Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2009: L

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La Frenais, Ian Born 7 January 1937  (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Comedy scriptwriter - "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet", "Porridge", "The Likely Lads". It's Tyne To Meet Your Maker

La Lanne, Jack (Died in 2011) Born 26 September 1914  (San Francisco, California, USA) American TV fitness guru, real name François Henri La Lanne. Are They Dead Yet?  Club Carp Dead Last Let Us Embalm You Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive Owl-Zat

La Motta, Jake Born 10 July 1921  (Bronx, New York, USA) Boxing legend, portrayed by Robert De Niro in "Raging Bull". 666 Bez001 Coffin It Up Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Holicaust  Northern Foxiles Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts All Sports X-Pyred

La Rosa, Julius Born 2 January 1930  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Pop singer. whose career more or less spluttered to a halt in the early '70's. One Hit Wonders

La Rue, Danny  Born 26 July 1927  (Cork, County Cork, Republic of Ireland) Died 31 May 2009  (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) Age at death: 81  (read death notice) Irish comedian, best known as one of the top female impersonators in the UK. Dead And Dusted Digging The Grave It Tolls For Thee

Labelle, Patti Born 24 May 1944  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Singer of R 'n' B, disco & soul music. Bloody Dead Rep

Laemmle, Carla Born 20 October 1909  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Film actress, niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. Sometimes They Come Back Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

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

Lambsdorff, Otto Graf  Born 20 December 1926  (Aachen, Germany) Died 4 December 2009  (Bonn, Germany) Age at death: 82  (read death notice) Veteran German politican. Dead Last

Lambton, Lucinda Born 10 May 1943  (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Author, photographer & broadcaster - often on architecture. Married to Peregrine Worsthorne. It's Tyne To Meet Your Maker

Landau, Martin Born 20 June 1931  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actor - starred in "Mission: Impossible" from 1966-69 and "Space: 1999" from 1975-77. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk On The Box/in The Box Pacman Snort The Ashes The Dukes Death List

Lane, Don  Born 13 November 1933  (New York City, New York, USA) Died 22 October 2009  (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Age at death: 75  (read death notice) Australian entertainer, American born. Don was a singer & talk-show host. Fox In A Box

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. Alfred Lord Heinous Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate As A Mayfly Again! Laughter Kills

Langhorne, Bruce Born 11 May 1938  (Tallahassee, Florida, USA) Folk singer, of whom the song "Mr. Tambourine Man" is allegedly written about. A Pelican In The Wilderness

Langley, Winnie (Died in 2010) Born 27 August 1907  (Croydon, South London, England) Recently made the news when she marked her 100th birthday, despite having smoked at least 5 a day since the age of 7(!!). Mind you, she's outlived her husband & a child, so maybe she's got the right idea.. Just Die Will You

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 5 Feet And 1 To Go Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Deadpoolers First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die Fritzl's Dead Certs Going Ready Or Not I'll Get The Oven On in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells

Large, Eddie Born 25 June 1942  (Glasgow, Scotland) About three-quarters of the famous Little & Large double act. AbraCadaver The Dukes Death List

Lascelles, George (Died in 2011) Born 7 February 1923  (Harewood House, Yorkshire) The 7th Earl of Harewood & first cousin to The Queen. One Less Bullet Come The Revolution

Lasorda, Tommy Born 22 September 1927  (Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA) Former baseball player & manager, particulary linked with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sleep Tight

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

Last, James Born 17 August 1929  (Bremen, Germany) Composer, performer & big band leader, and from personal experience, a very nice chap. The Jim Reapers

Laver, Rod Born 9 August 1938  (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) Australian tennis player who enjoyed his greatest successes in the '60s. Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger

Law, Denis Born 24 February 1940  (Aberdeen, Scotland) Former ace striker with Scotland, Manchester United & Manchester City. The Voodoo Gurus

Laws, John Born 8 August 1935  (Wau, Papua New Guinea) Australian media personality, a former radio presenter Fox In A Box

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. Clara Butt & Plum Dead Commons Force 10 To Hell The Politigones

Lawson-Johnston, Audrey (Died in 2011) Born 5 February 1915  (New York City, New York, USA) The last living survivor of the RMS Lusitania which sank on May 7, 1915. The Vyrdolak

Lazenby, George Born 5 September 1939  (Queanbeyan, Australia) The "forgotten" Bond - did just one film as Jimbo B - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". No, Mr Bond. I Expect You To Die!

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. Carolann's Coffin Compadres First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die

Le Guin, Ursula Born 21 October 1929  (Berkeley, California, USA) Author, who has covered a wide range of topics in her career. Stiff & the Tears

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. The Johnnie Stalker 2009 Voodoo Blend

Leachman, Cloris Born 30 April 1926  (Des Moines, Iowa, USA) Actress, Oscar winner for her role in "The Last Picture Show". Buzzards

Lederman, Leon Born 15 July 1922  (New York City, New York, USA) Scientist, physicist & former Nobel Prize winner for his work. Please Refrain From Testing

Lee, Harper Born 28 April 1926  (Monroeville, Alabama, USA) Authoress - "To Kill a Mockingbird". Stahlmatt

Lee, Sir 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. 2 Days Older Than Grass Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Deadpoolers Death By Hemeloids Fallen Off The Twig From Dust To Dung Going Ready Or Not Grim McGraw Holicaust Lead, Follow ... And Die This Year Please Refrain From Testing Popping Your Clogs Pushing Up The Daisies Roadkill Wombats Sexystf Sicksadworld Sometimes They Come Back No, Mr Bond. I Expect You To Die! The Blue And White Reaper Time's Champion We're Your Friends To The Bitter End....

Lee, Stan Born 22 December 1922  (New York City, New York, USA) Cartoonist who created "Spider-Man" and "The Hulk". Dead As A Dodo Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Lead, Follow ... And Die This Year Sexystf Six Foot Under

Lehrer, Tom Born 9 April 1928  (New York City, New York, USA) Mathematician & musician, a singer of satiricial songs. Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Sleep Tight

Leigh, Mike Born 20 February 1943  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Film director. The Johnnie Stalker 2009 Voodoo Blend

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. Zombie Resurrection Impending

Leonard, Elmore (Died in 2013) Born 11 October 1925  (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) Author, best known for his crime fiction. Literary Cemetery

Lerwill, Sheila Born 16 August 1928  (London, England) Won a silver medal for Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the high jump. Annus Horribilis The Final Whistle

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. Trojan Hearse

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. Annus Horribilis  Chelski Pensioners II Drunkasaskunk First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die Hurry Up Please, You'll Be Late It Tolls For Thee Literary Cemetery Pure Dead Brilliant Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Levi Montalcini, Rita (Died in 2012) Born 22 April 1909  (Turin, Italy) Nobel Prize winning Neurologist, the oldest living Nobel Laureate at the turn of the year. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins Dead By Dawn Grobler's Stiff Ones Nobel Losers  Simpson's Stiffs The Vyrdolak

Levinson, Barry Born 6 April 1942  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Award winning (Rain Man) film director, producer & screenwriter. You're Terminated, Farquahar

Lévi-Strauss, Claude  Born 28 November 1908  (Brussels, Belgium) Died 1 November 2009  (Paris, France) Age at death: 100  (read death notice) 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. 666 Bitter Violet Blade Runners Bloody Dead Rep Camden Cadavers  Crazycarl Curlytops Dans Death List Of Doom Dead Calm Death On The Rocks Death From Down Under Deathlist.net Diet Of Worms Food For Worms Dress re-Hearse-als Fallen Sparrow Feng Shui Pig Fritzl's Dead Certs Gary Glitter's Ghoulies Gray Panthers  Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Fox In A Box in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks  My Toes Are Real People No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! .....norfolk & Good Old People Party Of 20  One Foot In The Grave Owl-Zat Pining For The Fjords Agoodtimetokickit Inquilinekea/Simfish The Pale Horseman's Six Feet Undercover Brothers ThePoitouTeam We Spin Terror

Levy Cardoso, Waldemar  Born 4 December 1900  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Died 13 May 2009  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Age at death: 108  The only remaining Field Marshal in the Brazillian army until his death in 2009. Fought in WW2 with great distinction. The Vyrdolak

Lewis, Bernard Born 31 May 1916  (London, England) US historian, particulary to do with The Middle East. Wikipedia Entries In Need Of Updating

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. 2 Sick Not 2 Quit Armchair Morgue Ash Cream Bucket Kickers Inc. (Well, Life Is A Terminal Illness!) Canadian Cadaver Dogs Croaker De'Ath And The Prognosticators Dead And Don't Know It Death By Impailer Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Dress re-Hearse-als Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Grassyknoll Grayson Guild Of Master Reapers Jesus Jones Just Die Allready Kennedy Driving School Laughter Kills Living In A Box Weakend At Bernies  Morbid Curiosity Oh...If Only It Were True Only Fools & Corpses Phreebyrd Pop The Clog! Sadmackem Say Hi To Uncle George Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Soylent Green Recipe Steeny Still Warm-Ish Tentoesup The Conqueror Worm Dead Rancid Corpses The Grateful Dead Toasted Brown Bread You Mean He's Not Already?

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 Carolann's Coffin Compadres Dead Men Walking Liz's Lately Lamented Erith Sickos Juicy Janny Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive Time's Champion

Lewis, Leona Born 3 April 1985  (London, England) God-awful annoying waily singer, bland as anything, yet still bizarrely popular. Force 10 To Hell

Lewis, Stephen Born 14 November 1936  (London, England) TV actor - played the part of Blakey in "On the Buses". Dead Ends Deadpoolers Don't Eat The Figs Brady, Tobin And Huntley Starring In "Friends Behind Bars" Nice Little Urner Octopus of Odstock

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. One Less Bullet Come The Revolution Please Refrain From Testing Pure Dead Brilliant Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Limbu, Rambahadur Born 1 August 1939  (Chyangthapu, Yangrop Thum, Eastern Nepal) VC holder, who won it for bravery in a fight in 1965 against Indonesian troops. They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Lin, Maya Born 5 October 1959  (Athens, Ohio, USA) Sculptor & artist of Chinese origin. Ohio And Goodbye-O

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. Asadoornail Bodybags'R'Us Camden Cadavers Short Distance Clara Auditioning For Oscar's "in Memoriam" Montage Hackinncackin'  Harry Patch's Love Child Mean Machine Naked Florida Gravediggers Old People Party Of 20 Owl-Zat Puzlman's Passing Picks Simpson's Stiffs Snort The Ashes The Vyrdolak

Lipscomb, William (Died in 2011) Born 9 December 1919  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) American chemist & Nobel Prize winner. Nobel Losers

Litvinoff, Emanuel (Died in 2011) Born 5 May 1915  (Bethnal Green, London, England) Feted writer & human rights campaigner. Addams Family Christmas Card List 2008 A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins

Llewellyn, Sir Dai  Born 2 April 1946  (Aberdare, Wales) Died 13 January 2009  (Edenbridge, Kent, England) Age at death: 62  (read death notice) Welsh socialite. In other words, a drunk party-goer who has done little of real note in his life. Announced in 2008 that he is terminally ill & died in early 2009. It's Grim Up North Are You Still Dying, Darling?  Carkers Convention 2009  Clathrate Gun Konstabel Els And His Merry Harbingers  Deceased Hose Eejit Ethnic Cleansing Cooking Small Fish Going Underground Grobler's Stiff Ones Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now  Hide And Go Die If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom Lard Bazaar Master Mind Meet Your Maker No Noose Is Good Noose Now That's What I Call SIGNIFICANT 2009 Plowing The Deep R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Rude Kid The Living End The Newstreet Boys Death Squad  They're Dead, Y'Know! Tonight Matthew I'm Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! Wake Up & Smell The Coffin  Windsor The Troll Wormer, He's a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer...

Lloyd, Christopher Born 22 October 1938  (Stamford, Connecticut, USA) Actor, best known for his roles in "Addams Family" & as Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" films. Scum Bucket

Lloyd, Kathy Born 13 November 1967  (Portmeirion, Merioneth, Wales)) Former "Page 3" girl, turned model (who still manages to make the pages of FHM & Loaded). Also a "broadcaster". Y-Shaped Coffin

Lloyd, Sian Born 3 July 1958  (Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales) Weather presenter with an extraordinary wide mouth, who is best perhaps known as the woman dumped by a god-ugly MP for a Cheeky Girl.... Pobol Y Fedd

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). Dead And Dusted If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course Siegfried Baboon's Simian Shapeshifting Showboat Show

Lockhart, June Born 25 June 1925  (New York City, New York, USA) Regular US TV actress, mainly on soap operas. On The Box/in The Box

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. Fritzl's Dead Certs Jims Deadbeats Lidders Late Lamentables Pulse The Final Whistle The Terry Fenwick Invitational Select XI

Lohan, Lindsay Born 2 July 1986  (New York City, 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. 1 Dead In Ohio Deathglam Industries Death-Defying First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling

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. Camden Cadavers Coffin It Up Auditioning For Oscar's "in Memoriam" Montage Final Curtain First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die Grim McGraw International House of Death Valley of Death Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded Wikipedia Entries In Need Of Updating

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. The Norwegian Blues Down Under The Daisies Naked Florida Gravediggers 2009 Crematorium Cheerleaders

Lonsdale, Michael Born 24 May 1931  (Paris, Ile-de-France, France) Actor, born in France, but often based in England. Starred in "Moonraker", "Munich" and "The Day of the Jackal" amongst others. No, Mr Bond. I Expect You To Die!

Lords, Traci Born 7 May 1968  (Steubenville, Ohio, USA) Former pornographic (and underage) model, who later moved into films. Y-Shaped Coffin

Loren, Sophia Born 20 September 1934  (Pozzuoli, Italy) Glamorous actress, born Sofia Villani Scicolone. Merry Death Mass

Loriod, Yvonne (Died in 2010) Born 20 January 1924  (Houilles, Paris, France) French pianist, widow & former pupil of French composer Olivier Messiaen. VSBfromH

Lotterby, Sydney Date and place of birth unknown TV director, mainly of comedies, which he has been doing for decades. First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die

Loudermilk, John D Born 31 March 1934  (Durham, North Carolina, USA) Singer/songwriter, particulary with religious or country music. One Hit Wonders

Louganis, Greg Born 29 January 1960  (El Cajon, California, USA) Olympic diver with 4 gold medals, a sore head and AIDS. Let Us Embalm You Luck of the Dead

Louisy, Sir Allan (Died in 2011) Born 5 September 1916  (Laborie, Saint Lucia) Former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. FH Reverends Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

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. Dead Last Death-Defying Please Refrain From Testing

Love III, Davis Born 13 April 1964  (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) American golfer, a hugely successful one too. Dead Keyne II: D Is For Davis...and Dead!

Lovell, Jim Born 25 March 1928  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Astronaut, commander of the Apollo 13 space mission. Later became a businessman. Deader Than A Dead Thing X-Pyred

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. Cap'n Ohtz Stiff & the Tears Zombie Resurrection Impending

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. 6ft Under The Baulk Line Dress re-Hearse-als Jellydead Jesus Jones Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!! The Misfortune Tellers The Morbid Postman

Lucas, George Born 14 May 1944  (Modesto, California, USA) Film director, producer & writer - the man behind the "Star Wars" films. Roadkill Wombats

Ludwig, Christa Born 16 March 1928  (Berlin, Germany) German opera singer. Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

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. Jims Deadbeats

Lumet, Sidney (Died in 2011) Born 25 June 1924  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Film director, probably best known for his direction of "Twelve Angry Men" (The Henry Fonda version). Camden Cadavers

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. Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts

Lydon, John Born 31 January 1956  (London, England) AKA Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols & well-known idiot, which overshadows a lot of his geniune musical talent. Globaltruth

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. Blade Runners Bodybag Bucket Kickers Inc. (Well, Life Is A Terminal Illness!) Burke'N'Hare Camden Cadavers Coffin It Up Curlytops Dead And Dusted Dead Beats Dead Calm Deader Than A Dead Thing Dead Ringers Death By Hemeloids Die, Die, Die My Darling Dress re-Hearse-als Every Shroud Has A Silver Lining Fallen Off The Perch Feng Shui Pig Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Golden Oldies! Grampus 8 My Hamster Jims Deadbeats JoeRam Living In A Box Nicole Kidman Is A Slag Over My Dead Body Red Beauty Sicksadworld Putting The Fun Into Funeral Tazmans Hit List Trojan Hearse The Misfortune Tellers The Newstreet Boys Death Squad Wednesday 'Til I Die

Lynn, Loretta Born 14 April 1935  (Butcher Holler, Kentucky, USA) Country & Western musician, who boasts that her ranch is "the seventh largest tourist attraction in Tennessee". Dizzy heights of fame indeed. Lawyers, Guns And Money And Coffins And Tombstones Popping Your Clogs

Lynne, Jeff Born 30 December 1947  (Birmingham, England) Songwriter, the lead of ELO, who also worked extensively with the Beatles. You're Terminated, Farquahar

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

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