Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2009: O

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Oaksey, John Born 21 March 1929  (Builth Wells, Radnorshire, Wales) Racing Broadcaster, former jockey & the current 2nd Baron Oaksey. The first was his father, Geoffrey Lawrence, one of the chief judges at the Nuremberg Trials. 20 From The Turf - Now Under It

Obama, Barack Born 4 August 1961  (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) American politician, the first black President of the USA. 6ft To Go Are They Dead Yet? Ashes To Ashley Cole (I Hope) Bananies Beerbutton  Bez001 Billy Dodds Knew II Biologically Dead Bodybag Brown Bread Burke'N'Hare Burn Baby Burn Busby's Babes Circling The Drain  Colin's Toe Curlers Come On Baby, Light My Fire! Curlytops  Dans Death List Of Doom Dave's Bunglalow Of Death Dead Enders Deadly As Sin Till You Win Dead Ringers Death By Gough  Death By Impailer Death Shall Have No Dominion - Oh Yes It Will Death Stinks Dead Dogs Won't Play Fetch Death Can Be Funny Death Has A Shadow  Don't Eat The Figs Liz's Lately Lamented Eddie's Parade Of Darkness And Despair Fallen Off The Twig Fantaka 2009 Fritzl's Dead Certs George Lass and the Gravelings Golden Oldies! Grendel's Graveyard Guess Who's Dead? Guild Of Master Reapers  Head For The Gates!! Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? I Am Jack's Complete Lack Of A Pulse I'll Sleep When You're Dead It's Life Jim Juicy Janny Lucifer's Legionaires Luck of the Dead Lulu's Stiffs! Mave's Graves Northern Foxiles Oh!  Owl-Zat  Owt To Stop Me Coffin?  Picktons Pork Pies Pop The Clog! Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Rotters Sexystf Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Sicksadworld Sqwidge's Motley Crew Stiff Steaks The Anfield Iron 2009 Crematorium Cheerleaders The Deadest Man In Deadonia The Grateful Dead The Politigones The Voodoo Gurus The Tartan Flatliners Valley of Death Wasn't It From A Dirty Harry Film? Wawix World Win One For The Dead You're Dead And You Know You Are

Obama, Michelle Born 17 January 1964  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) The current First Lady of the USA. Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death

Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro Born 5 June 1942  (Acoacan, Equatorial Guinea) President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. David the Aspie Ethnic Cleansing Lord Football

O'Brien, Carl 'Cubby' Born 14 July 1946  (Burbank, California, USA) Played a Mousketeer on the 1950s US TV show "The Mickey Mouse Club". Moldy Oldies

O'Connor, Christy Born 21 December 1924  (Knocknacara, Galway, Ireland) Former golfer, a frequent winner of tournaments in the 1950's & 1960's. The Forest Lawn Jockeys

O'Connor, Des Born 12 January 1932  (Stepney, London, England) Former Northampton Town footballer, turned singer, now a veteran television presenter & chat show host. Digging The Grave Fantaka 2009 Six Foot Under The Blue And White Reaper Wasn't It From A Dirty Harry Film?

O'Connor, Sinéad Born 8 December 1966  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Singer, whose hits include "Nothing Compares 2 U" and "Troy" have been overshadowed by her controversial remarks & behaviour over the years. Death-Defying

O'Connor III, John J.  Born 10 January 1930  (San Francisco, California, USA) Died 11 November 2009  (Phoenix, Arizona) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) Husband of Sandra Day O'Connor, US judge, and who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. Perish, The Thought

Oddie, Bill Born 7 July 1941  (Rochdale, Lancashire, England) Rochdale's most famous son apart from Cyril Smith, Oddie is one of the most respected names in the world of ornithology, but is perhaps most famous for providing several of the voices in the hit animated series "Bananaman". He also has an enduring (albeit unseen) friendship with the fictional Norfolk-based former king of chat, Alan Gordon Partridge. Pacman

O'Donnell, Peter Born 11 April 1920  (London, England) Mystery & romance writer who writes under a number of female pseudonyms. Wikipedia Entries In Need Of Updating

Odstock, Octopus of Born 1 March 1978  (Odstock, Wiltshire, England) Debonair genius(!) who has been in charge of the DDP since 2008. Constantly heading towards a nervous breakdown, especially in December.... Could be the most inspired pick of the year, but who would award the points?? Nefarious Skullduggery

O'Farrell, Frank Born 9 October 1927  (Cork, Republic of Ireland) Footballer with West Ham, Preston & Ireland, who later became a manager, most notably of Manchester United. The Blue And White Reaper

Ogilvy, David Born 17 May 1926  (London, England) The current 13th Earl Of Airlie. Former businessman, and general toff. Brady, Tobin And Huntley Starring In "Friends Behind Bars"

O'Grady, Paul Born 14 June 1955  (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) Comedian and actor better known as his cross-dressing alter ego Lily Savage. He suffered a heart attack in 2002 but went on to recover and appear as the Child Catcher in the stage musical of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Bananies Dead As A Dodo Oh! Six Foot Under You're Dead And You Know You Are

O'Hara, Maureen Born 17 August 1920  (Ranelagh, Co Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Actress whose early success as Esmeralda in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) led to a 30-year career in the movies. 2 Days Older Than Grass Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Carolann's Coffin Compadres Club Carp Death On The Rocks Dr Shipman's Waiting Room Pure Dead Brilliant

Ohno, Kazuo Born 27 October 1906  (Hakodate City, Hokkaido, Japan) Weird-looking Japanese dance maestro. Fallen Sparrow

Oldrey, David Date and place of birth unknown Member of Jockey Club, former steward. Also has written books about the sport. Born 1937 20 From The Turf - Now Under It

Olmert, Ehud Born 30 September 1945  (Binyamina, Israel) Former PM of Israel & mayor of Jerusalem. Death Can Be Funny I've Got Another Stiff The Politigones

Olney, Richard Born 15 December 1947  (place of birth unknown) American doctor who devoted his career to finding a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and is now, ironically, suffering from it himself. It is a progressive motor neurone disease which has a 50% fatality rate within 3 years of diagnosis. Fallen Sparrow George Lass and the Gravelings Morbid United FC

Olsen, Ashley Born 13 June 1986  (Sherman Oaks, California, USA) Child actor, who became famous with her twin Mary-Kate; both have hit the headlines in recent years for looking disturbingly thin. 1 Dead In Ohio Dead And Don't Know It

Olsen, Jesper Born 20 March 1961  (Fakse, Denmark) Former footballer for Denmark & Manchester United. Suffered a brain haemorrhage in 2006. Morbid United FC

Olson, Nancy Born 14 July 1928  (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Actress, in many films in the 1940's & 1950's but has had a very low profile in recent years. Time's Up My Son

O'Meara, Jo Born 29 April 1979  (Rush Green, London, England) Former singer in S Club 7 & racist bully in Celebrity Big Brother. Nescafe

O'Neal, Redmond Born 30 January 1985  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Wayward son of Ryan O'Neal & Farrah Fawcett, with a liking for drugs, drink & other unhealthy type things. Death Stinks

O'Neal, Ryan Born 20 April 1941  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Actor who first made his name on TV, in US soap opera "Peyton Place", before going on to appear in numerous Hollywood films such as "Love Story" and "Barry Lyndon". Father of Tatum, Griffin and (by Farrah Fawcett) Redmond, he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia in 2001. Death Stinks Feng Shui Pig Morbid United FC The Anfield Iron Toasted Brown Bread

Ono, Yoko Born 18 February 1933  (Tokyo, Japan) Widow of John Lennon and complete wibble hatstand nutter. Was married 3 times before she met Lennon, including twice in the space of 7 months to the same man, with an annulment inbetween. Yer Maw Used To Be Athletic

Onoda, Hiroo Born 19 March 1922  (Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) Japanese soldier & cattle farmer who hid in the jungle during the last few days of WW2. Cut off from the news, he carried on fighting, believing the war was still continuing, until 1974! Pooil Vaaish

O'Reilly, Bill Born 10 September 1949  (New York City, New York, USA) Fox News pundit. And a jerk, according to the DDPer who picked him. Mr. Yuck

Osborne, George Born 23 May 1971  (Paddington, London, England) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. C'mon... Who Doesn't Want Me To Get 20/20

Osbourne, Jack Born 8 November 1985  (London, England) Like sister Kelly, came to fame through "The Osbournes". Has since lost a lot of weight and, again like his sister, has gone into TV presenting. I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It

Osbourne, Ozzy Born 3 December 1948  (Aston, Birmingham, England) Mumbling reality TV star and former lead singer of Black Sabbath, who once caught rabies after an on-stage bat-biting incident. The heavy drinker and heavy metaller was nearly killed in a quad-biking crash in December 2003. Wheels Corpse Bride Dead Ringers Stiff Steaks The Watts Wallies We're Your Friends To The Bitter End....

Osbourne, Sharon Born 10 October 1953  (London, England) Wife and manager of Ozzy, she suddenly rose to prominence in 2002 as a result of MTV's "The Osbournes", and was diagnosed with colon cancer around the same time. 2 Sick Not 2 Quit Y-Shaped Coffin

O'Shea, Milo Born 2 June 1926  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Irish character actor, originally on British TV but now living & working in the USA. Dr Shipman's Waiting Room

Osman Osmanoglu, Ertugrul  Born 18 August 1912  (Yildiz Palace, Istanbul, Turkey) Died 23 September 2009  (Istanbul, Turkey) Age at death: 97  (read death notice) The last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the last to be a part of the family whilst the empire was still in place. Was only as a nominal figurehead in Turkey until his death. Lord Football

Osmond, Alan Born 22 June 1949  (Ogden, Utah, USA) The oldest of the Osmond singing siblings. Dead Ringers

O'Sullevan, Peter Born 2 March 1918  (Kenmare, Co Kerry, Republic of Ireland) Horse-racing commentator. 20 From The Turf - Now Under It How Clean Is Your Hearse? If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course Mave's Graves People I Think Might Die In 2009 United The Dead Certs The Delightful Dead Tick Tock Stopped Ticking

O'Sullivan, Richard Born 7 May 1944  (Chiswick, London, England) 1970s sitcom actor (Father Dear Father, Man About the House, Robin's Nest). Only in his early 60s, but now in fragile health and a permanent resident of an old folks' home, due to three decades of heavy boozing and drug-taking. 2 Days Older Than Grass Don't Eat The Figs Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Grassyknoll Grayson It Tolls For Thee Jellydead Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Wishy-Washy

O'Sullivan, Ronnie Born 5 December 1975  (Chigwell, Essex, England) Snooker player - 2004 world champion. Said to suffer from depression and various addictions. 6ft Under The Baulk Line

O'Toole, Peter Born 2 August 1932  (Connemara, Co Galway, Republic of Ireland) Alcoholic actor of stage and screen, whose big break in the movies was the leading role in David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia". Are They Dead Yet? Beginnings of Rigor Bring On The Rigor Circling The Drain Dancing Elephants Dead Calm Dead Ringers Death By Gough Down Under The Daisies Dr Shipman's Waiting Room The Forest Lawn Jockeys Heads In A Bag Fox In A Box How Clean Is Your Hearse? Illinois Reaper Beater 3.0 Lead, Follow ... And Die This Year Nicole Kidman Is A Slag Puzlman's Passing Picks Stephen Hawking's Karaoke Machine Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Wednesday 'Til I Die Who Turned Out The Lights? Zombie Resurrection Impending

Oxenford, Daphne Born in London, England  (exact date unknown) Voice of "Listen with Mother". Also one of the original cast members of "Coronation Street". Born 1919. Time's Champion

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