Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2006: T

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T, Ice Born 16 February 1958  (Newark, New Jersey, USA) Rap pioneer, whose track "6 N The Morning" has been credited with launching the whole gangsta rap movement. Went on to become lead shouter of metal band Body Count and record the controversial "Cop Killer", which caused him to be dropped by the Warner Brothers label. His real name is the comical Tracy Marrow. The Merry Harvester

Tanumafila II, Malietoa (Died in 2007) Born 4 January 1913  (Samoa) Reigning and last monarch of Samoa. Also the 3rd longest reigning living monarch after King Rama IX of Thailand and Queen Elizabeth II of the UK. Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities Diepod Shuffle Windsor The Troll

Tarbuck, Jimmy Born 6 February 1940  (Liverpool, England) Unfunny, golf-obsessed, old school comedian. His daughter's strangely attractive though. Don't Fear (The Reaper) Juicy Janny

Tarmey, Bill (Died in 2012) Born 4 April 1941  (Ardwick, Manchester, England) Played the character of Jack Duckworth in ITV soap "Coronation Street". In 1976 he suffered a "massive heart attack" and ten years later had to undergo bypass surgery. A Shot In The Dark Nice Little Urner

Taylor, Elizabeth (Died in 2011) Born 27 February 1932  (Hampstead, London, England) Movie star and only human friend of Michael Jackson. She has broken her back four times, had surgery for a brain tumour, and was once pronounced dead during the filming of "Cleopatra", following which she had an emergency tracheotomy. She has been married 940 times. 1st Time And Every One A Winner 4 Ever Delayed A Grave Situation A Kick In The Ghoulies Alison The Assassin Bazzilliant Beerbutton Brown Bread Cap'n Ohtz Cefor's Cremains of the Day Church(yard) On The Hill Coffin Fit Dead And Loving It Killers of Hope Dead Is As Dead Does Death Becomes Us Death From Above Deathpig Diepod Shuffle Don't Fear (The Reaper) Down Under The Daisies Dysfunctional Facing The Final Curtain Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day International House of Death I Smell Dead People Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Kiss of Death L C And The Sunshine Band Loulou's Lions Milksnatcher Bites The Dust Morbid United FC Musos Naked Florida Gravediggers Only Fools And Corpses Reaper's Insightful Crew Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show Stab In The Dark Weatherman90 And The Crew Team Mogblog The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Conqueror Worm The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Driller Killer The Ex Factor The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Morbid Postman The Newlydeads The Raven Toasted Brown Bread Wish Upon A Star  You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body!

Taylor, Jayceon 'The Game' Born 29 November 1979  (Compton, California, USA) Rapper whose 2005 debut album titled "The Documentary" sold more than 586,000 units in its first week. Dead Is As Dead Does

Taylor, Phil (Died in 2012) Born 18 September 1917  (Bristol, England) Not the darts champion, but the former cricketer, England football international and ex-manager of Liverpool FC. Octopus of Odstock

Tebbit, Lord Norman Born 29 March 1931  (Ponders End, London, England) Outspoken former chairman of the Conservative Party, whose unemployed father famously "did not riot, he got on his bike and looked for work". Here's one of his more famous, though not wholly memorable, quotes: "The word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties." It must have taken him hours to write that. Asking For It Dead Man Walking Facing The Final Curtain gdh200 The Bitter End The Newlydeads

Temple, Shirley Born 23 April 1928  (Santa Monica, California, USA) The most famous child star in cinema history, who left the movies once she grew up and became the US ambassador to Ghana (in the 1970s) and Czechoslovakia (during the "Velvet Revolution"). In 1972 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but survived and was widely respected for being one of the first public figures to openly discuss the issue. Random trivia: her daughter Lori (as "Lori Lorax") was a founder member of seminal proto-grunge band The Melvins. Bleedin' Heart Bunch of Old Bags Facing The Final Curtain Mean Machine MizzJackTheCat Vassili Zaitsev Zaph's Snuffers

Thatcher, Margaret (Died in 2013) Born 13 October 1925  (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) Britain's first female Prime Minister, and one of Augusto Pinochet's beer buddies. After her fall from grace in 1990 and subsequent retirement from the House of Commons two years later, the handbag-toting Iron Lady was made an Iron Baroness and is now generally regarded as "a bit nuts" (though whether this is anything new is subject to debate). In 2002 she retired from public life following a number of strokes, and her health has reportedly gone further downhill following the death of her husband Denis in June 2003. 1st Time And Every One A Winner 2 Days Older Than Grass 4 Ever Delayed 99 Ways To Die A Grave Situation A Kick In The Ghoulies Alison The Assassin Already Dead A Shot In The Dark  Asking For It  Bazzilliant Beerbutton Best Left To Rest Bunch of Old Bags Burke 'n' Hare But I'm Not Dead Yet Cave's Corpses Church(yard) On The Hill Coffin It Up Colin's Corpses Crem De La Crem Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead By Dawn Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Killers of Hope Dead Is As Dead Does Deadknobs And Doomed Picks Git-R-Dead Dead Ringers  Death On The Rocks Deathpig Death Stalks United Died In A Nasty Accident Don't Fear (The Reaper) Down Under The Daisies Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Drunkasaskunk Duke Erm...Excuse Me...Aren't You...Dead? Eternity Tours Facing The Final Curtain Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) Five-Fingered Hand Of Death Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino George Lass and the Gravelings Godot's Waiting List Grizly Impaled on The Antlers of Doom In Bed with Maradona I Smell Dead People Jaguar X-Types Jesus Jones Jim Devine  JoeRam Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Jossy's Giants Judgment Day Juicy Janny  Just Resting My Eyes Kali Comes To Dinner Levelled Crossing Lived So Let's Die Milksnatcher Bites The Dust  Nice Little Urner Noah Reason & the Clowns of Death Noz4news One Foot in the Grave Only Fools And Corpses Over And Out  Palace98 Pining For The Fjords ProDeathCrew  Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard RJC  Sandals in the Bin: The Mother Teresa Tribute Band See, I Told You I Was Sick! Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die'  Sporting Lesbian Stab In The Dark Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Team DJB Weatherman90 And The Crew Team Mogblog The 4 Hamsters of the Apocalypse The Bitter End  The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Happy Desk The Conqueror Worm The Dodgy One The Doffin' Codgers The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Driller Killer The Ex Factor  The Familiar Undead The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Newlydeads  The Raven The Underdogs of Hull City They're Dead, Y'Know! They Sure Look Like Plant Food To Me Time, Gentlemen, Please! Time Is NOT On Our Side! TiM r Tomb It May Concern Tramp The Dirt Down T. Rex Whitaker's Choice Wish Upon A Star You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body! Youth In Asia Helpline Zaph's Snuffers

Theodorakis, Mikis Born 29 July 1925  (Chios, Greece) Composer. Judgment Day

Thornton, Frank (Died in 2013) Born 15 January 1921  (Dulwich, London, England) TV and film actor, probably best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the long-running department-store-based sitcom "Are You Being Served?" In 1997, when Brian Wilde was taken ill prior to filming a series of "Last of the Summer Wine", Thornton was hurriedly brought in to play Herbert "Truly" Truelove, by way of a replacement for the Foggy Dewhurst character. Team AJS The Bitter End Wishy-Washy

Thorpe, Jeremy Born 29 April 1929  (London, England) Former Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Party. His career was destroyed in the mid-1970s as a result of a scandal in which he and three others were charged with conspiracy to murder his alleged lover Norman Scott. He has suffered from Parkinson's Disease for over twenty years. Brown Bread Cefor's Cremains of the Day Colin's Corpses Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities Crem De La Crem Drunkasaskunk Globaltruth Godot's Waiting List Go Fish Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Loss of Life RJC The Doffin' Codgers The Living End Tomb It May Concern Whitaker's Choice Wishin' on a (Death) Star

Thynne, Alexander Born 6 May 1932  (London, England) AKA the 7th Marquess of Bath. Eccentric incumbent of the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire. Well known for painting murals and having an interesting attitude to "free love". Lesser known for writing and being fined for assaulting a man in Campden Hill Road. A Shot In The Dark

Tibbetts, Paul (Died in 2007) Born 23 February 1915  (Quincy, Illinois, USA) Pilot of the B-29 Aircraft 44-86292 Enola Gay, which he named after his mother (who in turn was named after the heroine of a novel her father had liked). On August 6th 1945, the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima at 8:15am local time. Indeed, That's Out Of The Air Mr C

Tindill, Eric (Died in 2010) Born 18 December 1910  (Nelson, New Zealand) Played for New Zealand at both cricket and rugby, and is now the oldest surviving Old Black. The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe

Todd, Richard (Died in 2009) Born 11 June 1919  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Mildly successful film and stage actor, born in Ireland to British parents who bestowed upon him the full name of Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd. Saw active service throughout World War II, and parachuted into France during the D-Day landings. He later went on to appear in "D-Day: The Sixth of June" and "The Longest Day", though perversely he didn't play himself in either film. Best Left To Rest Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk

Tomlinson, Jane (Died in 2007) Born in Rothwell, Leeds, England  (exact date unknown) Terminally-ill cancer sufferer who took up running in May 2001, and the following year managed to complete the London Marathon, some triathlon or other, and the Great North Run (a tedious-sounding race around Newcastle, apparently). Born in 1963, exact date unknown. A Grave Situation Already Dead A Shot In The Dark Bazzilliant But I'm Not Dead Yet Dead Certs Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Died In A Nasty Accident  Eat My Dust God's Waiting Room Go Fish Living In A Box  Lord Football's Snuffers Oh, It's a Scythe! Over And Out Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' Snuff Daddies Sporting Life...Courting Death Weatherman90 And The Crew The 4 Hamsters of the Apocalypse  The Happy Desk  The Coffin-Dodgers The Doffin' Codgers The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Raven Time Is NOT On Our Side! Tomb It May Concern Vassili Zaitsev  Wishin' on a (Death) Star  Youth In Asia Helpline

Tottenham, Charles John  Born 30 May 1913  (Binstead, Hampshire, England) Died 1 February 2006  (Place of death unknown) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) The 8th Marquess of Ely. Going Green

Tough, Janette Born 16 May 1947  (Queenzieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland) Diminutive woman who for years has been making a living out of dressing up as a Scottish schoolboy called Jimmy Krankie and cracking naff jokes at the expense of her straight-man husband. A slightly disturbing spectacle to watch as a child, and perhaps even more so as an adult. Fractured her skull in December 2004 when she fell from a beanstalk during a pantomime. Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again)

Townes, Charles Born 28 July 1915  (Greenville, South Carolina, USA) Inventor of the maser (a microwave device). Also worked on the laser, but not on the taser, or indeed the razor. Canadian Paul

Tramiel, Jack Born 13 December 1928  (Lodz, Poland) Founder of Commodore International, the company that gave the world the Vic 20, Commodore 64 and Amiga. The Winged Devil Monkeys

Travers, Mary (Died in 2009) Born 9 November 1936  (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) One-third of 1970s folk group Peter, Paul & Mary - "Leaving On A Jet Plane" and all that. Revealed in December 2004 that she is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukaemia. Bunch of Old Bags Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day One Foot in the Grave Toasted Brown Bread

Troyer, Verne Born 1 January 1969  (Sturgis, Michigan, USA) Diminutive (2'8") actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" movies. 99 Ways To Die

Trueman, Fred  Born 6 February 1931  (Stainton, Yorkshire, England) Died 1 July 2006  (Skipton, North Yorkshire, England) Age at death: 75  (read death notice) Cricketer-turned-commentator-turned-after-dinner-speaker. The Familiar Undead

Trump, Donald Born 14 June 1946  (New York, New York, USA) Billionaire real estate developer whose megalomaniac acquisition of riches, and later descent to near-bankruptcy, arguably epitomised the greed culture of the 1980s. Digging The Grave

Tuddenham, Peter (Died in 2007) Date and place of birth unknown Bit-part TV actor, best known for providing the voices of Zen, Orac and Slave, the computers in "Blake's 7". Condi's Ill-Considered Probabilities

Tupou IV, King Taufa'ahau  Born 4 July 1918  (Tonga) Died 10 September 2006  (Auckland, New Zealand) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) King of Tonga. Was pronounced King on the death of his mother in 1965, though the actual pronunciation apparently took ages. Already Dead Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band Diepod Shuffle Erm...Excuse Me...Aren't You...Dead? The Living End Windsor The Troll

Tureaud, Laurence Born 21 May 1952  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) The legendary Mr T, who played Sgt. B.A. Baracus in "The A-Team", and made a habit of pitying fools and not gettin' on no airplanes. Dead Ringers In Bed with Maradona

Tutu, Desmond Born 7 October 1931  (Klerksdorp, South Africa) Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, he became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986. When aged fourteen he caught tuberculosis and had to spend two years in hospital as a result. Reported to be "seriously ill" in 2001, he joked "My presence here gives testimony to the resurrection of the dead!" during a visit to London's Southwark Cathedral at the time. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde A Shot In The Dark Dead By Dawn Deadknobs And Doomed Picks Going Underground Pooil Vaaish Puzlman's Passing Picks The Happy Desk The Dodgy One

Tyler Moore, Mary Born 29 December 1936  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actress and comedienne who came to prominence in "The Dick Van Dyke Show", before being given her own programme, called, with a stunning lack of imagination, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Dead And Loving It

Tyson, Mike Born 30 June 1966  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Brought up by his single mother in the toughest part of Brooklyn, was winning street fights by the age of 9, weighed 200lbs and could bench-press more than his own weight by the age of 14. Became the youngest undisputed WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight boxing champion ever at 20. Spent 3 years in prison for rape and famously bit Evander Holyfield's ear off. And yet, despite all this, he still speaks with a comically high-pitched, lisping voice. In Bed with Maradona

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