Crem Dead Beat  Dead Certs Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Death From Above Deathpig Died In A Nasty Accident Diepod Shuffle Don't Fear (The Reaper)  Down Under The Daisies Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Drunkasaskunk Duke Dysfunctional Eejit Facing The Final Curtain Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino Grizly Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day In Bed with Maradona Jaguar X-Types Jossy's Giants Juicy Janny Just Resting My Eyes Kali Comes To Dinner Lord Football's Snuffers Mr C Over And Out Pining For The Fjords Puzlman's Passing Picks Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard RJC 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 Stab In The Dark Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Team DJB  Team Mogblog The Anfield Iron The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Conqueror Worm The Ex Factor The Grey Horde The Last Gasp The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers The Voodoo Gurus They're Dead, Y'Know! Tomb It May Concern Tramp The Dirt Down Windsor The Troll Wishin' on a (Death) Star

Pinter, Harold (Died in 2008) Born 10 October 1930  (Hackney, London, England) Ground-breaking playwright ("The Caretaker" and "The Birthday Party" being his best-known works), stage director, and screenwriter (e.g. "The Last Tycoon" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman"). Having originally trained as an actor, he has recently taken up performing again, both on stage and in the occasional film (e.g. the dodgy 1999 adaptation of "Mansfield Park"). A campaigner for leftist political causes (despite accepting a CBE and a Companionship of Honour from the Queen), the heavy smoker was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in 2002. 4 Ever Delayed A Grave Situation Already Dead Bleedin' Heart  Brown Bread  Canadian Paul  Cap'n Ohtz Church(yard) On The Hill  Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Deathlist.net Died In A Nasty Accident Down Under The Daisies Drunkasaskunk Eejit Facing The Final Curtain Fallen Sparrow George Lass and the Gravelings Godot's Waiting List God's Waiting Room Go Fish Grizly Grobler's Stiff Ones Hardwood Surround Henry's Half-Dead Heroes  Impaled on The Antlers of Doom  I Smell Dead People Jodie's Cuppas JoeRam John's A Legendary Doughnut Madonna's Hand of Bod Meet Your Maker Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard  R.I.P. It Up And Start Again RJC Rude Kid See, I Told You I Was Sick! Slave to the Grave Snuff Daddies Team Mogblog The Happy Desk The Doffin' Codgers The Grey Horde  The Newstreet Boys Death Squad The Raven The Underdogs of Hull City They're Dead, Y'Know!  This Mortal Coil Time Is NOT On Our Side! TiM r We Spin Terror Whitaker's Choice  Whoopass United Windsor The Troll

Pitt, Brad Born 18 December 1963  (Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA) Little-known actor. Death Stalks United

Poitier, Sidney Born 20 February 1927  (Miami, Florida, USA) Black actor who grew up in the Bahamas as the son of a "dirt farmer", according to IMDb, though what one of those is, is anyone's guess. Anyway, he emigrated to the US and went on to become a leading movie star of the 1950s and '60s, taking lead roles in, among others, "To Sir, With Love" and "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner". Dead And Buried Dead As A Dodo Dead Ringers Hung Like Kong

Ponti, Carlo (Died in 2007) Born 11 December 1912  (Magenta, Lombardy, Italy) Film producer, former business partner of Dino De Laurentiis, and husband of Sophia Loren. He switched his nationality to French to avoid various legal scrapes with the Italian authorities. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Impaled on The Antlers of Doom

Pop, Iggy Born 21 April 1947  (Muskegon, Michigan, USA) Former frontman of The Stooges, but also successful as a solo artist. Born James Jewell Osterberg Jr, he got his nickname from another of his old bands, The Iguanas. Celebrated for being a pioneer of stage-diving and crowd-walking, and for taking industrial quantities of heroin. Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) Mr Yuck

Porter, Gail Born 23 March 1971  (Edinburgh, Scotland) TV presenter, Houses of Parliament decorator, top totty! Has suffered from post-natal depression and alopecia. A Kick In The Ghoulies You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body!

Powell, Colin Born 5 April 1937  (New York, New York, USA) US Army general who worked under Bush I during Gulf War I, and later became Secretary of State under Bush II, taking the country into Gulf War II. Underwent surgery for prostate cancer in December 2003. Cannot pronounce his own name. The Driller Killer

Preston, Billy  Born 2 September 1946  (Houston, Texas, USA) Died 6 June 2006  (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA) Age at death: 59  (read death notice) Pianist, singer and songwriter who performed with the Beatles, the Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and countless other rock, funk and soul acts. He spent much of the 1990s getting into trouble with the law for possession of cocaine, assault with a deadly weapon, violation of bail, and filling out false insurance claims. Had a kidney transplant in 2002, and spent the last 8 months of his life in a coma. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Deadknobs And Doomed Picks One Foot in the Grave Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax

Price, Lloyd Born 9 March 1933  (Kenner, Louisiana, USA) Early rock 'n' roll musician. Hits include "Lawdy Miss Clawdy". R.I.P. It Up And Start Again

Profumo, John  Born 30 January 1915  (place of birth unknown) Died 10 March 2006  (London, England) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Secretary of State for War under Harold Macmillan. He resigned in 1963 following a notorious sex scandal involving 21-year-old call girl Christine Keeler, who had also slept with a Soviet attaché. After that he kept very quiet, apparently doing a lot of work for good causes - for example, from 1985 he was president of Toynbee Hall, a charity serving the East London borough of Tower Hamlets. Cap'n Ohtz Colin's Corpses Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities Dead Ends Dead Man Walking Erm...Excuse Me...Aren't You...Dead? George Lass and the Gravelings In Bed with Maradona Jaguar X-Types Judgment Day Nice Little Urner Over And Out Palace98 Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Slave to the Grave The Grey Horde Tomb It May Concern Whitaker's Choice

Prowse, David Born 1 July 1935  (Bristol, England) Former weightlifting champion who played the body of Darth Vader in the first three (or last three, depending how you look at it) "Star Wars" films. Famously annoyed to discover that George Lucas had got James Earl Jones to do the voice, without bothering to tell him. And even when the evil tyrant was unmasked in "The Return of the Jedi", Lucas got a third actor (Sebastian Shaw) to play Lord Vader's face. Burke 'n' Hare Team DJB

Puskas, Ferenc  Born 2 April 1927  (Budapest, Hungary) Died 17 November 2006  (Budapest, Hungary) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) 1950s Hungarian football legend with an amazing goalscoring record of 357 goals in 354 domestic matches and 83 goals in 84 internationals, including two in Hungary's famous 6-3 drubbing of England at Wembley in 1953. Suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for the last 6 years of his life. Already Dead Brown Bread Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill! Lord Football's Snuffers  Octopus of Odstock Sporting Life...Courting Death The Ex Factor The Grey Horde The Living End The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers This Mortal Coil

Putin, Vladimir Born 7 October 1952  (Leningrad (now St Petersburg again), Russia) President of Russia, former head of the FSB (the federal security services), and before that a KGB agent in East Germany. A big fan of sambo (a Russian martial art), he was Leningrad sambo champion on a number of occasions. Loulou's Lions Murld Leaders Team DJB

Pym, Francis (Died in 2008) Born 13 February 1922  (Abergavenny, Wales) Tory MP from 1961-87, who also held various Cabinet posts under the Heath and Thatcher governments. Octopus of Odstock

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