Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2007: L

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La Lanne, Jack (Died in 2011) Born 26 September 1914  (San Francisco, California, USA) American TV fitness guru, real name François Henri La Lanne. 1-2-3 Dead Like Me Are They Dead Yet? Bitter Violet Heads in a Bag Mean Machine Spiro's Toe Tagging  Stephen Hawking's Football Boots There's A Mr Death At The Door, Something About The Reaping

La Motta, Jake Born 10 July 1921  (Bronx, New York, USA) Boxing legend, portrayed by Robert De Niro in "Raging Bull". Charles Got His Wish Crem De La Crem Deadpoolers Island of Death Sporting Life...Courting Death Wayne's Done And Dusted

La Rue, Danny (Died in 2009) Born 26 July 1927  (County Cork, Republic of Ireland) Irish comedian, best known as one of the top female impersonators in the UK. Biologically Dead Robbo's Dead 'Uns The Shoebury Stiffs  Who Greased That Vine? Witham Waifs and Wasters

Lagerfeld, Karl Born 10 September 1933  (Hamburg, Germany) Fashion designer - Kylie Minogue's favourite, so we're told. Stephen Hawking's Football Boots

Laine, Frankie  Born 30 March 1913  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Died 6 February 2007  (San Diego, California, USA) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Crooner of Italian origin (real name Frank Paul LoVecchio), who enjoyed huge success in the 1950s, before rock 'n' roll rendered him obsolete. His UK chart records of 18 consecutive weeks at number 1 (with 'I Believe' in 1953) and a total of 27 weeks in the top slot in that year remain unequalled to this day. 1-2-3 Dead Like Me Best Left To Rest Checking Out By Christmas Crusty Corpses Deadpoolers Frog Impressions! I Need Frog Impressions I Told You I Was Ill Jesus Jones The Doffin' Codgers Youth In Asia Helpline

Lake, Greg Born 10 November 1947  (Poole, Dorset, England) Singer & musician - the Lake in Emerson, Lake & Palmer. I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band

Lamb, Willis (Died in 2008) Born 12 July 1913  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize for Physics. Canadian Paul Deathpig

Lambert, Christopher Born 29 March 1957  (Great Neck, New York, USA) Franco-American actor, Connor MacLeod in "Highlander". I Die You Die

Lamont, Norman Born 8 May 1942  (Shetland Isles, Scotland) Tory MP for Kingston-upon-Thames for 25 years, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990-93. Peter "RIP" Trait

Landau, Martin Born 20 June 1931  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actor - starred in "Mission: Impossible" from 1966-69 and "Space: 1999" from 1975-77. Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax

Lane, Charles  Born 26 January 1905  (San Francisco, California, USA) Died 9 July 2007  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 102  (read death notice) Skinny, bespectacled American character actor who appeared in minor roles in over 250 films. Born Charles Gerstle Levison. Banda Aceh Surf Club Bazzilliant Bleedin' Heart Croaker De'Ath and the Prognosticators Deathlist.net Eejit Golden Oldies! ILikeyKilly Part II Entertainers Seeking One Final Shot At Fame Lord Football's Dead Superstars Mr C The Crematorium Cheerleaders Yerttle

Lane, Patrick Born 26 March 1939  (Nelson, British Columbia, Canada) Poet, mostly on nature and the environment. Calamity

Lange, Artie Born 11 October 1967  (Union Township, New Jersey, USA) US stand-up comedian who has also appeared on TV, in films, and - thanks to various drug-related offences - in court. Mean Machine

Langford, Bonnie Born 22 July 1964  (Hampton Court, Surrey, England) Squeaky-voiced, lisping child star who won Hughie Green's "Opportunity Knocks" 'talent' contest and became a member of Equity at the age of 6. Went on to tread the boards on Broadway and in the West End by her early teens, and appeared in "Just William" and "Doctor Who". Had a nervous breakdown in the late '80s. Paul Metcalfe's 21

Langham, Chris Born 14 April 1949  (London, England) Writer, comic actor, former Monty Python sidekick, recently appeared in "The Thick of It". Allegations of indecent assault and child pornography surfaced in 2006, and some DDPers obviously believe that this might push him over the edge. Fallen Off The Twig Knowing My Luck I'll Probably Reincarnate As A Mayfly! Please Refrain From Testing

Langley, Jimmy  Born 7 February 1929  (Kilburn, London, England) Died 9 December 2007  (unknown) Age at death: 78  (read death notice) Former QPR, Fulham and England footballer. Octopus of Odstock

Lansbury, Angela Born 16 October 1925  (London, England) British stage and screen actress, who has spent most of her working life in the US, often playing characters much older than herself. Best known as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV detective series 'Murder, She Wrote'. 2 Days Older Than Grass Beerbutton 2 Deadpoolers Foxy T In Eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks It Tolls For Thee Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Wibbly Dribbly Boys

Lantos, Tom (Died in 2008) Born 1 February 1928  (Budapest, Hungary) Long-serving American politican in California. Old Folks' Graveyard

Large, Eddie Born 25 June 1942  (Glasgow, Scotland) About three-quarters of the famous Little & Large double act. AbraCadaver Heaven 17 (+3) If One Dies, Will The Other Follow? YouKeepMeHangin'On

Lassen, Georg Born 12 May 1915  (Steglitz, Berlin, Germany) U-boat ace, sinking 26 Allied ships. Redmyst XX

Lauda, Niki Born 22 February 1949  (Vienna, Austria) Former F1 motor racing World Champion, who somehow survived a horrific crash in 1976, which left him scarred for life. Went on to become a successful businessman. The Derby Rams

Lavin, Linda Born 15 October 1937  (Portland, Maine, USA) American actress of stage, TV & film. Known to US audiences as the title character of sitcom "Alice". Mummies and Daddies

Law, Denis Born 24 February 1940  (Aberdeen, Scotland) Former ace striker with Scotland, Manchester United & Manchester City. Close The Casket Pan Breid

Lawson, Nigel Born 11 March 1932  (London, England) British journalist-turned-MP who went on to become Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher. After leaving office he was made Lord Lawson of Blaby, and then decided to lose lots of weight, getting his wife Therese to write "The Nigel Lawson Diet Cookbook". Not long afterwards, their daughter Nigella took the wind out of Therese's sails by rising to fame as a rather more popular celebrity chef. Brown Bananas Peter "RIP" Trait

Lawson, Nigella Born 6 January 1960  (London, England) Glamourpuss chef & writer. Daughter of Nigel. Peter "RIP" Trait

Lazenby, George Born 5 September 1939  (Queanbeyan, Australia) The "forgotten" Bond - did just one film as Jimbo B - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Darwin's List

le Carré, John Born 19 October 1931  (Poole, Dorset, England) Born David Cornwell. One of the world's finest thriller writers, specialising in spy stories. Dead Calm

Le Mat, Paul Born 22 September 1946  (Rahway, New Jersey, USA) American film actor. Darwin's List

Le Pen, Jean-Marie Born 20 June 1928  (La Trinité-sur-Mer, Brittany, France) Founder (and still president) of the right-wing Front National party, who has courted controversy throughout his life. Some of his "achievements" have included practising torture in Algeria (allegedly), and losing his seat in the European Parliament for assaulting a rival socialist candidate during an earlier election campaign. John Stalkerestest Slave To The Grave

Leachman, Cloris Born 30 April 1926  (Des Moines, Iowa, USA) Actress, Oscar winner for her role in "The Last Picture Show". Lillith's List Spun Do You Light Us

Lear, Norman Born 27 July 1922  (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) American TV sitcom producer & occasional actor. The Winged Devil Monkeys

Lee, Christopher Born 27 May 1922  (Belgravia, London, England) Actor who has appeared in countless cheesy horror films, particularly those made by Hammer during the 1950s-70s. Last seen storming off in a massive huff after discovering that his character, Saruman, had been totally written out of the final instalment of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy during post-production. 1 Down, 19 To Go 2 Days Older Than Grass A Dingo Ate My Baby Coffin Fit  Deadpoolers Fallen Off The Twig NakedRicci's Gothic Apocalypse Owt To Stop Me Coffin? The Funeral Director 07 The Great Beyond Time Is NOT On Our Side! Yerttle You Mean He's Not Already?

Lee, Harper Born 28 April 1926  (Monroeville, Alabama, USA) Authoress - "To Kill a Mockingbird". Darwin's List Shuffled Off

Lee, Stan Born 22 December 1922  (New York, New York, USA) Cartoonist who created "Spider-Man" and "The Hulk". Aardvark Dead As A Dodo  Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Heaven 17 (+3) Rigger Mortice And The Rotting Allstars

Lee, Tommy Born 3 October 1962  (Athens, Greece) American rock star, lead singer for Motley Crue, and Pamela Anderson's ex. Fallen Off The Twig

Leigh, Mike Born 20 February 1943  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Film director. John Stalkerestest

Leigh Fermor, Patrick (Died in 2011) Born 11 February 1915  (London, England) Travel writer, who has written extensively about Greece after serving behind enemy lines in Crete during World War II. Knighted in the 2004 New Year Honours list. Whittaker's Choice

L'Engle, Madeleine  Born 29 November 1918  (New York, New York, USA) Died 6 September 2007  (Litchfield, Connecticut, USA) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) Writer, best known for her books for children, with a scientific bent to them. International House of Death

Leno, Jay Born 28 April 1950  (Natick, Massachusetts, USA) Big-chinned comedian & talk show host. Dead Beat

Lesh, Phil Born 15 March 1940  (Berkeley, California, USA) Founding member of the band The Grateful Dead - played bass guitar throughout their entire 30-year career. Crazycarl Gravediggin' Grandaddy Stiff & the Tears The Doffin' Codgers The Doom & Gloom Room

Lessing, Doris (Died in 2013) Born 22 October 1919  (Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran)) Novelist whose works are strongly influenced by politics, psychology and her own upbringing in colonial Africa. She has often been described as a feminist writer, although she shuns this label. The Driller Killer

Lester, Jon Born 7 January 1984  (Puyallup, Washington, USA) Baseball player who was forced to take a break due to cancer in 2006. Killers Of Hope

Leston, Les (Died in 2012) Born 16 December 1920  (Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England) Racing driver. Octopus of Odstock

Letterman, David Born 12 April 1947  (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) Famed US entertainer, talk show host & businessman. Dead On

Lévi-Strauss, Claude (Died in 2009) Born 28 November 1908  (Brussels, Belgium) Anthropologist and all-round intellectual who, in works such as "Anthropologie structurale", developed theories adapted from the structuralist ideas of linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. No relation to that bloke wot invented jeans. Are You Lot Still Alive? Banshees Scream Bleedin' Heart Cap'n Ohtz Crusher's Corpses Dead Calm Deathlist.net Deceased Hose Eejit Fox In A Box I Am Not Sick In Eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks  It's Worse Than That, He's Dead, Jim JoeRam O'Neill is a Sick Puppy NihilisticMacaw Simfish The Coffin-Dodgers The Morbid Postman ThePoitouTeam ...the Salmon Mousse!!! The Underdogs of Hull City Too Late For Casualty Wayne's Done And Dusted

Lewis, Jerry Born 16 March 1926  (Newark, New Jersey, USA) Actor, writer, director, producer and composer, born Joseph Levitch. Formed a partnership with Dean Martin and made 18 films with him in 10 years, before going on to have his greatest success in 'The Nutty Professor' (1963). Now suffering badly from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, and looking increasingly infirm. Above Average For Norfolk Beginnings of Rigor Best Left To Rest BillsZone.com Fat Pansies Cashed Their Chips Crazycarl Dead End Job  Dead Excited Killers Of Hope Dead Men Walking Death In Vegas Deathpig Diedie Mydarlings Dye Hard  Grassyknoll Grayson H5N1 I Can't Feel My Legs! I Laugh in the Face Of Death! I Told You I Was Ill It's Worse Than That, He's Dead, Jim Justpat's Carkers Living In A Box Lucky In A Hefty Bag Oh...If Only It Were True Ohio and Goodbye-o Overandout Peterborough Petes Phreebyrd Singing in the Grave, I'm Singing in the Grave Tentoesup The Conqueror Worm There's A Mr Death At The Door, Something About The Reaping The Vyrdolak Time Is NOT On Our Side! TiMr

Lewis, Jerry Lee Born 29 September 1935  (Ferriday, Louisiana, USA) The piano-playing rock-n-roller with balls of fire so great that he married his thirteen-year-old cousin and once turned up at Graceland with a gun, threatening to kill Elvis. He has succeeded in surviving where just about everyone around him has failed: his son was killed in a car crash, his fourth wife drowned in a swimming pool, and his fifth wife died of a drugs overdose. Wonder why his nickname is "The Killer"? Alison The Assassin Colin's Contemptible Collection of Cadaverous Corpses No Longer With U.S. Ohio and Goodbye-o Phreebyrd Robbo's Dead 'Uns

Lewis, Stephen Born in London, England  (exact date unknown) TV actor - played the part of Blakey in "On the Buses". Born 1936. 1-2-3 Dead Like Me 4 Ever Delayed Deadpoolers Norwegian Blue The Crematorium Cheerleaders

Liddy, G. Gordon Born 30 November 1930  (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) Ex-FBI agent & attorney, who led the break-in of the Watergate building in 1972 on Richard Nixon's orders. Deadtome

Lightfoot, Gordon Born 17 November 1938  (Orillia, Ontario, Canada) Canadian singer/songwriter, perhaps best known in the UK for "If You Could Read My Mind", the backing track often used in Dom Joly's "Trigger-Happy TV". Riding The Jesus Train

Lilian of Sweden, Princess (Died in 2013) Born 30 August 1915  (Swansea, Wales) Née Lilian May Davies. Widow of the late Prince Bertil of Sweden. She is still active in the Swedish royal family. Please Refrain From Testing

Lilienthal, Andor (Died in 2010) Born 5 May 1911  (Moscow, Russia) Hungarian chess grandmaster, played from the 1930s onwards. It's Grim Up North

Linkletter, Art (Died in 2010) Born 17 July 1912  (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada) Presenter of lame shows on US TV, such as "Kids Say the Darnedest Things". A kind of American Denis Norden. BillsZone.com Fat Pansies Buzzards Circling The Drain Food For Worms Florida Gator Bait Heads in a Bag Entertainers Seeking One Final Shot At Fame Lucky In A Hefty Bag Naked Florida Gravediggers NakedRicci's Gothic Apocalypse Reapin' Time Spiro's Toe Tagging

Little, Syd Born 19 December 1942  (Blackpool, Lancashire, England) Comedian - the skinny, bespectacled half of Little & Large. If One Dies, Will The Other Follow?

Littlejohn, Richard Born 18 January 1954  (Ilford, Essex, England) Outspoken newspaper columnist and sometime radio & TV presenter. Dodo, Di, Dodi, Dando...Dido?

Lloyd, Hugh (Died in 2008) Born 22 April 1923  (Chester, Cheshire, England) TV and stage actor/comic. Was awarded an MBE in 2005 for his services to drama and charity. I Told You I Was Ill Rigger Mortice And The Rotting Allstars

Loaf, Meat Born 27 September 1951  (Dallas, Texas, USA) Real name Marvin Lee Aday. Although born in Texas - home of Houston, America's fattest city for the third year running - Mr Loaf moved to the West Coast in the 1960s. After appearing in various musicals, including "Hair" and the movie version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", he performed vocals on a number of albums before hitting the big time with "Bat Out Of Hell" in 1977. His partnership with Jim Steinman soon deteriorated, along with his career, and by the end of the 1980s he was bankrupt. But by the mid-1990s they'd kissed and made up, releasing the imaginatively titled "Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell". In 2003 he collapsed on stage at Wembley Arena, and subsequently underwent heart surgery after being diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (an illness in which the patient thinks they are a law firm). Dress re-Hearse-als Norfolk & Chance

Lofthouse, Nat (Died in 2011) Born 27 August 1925  (Bolton, Lancashire, England) England and Bolton Wanderers footballer of the 1940s and '50s, who played over 500 games for his club and scored 30 goals for his country. Crusher's Corpses Dead As A Dodo Jesus Jones Robbo's Dead 'Uns Sporting Life...Courting Death Tick Tock Stopped Ticking

Lohan, Lindsay Born 2 July 1986  (New York, New York, USA) Apparently, she's an actress. However, much better known for her partying, car accidents, arguments, crash dieting, smoking, drug taking, going in & out of rehab etc etc. Bitter Violet Call-Forward-Forever Deadtome Oh...If Only It Were True Riding The Jesus Train RooKill The Texas Reaper Club

Lom, Herbert (Died in 2012) Born 9 January 1917  (Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)) Actor, born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru, but decided that Lom was less of a mouthful, and he may just have been right. Usually played supporting roles, including Peter Sellers' long suffering boss Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies. Moved into horror films in the 1970s, none of which were particularly memorable. Dead Beat Digging The Grave The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too...) Whale Oil Beef Hooked

Longthorne, Joe Born 31 May 1955  (Kingston-upon-Hull, Humberside, England) Light entertainer and erstwhile TV star. Was seriously ill with leukaemia and being kept alive by drugs and blood transfusions, but a bone marrow transplant seems to have perked him up no end, and as of April 2006 he's back on stage and on tour. 1 Down, 19 To Go  Already Dead Are You Still Dying, Darling? Beginnings of Rigor Best Left To Rest Boring Ole' Six  Cashed Their Chips Coffin Fit Col's Corpses Crem De La Crem Crusty Corpses Dead Centre of England Deathpig Down Under The Daisies Eat My Dust Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster Going Green H5N1 I Told You I Was Ill  I Told You I Felt Ill!!!!!! Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Lee's Dead On Luck of the Dead Mr Mark J Naked Florida Gravediggers Norwegian Blue Pan Breid Six Foot Under The Crematorium Cheerleaders Tick Tock Stopped Ticking To The Other Side Wake Up And Smell The Coffin

Longworth, Eric (Died in 2008) Born in Shaw, Lancashire, England  (exact date unknown) TV actor - played the town clerk in "Dad's Army". Born 1918. Going Green

Loren, Sophia Born 20 September 1934  (Pozzuoli, Italy) Glamorous actress, born Sofia Villani Scicolone. Merry Death Mass Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax

Lorenz, Edward Norton (Died in 2008) Born 23 May 1917  (West Hartford, Connecticut, USA) Mathematician & meteorologist & gave the world the term "butterfly effect". NihilisticMacaw Simfish

Louganis, Greg Born 29 January 1960  (El Cajon, California, USA) Olympic diver with 4 gold medals, a sore head and AIDS. Shuffled Off

Love, Courtney Born 9 July 1965  (San Francisco, California, USA) The original Riot Grrl, who formed Hole after being kicked out of Babes In Toyland. Wife of the late Kurt Cobain, she has had numerous verbal and legal scuffles with his former Nirvana bandmates. When not busy being controversial, she spends her time bringing up her daughter and taking heroin. Beerbutton Dead End Job Dead Excited Dress re-Hearse-als Grave Architecture Illinois Reaper Beater Lillith's List Naked Florida Gravediggers Pan Breid Peter "RIP" Trait Please Refrain From Testing ShezyB's Angels Singing in the Grave, I'm Singing in the Grave

Lovell, Sir Bernard (Died in 2012) Born 31 August 1913  (Oldland, Gloucestershire, England) Pioneer of wartime radar and radio astromony. Responsible for the building of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope in Cheshire. Diepod Shuffle Stiff & the Tears Whittaker's Choice

Lowe, Ted (Died in 2011) Born 1 November 1920  (Lambourn, Berkshire, England) Snooker commentator, nicknamed 'Whispering Ted', due to the fact that he whispers, and his name is Ted. A Kick In The Ghoulies Col's Corpses Sporting Life...Courting Death The Morbid Postman Witham Waifs and Wasters

Lowery, Joseph Born 6 October 1921  (Huntsville, Alabama, USA) Methodist minister, a leading figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Lady Bird Johnson Must Die

Lucas, George Born 14 May 1944  (Modesto, California, USA) Film director, producer & writer - the man behind the "Star Wars" films. Beerbutton 2 Paul Metcalfe's 21

Luger, Lex Born 2 June 1958  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) WCW wrestler (real name Lawrence Pfohl), whose finishing move is, apparently, the "Torture Rack". His partner and manager, Miss Elizabeth, was found dead at his home in May 2003; during the subsequent investigation the police found banned bodybuilding drugs on the premises, and he was arrested. Cefor's Cremains Peterborough Petes

Lundgren, Dolph Born 3 November 1957  (Stockholm, Sweden) Athlete who became an actor (of sorts), including a rather disastrous stint as "He-Man" in the live action film of the same name. Kelowna Karkups

Lynn, Dame Vera Born 20 March 1917  (East Ham, London, England) A performer from the age of 7, who really made it big during World War II. Her radio programme, 'Sincerely Yours', on which she was both presenter and singer of dreary ballads, made her 'The Forces' Sweetheart'. Ironic, then, that she had her first number 1 hit shortly after the war with a song sung partially in German - 'Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart'. Despite this gaffe, she was made a Dame in 1976. 1-2-3 Dead Like Me Benedict's Class of '07 Bunch of Old Bags Colin's Contemptible Collection of Cadaverous Corpses Crusty Corpses Dead Calm Dead Excited Globaltruth Go Ahead Turkeys It's Time To Say Goodbye The Goebbels Family & the Fred West Dancers Live On The Box King Kong Lindemans Living In A Box Spun Do You Light Us The Coffin-Dodgers The Doom & Gloom Room The Janitor Too Late For Casualty Witham Waifs and Wasters

Lyonne, Natasha Born 4 April 1979  (New York, New York, USA) American actress ("American Pie", "Blade: Trinity", "Scary Movie 2"). Moldy Oldies Schadenfreude

Lyttleton, Humphrey (Died in 2008) Born 23 May 1921  (Buckinghamshire, England) Jazz musician and quizmaster on Radio 4's 'Sorry, I Haven't Got A Clue'. Still touring and performing with his band. Big-Iain Jesus Jones Rigger Mortice And The Rotting Allstars The Great Beyond The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury

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