Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2008: V

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Vajpayee, Atal Bihari Born 25 December 1924  (Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India) Prime Minister of India, first for a brief spell in 1996, and then again from 1998-2004. Banda Aceh Surf Club

Van Buren, Abigail Born 4 July 1918  (Sioux City, Iowa, USA) Agony aunt (born Pauline Esther Friedman) who wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" column which was syndicated to a number of US newspapers. Her twin sister, Esther Pauline Friedman (clearly their parents were somewhat short of inspiration when it came to names), was also an agony aunt. Food For Worms Eternity Tours Kiss of Death Liquiessence & Putridity Merry Death Mass Northern Reaper We Spin Terror

Van Dyke, Dick Born 13 December 1925  (West Plains, Missouri, USA) Actor and TV presenter who is best known in America for "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and on this side of the pond for his butt-clenchingly awful attempt at a Cockney accent in "Mary Poppins". AbraCadaver Bobo's Gonna Get Ya !! 'Cos We Can Dead Souls Liz's Lately Lamented Graham Reaper's Dead Army in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks It's A Rocket Ship Jellydead Maggots-R-Us Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Anyone Seen My Camel? Shezy B's Goners You Must Be Croaking!

Van Halen, Eddie Born 26 January 1955  (Nijmegen, Netherlands) Dutch guitarist, co-founder of the rock group Van Halen. Has suffered health problems in the last few years, which have affected his output somewhat. Ace Deathware A Shot In The Dark  Digging the Grave

van Hoogstraten, Nicholas Born 25 February 1945  (Shoreham, East Sussex, England) Property tycoon, absolute crook and once Britain's youngest millionaire. Constantly employing less-than-legal "business practices", on one occasion he was convicted of ordering a grenade attack on a business associate, and was subsequently described as a "self-styled emissary of Beelzebub" by a judge. In 1999 business rival Mohammed Raja sued him for fraud, so Mr van Hoogstraten (he invented the "van" bit, incidentally) paid two henchmen to "teach Mr Raja a lesson". This lesson involved shooting Mr Raja in the face and stabbing him, resulting in his death. After spending one year of a ten-year sentence for manslaughter, the devil's landlord got out on a technicality in December 2003 and is probably now a marked man. Just in case you needed any further evidence of his despicable nature, he has described Robert Mugabe (but not his swingtime band) as "100% decent and incorruptible". Tomb It May Concern

Van Patten, Dick Born 9 December 1928  (New York, New York, USA) US actor & dog food promoter. Suffered a major stroke in 2006. Judgement Day Maggots-R-Us

Vanderbilt, Gloria Born 20 February 1924  (New York, New York, USA) Became a multi-millionaire heiress at just 15 months old, and later became an artist, actress & socialite. Heartbreak Motor Oil Please Refrain From Testing

Varallo, Francisco (Died in 2010) Born 5 February 1910  (La Plata, Argentina) The only surviving player from the first football World Cup Final in 1930, when he played for Argentina in their 4-2 defeat against Uruguay. The Deadest Man In Deadonia The Terry Fenwick Select XX

Varley, Eric  Born 11 August 1932  (Podsbrook, Derbyshire, England) Died 29 July 2008  (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) Age at death: 75  (read death notice) Former Labour Party MP & cabinet minister. Dead Commons

Varney, Reg  Born 11 July 1916  (Plaistow, London, England) Died 16 November 2008  (Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) Comic actor, most famous for playing Stan Butler in the sitcom "On the Buses". 1-2-3 Dead Like Me 1 Down, 19 To Go 2 Days Older Than Grass A Shot In The Dark Chelski Pensioners Crem De La Crem Dave Moans Death Is Nature's Way Of Telling You To Slow Down Death From Down Under Doornails R Us Dress re-Hearse-als Going Underground Graves R Us Jesus Jones The Fred West Dancers & The Goebbels Family Live On The Box  Knock Knock...  Living In A Box Popping Your Clogs Pure Dead Brilliant Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Sometimes They Come Back Sorry God - I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Taxi For.............!  The Dead Certs The Doom & Gloom Room  The Grateful Dead The Naq's Nightmare Team  The Voodoo Gurus Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! VSBfromH Youth In Asia Helpline

Vaughan, Peter Born 4 April 1923  (Shropshire, England) TV actor - played Grouty, the Mr. Big of Slade prison in "Porridge". 2 Days Older Than Grass

Vaughn, Robert Born 22 November 1932  (New York, New York, USA) Actor, best known for either his role in The Man from U.N.C.L.E or to British audiences nowadays in the TV show Hustle. He is also the only surviving member of The Magnificent Seven. Lord Gravedigger

Vegas, Johnny Born 11 September 1971  (St Helens, Lancashire, England) Lardy, husky-voiced comedian and former potter. Real name Michael Joseph Pennington. Croak Here CSI Bramley

Venkataraman, Ramaswamy (Died in 2009) Born 4 December 1910  (Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India) Former President of India, between 1987 & 1992. Time Is NOT On Our Side!

Versace, Donatella Born 2 May 1955  (Reggio di Calabria, Italy) Fashion designer, head of the Versace clothing empire. Sorry God - I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers

Vidal, Gore Born 3 October 1925  (West Point, New York, USA) Essayist, novelist, playwright and outspoken political commentator. Co-wrote the script for the classic 1959 film "Ben-Hur", but was denied the credit for it. Food For Worms Drop Dead Celebration Forrest Lawn Jockeys Madonna's Hand of Bod Perish, The Thought They're Dead, Y'Know! We Are Celebrities - Get Us Out Of Here!

Videla, Jorge Rafael Born 21 August 1925  (Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Former President of Argentina between 1976 & 1981, and the man who lead the military junta which specialised inhuman rights abuses, tortures & "disappearances". Now under house arrest. David the Aspie

Vigoda, Abe Born 24 February 1921  (New York, New York, USA) Tall, well-built character actor, noted for his roles as mobster Sal Tessio in "The Godfather" and Det. Sgt. Fish in "Barney Miller". Was erroneously declared dead in the early 1980s. A. L. F. Bronxtiremen Corpsetacular Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Deadly As Sin Till You Win Death In Vegas Nelson Mandela Must Die You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! The Graveyard Shifter 2008 in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks Kiss of Death Merry Death Mass Moldy Oldies Morbid Curiousity Noz4news One Foot In The Grave Penguin Patrol Phreebyrd Puzlman's Passing Picks Snort The Ashes Team Rumsfeld The Grinning Reaper

Vincent, Jan-Michael Born 15 July 1944  (Denver, Colorado, USA) Despite a successful Hollywood career throughout the '60s & '70s, Vincent is more likely to be remembered for his portrayal of the vigilante Stringfellow Hawke who kept the US safe during the '80s using only a state-of-the-art attack helicopter known as Airwolf. America's diminished impunity to the whims of megalomaniacs may be at the root of Vincent's subsequent decline into alcoholism and drug abuse. Dead Boys Inc. Featuring Girls Ashroud In Bed With Maradona Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Mr C There's A Mr Death At The Door, Something About The Reaping

Vine, David (Died in 2009) Born 3 January 1936  (Devon, England) Sports commentator & presenter, a regular voice on the Olympics, snooker, tennis, and Ski Sunday. Also was the first presenter of "A Question of Sport". Are You Still Dying, Darling?

von Bülow, Sunny  Born 1 September 1932  (Manassas, Virginia, USA) Died 6 December 2008  (Manhattan, New York, USA) Age at death: 76  (read death notice) American heiress & socialite, who was in a vegetative coma from 1981-2008, when she was the victim of an unsuccessful murder attempt. How Much For Those Stem Cells? Going Underground

von Habsburg, Otto Born 20 November 1912  (Reichenau, Austria) Crown Prince of Austria. One Less Bullet Come The Revolution ...the Salmon Mousse!!!

von Sydow, Max Born 10 April 1929  (Lund, Skane, Sweden) Swedish actor, who has achieved fame both at home and abroad. Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother

Von Trapp, Agathe (Died in 2010) Born 12 March 1913  (Pola, Istria, Austria) The oldest Von Trapp child still alive, a former member of the von Trapp family famously portrayed in "The Sound of Music". Now lives in the USA. Mave's Graves

Von Weizsäcker, Richard Born 15 April 1920  (Stuttgart, Germany) Former President of Germany. Drunkasaskunk

Vorderman, Carol Born 24 December 1960  (Bedford, England) TV presenter & the "Numbers Girl" in "Countdown". Has the most awful nauseating laugh, made worse when she laughs to just about anything anybody says. Y-Shaped Coffin

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