Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2007: R

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Raabe, Meinhardt Born 2 September 1915  (Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA) Dwarf actor who played a Munchkin coroner in the original 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz". Banshees Scream Bijou Bodettes Boring Ole' Six Cashed Their Chips

Radcliffe, Daniel Born 23 July 1989  (Fulham, London, England) Harry Potter. Now starring in a stage show where he takes his clothes off. Are You Lot Still Alive?

Radziwill, Lee Born 3 March 1933  (Southampton, New York, USA) US socialite, younger sister of Jackie Onassis/Kennedy/Bouvier. Deadtome

Rainer, Luise Born 12 January 1910  (Düsseldorf, Germany) Actress - the first thesp to win two Oscars in consecutive years (1936 and '37). Eternity Tours Frog Impressions! I Need Frog Impressions I Can't Feel My Legs! Entertainers Seeking One Final Shot At Fame International House of Death L C And The Sunshine Band The Dead Club

Rajapaksa, Mahinda Born 18 November 1945  (Weerakatiya, Hambantota, Sri Lanka) Current President of Sri Lanka. Knowing My Luck I'll Probably Reincarnate As A Mayfly!

Rajapakse, Gothabaya Born in Weerakatiya, Hambantota, Sri Lanka  (exact date unknown) Defence Secretary in the Sri Lankan government. Also just happens to be the brother of the country's president, Mahinda Rajapakse. Death From Above

Ramadan, Taha Yassin  Born in Mosul, Iraq  (exact date unknown) Died 20 March 2007  (Baghdad, Iraq) Age at death: 68  (read death notice) Born 1938. Vice-President of Iraq from 1991-2003. Caught and handed over to the Allies in August 2003, sentenced to death in February 2007, and executed the following month. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth At Least Three Points This Year Just Resting My Eyes No Noose Is Good Noose  The Pale Rider The Ex Factor

Ramone, Tommy Born 29 January 1952  (Budapest, Hungary) Last surviving member of the Ramones. Born Tamas Erdelyi. I Laugh in the Face Of Death!

Rampling, Charlotte Born 5 February 1946  (Sturmer, Essex, England) Actress & former model. Hello Hell

Rampling, Godfrey Born 14 May 1909  (Greenwich, London, England) Athlete, a member of the gold medal winning 4x400m British relay team in the 1936 Olympics. Later an army officer & father of Charlotte. Bleedin' Heart

Ramsay, Gordon Born 8 November 1966  (Johnstone, Scotland) Foul-mouthed ex-footballer, now a foul-mouthed celebrity chef. A Dingo Ate My Baby Dead Mingers Mad Maureen To The Other Side

Ramsay, Jack Born 21 February 1925  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Former NBA basketball coach, most notably with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trail Blazers. Reckoned to be one of the 10 greatest coaches of all time, but will that be enough to get him a UK obit? Meet Your Maker

Randi, James Born 7 August 1928  (Toronto, Canada) Stage magician. Survived heart surgery in 2006, and is still performing. Slobodan Milosevic's Medicine Cabinet

Rather, Dan Born 31 October 1931  (Wharton, Texas, USA) Long time news anchor for CBS News until 2005. Illinois Reaper Beater

Rausing, Hans Born 25 March 1926  (Lund, Sweden) Businessman, owner of Tetra Pak & one of the world's richest people. The Old G1ts

Ray, Randy Born 3 June 1979  (Arcadia, Florida, USA) HIV-positive haemophiliac, whose parents fought a much-publicised court battle in 1987 for the right of him and his two (now deceased) brothers to continue to attend State school. Going Underground

Raymond, Paul Born 15 November 1925  (Liverpool, England) Pornographer, the man behind Razzle & Mayfair magazine. Now also a property developer. YouKeepMeHangin'On

Rayner, Claire Born 22 January 1931  (Stepney, London, England) Former nurse who went on to write about family health issues, becoming one of the UK's best-known agony aunts. She has also published a number of books about gardening as well as some fiction. Reportedly close to death in 2003 due to serious complications during surgery on a tendon, resulting in multiple organ failure, pneumonia and septicaemia. AbraCadaver The Harbingers Of Condolence Dead Beats Dodo, Di, Dodi, Dando...Dido? Henry's Half-Dead Heroes The Goebbels Family & the Fred West Dancers Live On The Box Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Sporting Lesbian The Dead Club A Long Queue in the Oncology Department The Final Curtain Call Youth'n'Asia

Rea, Chris Born 4 March 1951  (Middlesbrough, England) Gravelly-voiced singer/songwriter of "The Road To Hell" fame. Grassyknoll Grayson Spun Do You Light Us

Reagan, Nancy Born 6 July 1921  (New York, New York, USA) Born Anne Frances Robbins, and subsequently nicknamed Nancy, the former First Lady took the surname Davis after her mother's remarriage. Apparently she gives her date of birth as 6 July 1923, though in reality it was two years earlier. She had a relatively short and uneventful career as an actress which ended when she married Ronnie in 1958. Since then she has been known for her anti-drugs campaigning and her dubious astrological beliefs. A Shot In The Dark Big-Iain Bunch of Old Bags Call-Forward-Forever Church(yard) On A Hill Dead And Don't Know It Dead Beats Dead On Eat My Dust Gravediggin' Grandaddy Hello Hell Hope You Had a P0rn Pal I Can't Feel My Legs! Illinois Reaper Beater  In Death Do Us Fart  I Told You I Felt Ill!!!!!! Juicy Janny Kiss of Death Knock Knock... Mean Machine Oh...If Only It Were True Puzlman's Passing Picks RooKill Sayonara Saddam Temporary Team Name 2 (was Mean Machine) The Cloggers The Dead Club The Driller Killer The Funeral Director 07 The Pale Horseman's Soft Shoe Mortal Coil Shufflers There's A Mr Death At The Door, Something About The Reaping The Shipman List Warren502 Win One For The Dead Youth'n'Asia

Reardon, Ray Born 8 October 1932  (Tredegar, Wales) Six-times world snooker champion. MizzJackTheCat

Redgrave, Lynn Born 8 March 1943  (London, England) Member of the Redgrave acting dynasty: granddaugter of Roy Redgrave; daughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson; sister of Corin and Vanessa Redgrave; aunt of Natasha and Joely Richardson...to name but a few relatives. Her most famous role was probably the title character in 1966's "Georgy Girl". Kiss of Death Naked Florida Gravediggers Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive

Redgrave, Vanessa Born 30 January 1937  (London, England) Stage, TV & film actress, now the elder statesperson of the famous Redgrave acting dynasty. Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive

Reed, Lou Born 2 March 1942  (Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA) He of Velvet Underground fame. John Stalkerestest

Reeves, Keanu Born 2 September 1964  (Beirut, Lebanon) Canadian actor, star of "The Matrix" and "Speed" amongst others. I Die You Die

Reid, Frances Born 9 December 1913  (Wichita Falls, Texas, USA) Actress - played Alice Horton in the long-running US TV series "Days of Our Lives". Breathless In Seattle Phreebyrd

Reid, John Born 8 May 1947  (Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) Former Home Secretary and Labour MP for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts. The Winged Devil Monkeys

Reid, Mike  Born 19 January 1940  (Hackney, London, England) Died 29 July 2007  (Marbella, Spain) Age at death: 67  (read death notice) Gravelly-voiced comedian & actor - first found fame through "The Comedians", but best known as Frank Butcher in "Eastenders" and as the unlikely presenter of kids' TV show "Runaround". Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks

Reilly, Charles Nelson  Born 13 January 1931  (The Bronx, New York, USA) Died 25 May 2007  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 76  (read death notice) American movie actor and director, later an acting teacher and frequent guest on US TV chat and game shows. Deadtome Moldy Oldies

Rendell, Ruth Born 17 February 1930  (London, England) Best-selling crime novelist, dubbed by the tabloids "The Queen of Crime". In Eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks

Renfro, Brad Born 25 July 1982  (Knoxville, Tennesee, USA) Another child star to struggle in adulthood, and has had problems with drug addiction for some time. The Winged Devil Monkeys

Renton, Lord David  Born 12 August 1908  (London, England) Died 24 May 2007  (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England) Age at death: 98  (read death notice) Conservative MP for Huntingdon, 1945-79. Held the title of oldest member of the House of Lords from April 2004 until his death in May 2007. Beginnings of Rigor Dead End Job Going Green JoeRam Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Pry It From His Cold Dead Fingers Stiff & the Tears The Underdogs of Hull City

Rice, Anne Born 4 October 1941  (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) Best-selling authoress of numerous works of horror fiction, usually with the words "Vampire" and/or "Blood" in their titles. The words "lard" and "pies" also seem to have been fairly familiar to her, as by January 2003 she weighed in at 18 stone (252 lbs). Suffering from shortness of breath and high blood pressure, she underwent a gastric bypass operation in that month. Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax

Richard, Cliff Born 14 October 1940  (Lucknow, India) Actor, singer, colostomy bag-wearer and insufferably smug Christian. Dead Mingers Dok's Deadpool Lived So Let's Die

Richard, Little Born 5 December 1932  (Macon, Georgia, USA) Singer, songwriter & pianist, an early star of rock n' roll. Bucket Botherers Phreebyrd Rosebud! Zzzzzzz Short-Term Future

Richard, Wendy Born 20 July 1946  (Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England) TV actress who has appeared in many a British sitcom over the last 40 years, most notably in "Are You Being Served?" Since 1985 she has played Pauline Fowler in the BBC soap "EastEnders". She has had two brushes with cancer, most recently in 2002. Brown Bananas Bucket Botherers Foxy T Knowing My Luck I'll Probably Reincarnate As A Mayfly!  The Mother Teresa And Desmond Tutu Narcotic Inferno Wibbly Dribbly Boys YouKeepMeHangin'On

Richards, Keith Born 18 December 1943  (Dartford, Kent, England) The guitar-playing Rolling Stone with the distinctive death-warmed-up constitution. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth At Least Three Points This Year Buzzards Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead And Don't Know It Death Becomes Them Death In Vegas  E-Brake's Fantastic List Go Ahead Turkeys Henry's Half-Dead Heroes The Graveyard Shifter Hope You Had a P0rn Pal O'Neill is a Sick Puppy Lord Football's Dead Superstars Mr. Yuck Pink Panther (dead-dead, dead-dead) Reapin' Time Styx & Stones The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too...) The Texas Reaper Club

Richards, Michael Born 24 July 1949  (Culver City, California, USA) "Seinfeld" actor whose career took a nosedive when he racially abused audience members at a gig in 2006. A Dingo Ate My Baby

Richey, Kenny Born 3 August 1964  (Zeist, Netherlands) Scottish/US inmate on Death Row since 1987, but whose case is complex and currently being looked into again by US courts. Death From Above L C And The Sunshine Band This Mortal Coil

Richie, Nicole Born 21 September 1981  (Berkeley, California, USA) Adopted daughter of singer Lionel Richie, former best-friend-forever-until-I-fall-out-with-you to Paris Hilton, and utterly vapid reality TV star. Barry Chuckle BillsZone.com Fat Pansies Buzzards David the Aspie Dead And Don't Know It Dead Excited Dead On Dye Hard Five-Fingered Hand of Death Lillith's List Next Up Oh...If Only It Were True Overandout Phreebyrd Rabbitsnuffer Riding The Jesus Train  Thank You, Now Buh-Bye There's A Mr Death At The Door, Something About The Reaping The Texas Reaper Club

Rickles, Don Born 8 May 1926  (New York, New York, USA) Stand-up comedian, comic actor and talk show whore. Phreebyrd Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax The Vyrdolak

Riley, Jack Born 30 December 1935  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Actor, voice of Stu Pickles in "Rugrats", which might be enough these days to earn him a UK obit. Moldy Oldies

Rivers, Joan Born 8 June 1933  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Gruff-voiced, surgically-enhanced comedienne, talk show host and general all-purpose celebrity. Carrion Luggage Ashes2AshesSeadog Beerbutton Better Red Than Dead Death In Vegas Dye Hard

Rix, Brian Born 27 January 1924  (Cottingham, Yorkshire, England) Actor, mostly on stage, and charity worker. Younger brother of Sheila Mercier. Checking Out By Christmas

Rizzuto, Phil  Born 25 September 1917  (Hillside, New Jersey, USA) Died 13 August 2007  (West Orange, New Jersey, USA) Age at death: 89  (read death notice) Former baseball player, turned baseball commentator. I Can't Feel My Legs! Temporary Team Name 2 (was Mean Machine)

Roach, Max  Born 10 January 1924  (New Land, North Carolina, USA) Died 16 August 2007  (New York, New York, USA) Age at death: 83  (read death notice) Jazz drummer of the 1950s and '60s; suffered from Alzheimer's. Dark Brown And Dead R.I.P. It Up And Start Again

Roache, William Born 25 April 1932  (Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England) TV actor, who, despite playing the part of Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" since 1960, still manages to be more wooden than your average Ikea bookcase. Lived So Let's Die

Robert, Alain Born 7 April 1962  (Valence, France) The self-styled "French Spiderman". Nutcase who climbs up the outside of skyscrapers for the hell of it, without ropes or other safety equipment. Vassili Zaitsev

Roberts, Jake 'The Snake' Born 30 May 1955  (Gainesville, Texas, USA) Another US professional wrestler. Roger Mortis

Roberts, Oral Born 24 January 1918  (Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA) Oddly- yet appropriately-named American TV evangelist. Dead And Buried Calamity Dead And Don't Know It Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Lothar's Team Lucky In A Hefty Bag Coin-Coloured Spectacles One Foot In The Grave Riding The Jesus Train Spiro's Toe Tagging Win One For The Dead

Roberts, Pernell Born 18 May 1928  (Waycross, Georgia, USA) American television & film actor - "Bonzana", "Trapper John MD" etc. The Underdogs of Hull City

Robinson, Eddie  Born 13 February 1919  (Jackson, Louisiana, USA) Died 3 April 2007  (Ruston, Louisiana) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) The most successful (or, as the Yanks would put it, "winningest") coach in American college football history. Obituary notice is at the bottom of the web page linked to above, under the heading "American Graffitti". Crazycarl

Robinson, Marcus Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA  (exact date unknown) American Death Row inmate. Was due to be executed in January 2007, but received a stay of execution. Born in 1974. No Noose Is Good Noose

Robinson, Robert Born 17 December 1927  (Liverpool, England) Journalist & presenter on TV (original host of "Ask The Family") and radio (current host of "Brain of Britain"). Hardwood Surround

Robson, Sir Bobby Born 18 February 1933  (Sacriston, Co Durham, England) Football manager who has taken charge of, among others, Ipswich Town, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Newcastle United and of course the English national side. A Kick In The Ghoulies Are They Dead Yet? Barry Chuckle Blue & White Wizzard Boring Ole' Six Brown Bananas Brown Bread Is Not As Alive As White Col's Corpses Compost Corner Cop It Crusher's Corpses Crusty Corpses Death Stalks United Dirty Harry's Dead Pool Don't Fear (The Reaper) Down Under The Daisies Five-Fingered Hand of Death Flanges Unlucky In Life Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster Go Ahead Turkeys Godot's Choir Invisible Grassyknoll Grayson Hatters1988 2007 Last Breaths Heaven 17 (+3) Heroes of Hades I Rolled A Seven It's All Gone Dark Over There It's Time To Say Goodbye It Tolls For Thee Jaguar X-Types Justpat's Carkers Leeds Till Death Mave's Graves Mortal Wombat Norfolk & Chance The Pale Rider Pry It From His Cold Dead Fingers Roger Mortis Sayonara Saddam Short-Term Future The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Derby Rams A Long Queue in the Oncology Department The Final Curtain Call  The Funeral Director 07 The Newstreet Boys Death Squad This Mortal Coil Wayne's Done And Dusted Windsor The Troll YouKeepMeHangin'On Youth In Asia Helpline

Rockefeller, David Born 12 June 1915  (New York, New York, USA) Absurdly rich banker (of Chase Manhattan fame); son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller Sr. David the Aspie

Roeder, Glenn Born 13 December 1955  (Woodford, Essex, England) Football manager, most recently at Newcastle United. Survived a brain tumour whilst in charge of West Ham United in 2003. Redmyst XX

Rogers, Kenny Born 21 August 1938  (Houston, Texas, USA) Bearded country & western singer. Dead As A Dodo Hung Like Kong The End of the World As We Know It

Rogers, Peter Born 20 February 1914  (Rochester, Kent, England) Producer of the "Carry On" films. 1-2-3 Dead Like Me The Underdogs of Hull City Whoopass United

Rolt, Tony Born 16 October 1918  (Bordon, Hampshire, England) Former Grand Prix driver and Le Mans winner 1953. Also escaped from Colditz Castle, and later developed the four-wheel drive system for road cars. A pretty eventful life on the whole, it could be said. It's Worse Than That, He's Dead, Jim

Rooney, Andy Born 14 January 1919  (Albany, New York, USA) News commentator on the popular weekly American TV programme "60 Minutes". Carrion Luggage BillsZone.com Fat Pansies Call-Forward-Forever Circling The Drain Frog Impressions! I Need Frog Impressions Hope You Had a P0rn Pal ILikeyKilly Part II Overandout Stahlmatt

Rooney, Mickey Born 23 September 1920  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) The young Joe Yule, Jr (as he was then named) had already appeared as Mickey McGuire in 50 short films by the time he was 13. He has followed a fairly busy acting schedule since then, but has never really regained the same recognition as an adult. He underwent surgery for a perforated colon in 1999, and had part of it removed, presumably leaving him with a semi-colon. Are You Lot Still Alive? Bitter Violet Blue & White Wizzard Calamity Call-Forward-Forever Circling The Drain Colin's Contemptible Collection of Cadaverous Corpses Crusher's Corpses Dead And Don't Know It Dead As A Dodo Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Dead On Dress re-Hearse-als Dye Hard Eat My Dust Eternity Tours Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster Death or Die Trying Globaltruth Fox In A Box ILikeyKilly Part II Illinois Reaper Beater It's All Gone Dark Over There The Goebbels Family & the Fred West Dancers Live On The Box Lee's Dead On Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Oh...If Only It Were True Overandout RooKill Thanatopsis The Melonfarmers The Morbid Postman The Texas Reaper Club Too Late For Casualty Who Greased That Vine? Witham Waifs and Wasters

Rooney, Wayne Born 24 October 1985  (Liverpool, England) Pug-faced star striker for Manchester United & England. To The Other Side

Ros, Edmundo Born 7 December 1910  (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad) Musician, vocalist and band leader. Some call him the "King of Latin American Music". Others call him "Edmundo". He's known worldwide for his unique blend of modern and traditional Latin American music. Nice. Cap'n Ohtz I Laugh in the Face Of Death!

Rose, Axl Born 6 February 1962  (Lafayette, Indiana, USA) Lead singer of Guns n' Roses. I'm Just A Singer In A Rock And Roll Band

Ross, Diana Born 26 March 1944  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Motown diva, of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" fame. The former Supreme is no stranger to the law, and was recently busted for drink-driving. Dead Mingers

Ross, Marion Born 25 October 1928  (Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA) Experienced American actress, perhaps best known as Marion Cunningham in "Happy Days". Mummies and Daddies

Rossi, Francis Born 29 May 1949  (Forest Hill, London, England) Co-founder and lead singer of Status Quo. Heaven 17 (+3)

Roussos, Demis Born 15 June 1946  (Alexandria, Egypt) Tent-sized Greek warbler. They Sure Look Like Plant Food To Me

Routledge, Patricia Born 17 February 1929  (Birkenhead, Cheshire, England) Actress & comedienne, forever remembered for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in "Keeping Up Appearances". Moldy Oldies

Rowling, J. K. Born 31 July 1965  (Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England) Absurdly wealthy author of the Harry Potter books. Illinois Reaper Beater

Roy, Deep Born in Nairobi, Kenya  (exact date unknown) 4'4" dwarf actor who played all of the Oompa-Loompas in Tim Burton's 2005 adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Born 1957. Bijou Bodettes

Rubinstein, Zelda Born 28 May 1933  (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) Diminutive actress, best remembered as the eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the "Poltergeist" films. Bijou Bodettes

Ruesch, Hans  Born 17 May 1913  (Naples, Italy) Died 26 August 2007  (Lugano, Switzerland) Age at death: 94  (read death notice) Racing driver, author and veteran anti-vivisection campaigner. Octopus of Odstock

Ruini, Camillo Born 19 February 1931  (Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Old Folks' Graveyard

Rule, Ja Born 29 February 1976  (Queens, New York, USA) Rapper who made his name through various collaborations with Jay-Z. Dead or No Dead

Rumsfeld, Donald Born 9 July 1932  (Evanston, Illinois, USA) Gaffe-prone, highly controversial secretary of defence for both Gerald Ford & George W. Bush. Hence, he is both the youngest & the oldest person to have held the position. Lillith's List

Rushdie, Salman Born 19 June 1947  (Bombay (now Mumbai), India) Novelist who ruffled so many feathers in his native India with his novel "Midnight's Children" that he was forced to leave the country. Clearly having learnt nothing from the experience, he went on to write "The Satanic Verses" in 1988, which was critical of the Islamic faith. It resulted in rioting, book-burning, and Ayatollah Khomeini declaring a fatwa (effectively a death penalty) on his ass. He has been in hiding ever since, and the fatwa was reaffirmed by the new Ayatollah in early 2005. Dead Beat Heads in a Bag Peterborough Petes

Russell, Jane Born 21 June 1921  (Bemidji, Minnesota, USA) Well-endowed actress of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" fame. Aardvark Close The Casket Deadtome Heads in a Bag Island of Death Too Late For Casualty

Russell, Willy Born 23 August 1947  (Whiston, Merseyside, England) Playwright & composer - "Educating Rita", "Blood Brothers", "Shirley Valentine". For Those About To Croak: Fire - We Salute You

Ryder, Shaun Born 23 August 1962  (Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England) Lead singer of the Happy Mondays from the end of the '80s to the mid-'90s. Now vocalist with Black Grape. Dead Is As Dead Does Dirty Harry's Dead Pool H5N1 ShezyB's Angels The Final Curtain Call

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