Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2009: T

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Tabone, Censu (Died in 2012) Born 30 March 1913  (Victoria, Gozo, Malta) Former President of Malta. FH Reverends

Taddei, Giuseppe (Died in 2010) Born 26 June 1916  (Genoa, Italy) Italian baritone opera singer. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Talabani, Jalal Born 12 November 1933  (Kelkan, Iraq) President of Iraq since April 2005. Head For The Gates!! The Pale Rider The Politigones

Tamblyn, Russ Born 30 December 1934  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American actor & dancer. Lord Gravedigger

Tanabe, Tomoji  Born 18 September 1895  (Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan) Died 19 June 2009  (Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan) Age at death: 113  (read death notice) Was the oldest man in the World. Are You Still Dying, Darling? Biologically Dead But I'm Not Dead Yet Club Carp Dance Of The Living Dead Dead Ends Dead Loss Eejit Fallen Sparrow  Fritzl's Dead Certs Gray Panthers Guild Of Master Reapers Oldies But Goodies Mave's Graves No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard See, I Told You I Was Sick! Sicksadworld The Funeral Director 09 We're Your Friends To The Bitter End.... You Mean He's Not Already? You Must Be Croaking! You're Dead And You Know You Are

Tanning, Dorothea (Died in 2012) Born 25 August 1910  (Galesburg, Illinois, USA) American artist, formerly married to painter Max Ernst. More recently, she has published poetry as well. A Lost Art

Tapia, Johnny Born 13 February 1967  (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) Boxer, once a top flyweight, but in recent years has hit the headlines only for his drugs use & other controversies. Banobo Kings

Tarbuck, Jimmy Born 6 February 1940  (Liverpool, England) Unfunny, golf-obsessed, old school comedian. The Norwegian Blues Digging The Grave I've Got Another Stiff Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Dads Army, Dead, Dead, Dead, Alive, Dead, Dead The Jim Reapers They Laugh In The Face Of Death

Tarmey, Bill (Died in 2012) Born 4 April 1941  (Ardwick, Manchester, England) Played the character of Jack Duckworth in ITV soap "Coronation Street". In 1976 he suffered a "massive heart attack" and ten years later had to undergo bypass surgery. Death Stinks Grim Rita As You Wave Us Goodbye

Tate, John Born 13 March 1925  (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) Leading mathematician, particulary in the field of algebra. Eejit

Tautou, Audrey Born 9 August 1976  (Beaumont, Puy-der-Dome, France) Actress, best known for either "Amelie" or "The Da Vinci Code". You're Terminated, Farquahar

Tavener, Sir John (Died in 2013) Born 28 January 1944  (Wembley, London, England) Composer of classical music. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Taylor, Davinia Born 11 November 1977  (Wigan, Lancashire, England) "Actress" (Jude Cunningham in Hollyoaks), model & general waste of space. Y-Shaped Coffin

Taylor, Dennis Born 19 January 1949  (Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland) Snooker World Champion, memorably, in an epic 1985 final. Now a TV pundit. 6ft Under The Baulk Line

Taylor, Elizabeth (Died in 2011) Born 27 February 1932  (Hampstead, London, England) Movie star and only friend of Michael Jackson. She has broken her back four times, had surgery for a brain tumour, and was once pronounced dead during the filming of "Cleopatra", following which she had an emergency tracheotomy. She has been married 940 times. Alison The Assassin Armchair Morgue Ash Cream  Bananies Beerbutton 3 Beginnings of Rigor Bring On The Rigor Burke'N'Hare Buzzards Celeb-Rotties Chelski Pensioners II  Circling The Drain Dancing Elephants Dead And Don't Know It Dead As A Dodo Dead Beats Dead Loss Dead Man Walking Blues Death Stinks Deathpig Die, Die, Die My Darling Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Down Under The Daisies End Of Time Every Shroud Has A Silver Lining Evil Shape-Changing Pixies Fallen Off The Twig Flanges Final Few Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout From Dust To Dung Grim McGraw Gwynhafyr Hackinncackin' Heart Attack, Liver Failure? Excellent! Loadsa Points Hurry Up Please, You'll Be Late I'll Sleep When You're Dead International House of Death Juicy Janny Kackers United Laughter Kills Lidders Late Lamentables Lucifer's Legionaires Marina Predicts Your Demise! Mr C Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Much Loved But Not Yet Departed Nescafe No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Only Fools & Corpses Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Pacman Phreebyrd Pining For The Fjords Pop The Clog! Rabbitsnuffer Rammer's Downtrodden Red Beauty Retliv Forest Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Say Hi To Uncle George See, I Told You I Was Sick! Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Siegfried Baboon's Simian Shapeshifting Showboat Show Putting The Fun Into Funeral Six Foot Under Sqwidge's Motley Crew Stiff As A Board Still Warm-Ish Stokes's Stiffs The Blue And White Reaper The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead The End of the World As We Know It The Grateful Undead The Dorset Jury The Misfortune Tellers The Watts Wallies Toasted Brown Bread Today Is A Good Day To Die Valley of Death Wednesday 'Til I Die Who Turned Out The Lights? Wot The Deuce

Taylor, Jack (Died in 2012) Born 21 April 1930  (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England) Ex football referee - refereed the 1974 World Cup Final, giving two penalties - the first one in the first minute. Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged

Taylor, James Born 12 March 1948  (Belmont, Massachusetts, USA) Singer/songwriter, mainly in country or rock music, but has performed in a huge variety of musical styles. The Jim Reapers

Taylor, Kelly (Died in 2012) Born in Bristol, England  (exact date unknown) Terminally ill woman who has asked her local doctors to help end her life as she suffers from Eisenmenger's syndrome and Klippel-Feil syndrome, which cause spinal, heart & lung ailments. Born in 1977. Dr Shipman's Waiting Room

Taylor, Linda Born in Los Angeles, California, USA  (exact date unknown) Musician, often on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" in a comic role. Lived So Lets Die

Taylor, Phil Born 13 August 1960  (Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) The darts player - multiple champion in the "sport". The Morbid Postman Undertakertom

Taylor, Phil (Died in 2012) Born 18 September 1917  (Bristol, England) Not the darts champion, but the former cricketer, England football international and ex-manager of Liverpool FC. Hurry Up Please, You'll Be Late The Terry Fenwick Invitational Select XI

Taylor, Rip Born 13 January 1934  (Washington, District of Columbia, USA) Actor & comedian, very well known in the US, less so in the UK. Laughter Kills

Taylor-Bradford, Barbara Born 10 May 1933  (Leeds, Yorkshire, England) Hugely successful writer of female literature. Evil Shape-Changing Pixies

Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri Born 6 March 1944  (Gisborne, New Zealand) Opera singer, who sang at Prince Charles & Diana's wedding and has since become one of the top singers of her type in the World. The Norman Bates Fan Club

Tebbit, Lord Norman Born 29 March 1931  (Ponders End, London, England) Outspoken former chairman of the Conservative Party, whose unemployed father famously "did not riot, he got on his bike and looked for work". Here's one of his more famous, though not wholly memorable, quotes: "The word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naïve, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the 1960s." It must have taken him hours to write that. Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club  Pop The Clog! The Politigones Time's Champion Voted Out For Good!

Tejada, Luis Born 8 August 1932  (La Paz, Bolivia) President of Bolivia between 1980 & 1981. Time Is NOT On Our Side!

Temple, Shirley Born 23 April 1928  (Santa Monica, California, USA) The most famous child star in cinema history, who left the movies once she grew up and became the US ambassador to Ghana (in the 1970s) and Czechoslovakia (during the "Velvet Revolution"). In 1972 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but survived and was widely respected for being one of the first public figures to openly discuss the issue. Random trivia: her daughter Lori (as "Lori Lorax") was a founder member of seminal proto-grunge band The Melvins. Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Bloody Dead Rep Clara Butt & Plum Death Shall Have No Dominion - Oh Yes It Will Popping Your Clogs Red Beauty The Vyrdolak

Terreblanche, Eugene (Died in 2010) Born 31 January 1941  (Ventersdorp, South Africa) Afrikaner, who during the height of the apartheid era, was notorious for his use of violence in support of it. Since the era of Nelson Mandela, and a 7 year jail sentence, he's kept a lower profile. My Toes Are Real People

Terrey, Douglas (Died in 2010) Born 27 June 1903  (Southampton, Hampshire, England) Still eats fry-ups every morning despite his age - proof perhaps that what is "unhealthy" often keeps you going longer. Also claims to have been a despatch rider during WWI, which would make him one of the last veterans of the war if true. Come On Baby, Light My Fire! Croaker De'Ath And The Prognosticators

Tewson, Josephine Born 26 February 1939  (Hampstead, London, England) Comic actress, best known as Elizabeth in "Keeping Up Appearances" and as Jane Travers in "Clarence". You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Thatcher, Margaret (Died in 2013) Born 13 October 1925  (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) Britain's first female Prime Minister, and one of Augusto Pinochet's beer buddies. After her fall from grace in 1990 and subsequent retirement from the House of Commons two years later, the handbag-toting Iron Lady was made an Iron Baroness and is now generally regarded as "a bit nuts" (though whether this is anything new is subject to debate). In 2002 she retired from public life following a number of strokes, and her health has reportedly gone further downhill following the death of her husband Denis in June 2003. 1 Dead In Ohio 2 Days Older Than Grass 666  Carrion Luggage A Kick In The Ghoulies Alfred Lord Heinous Alison The Assassin Are They Dead Yet? 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Hurry Up Please, You'll Be Late I Am Jack's Complete Lack Of A Pulse I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It Illinois Reaper Beater 3.0 I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak I'll Sleep When You're Dead Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom International House of Death Irish Rover It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells It May Be You? It's Worse Than That, He's Dead Jim! Jellydead Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Just Die Will You Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate As A Mayfly Again! Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Lard Bazaar Living In A Box Lulu's Stiffs! Mave's Graves Merry Death Mass Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!! Morbid United FC Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Much Loved But Not Yet Departed My Toes Are Real People Naked Florida Gravediggers Nicole Kidman Is A Slag .....norfolk & Good Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Northern Foxiles Go Ahead Thatch, Make My DDP Oh! One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Only Fools & Corpses Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts Over My Dead Body The Pale Rider Owt To Stop Me Coffin? 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Thebom, Blanche (Died in 2010) Born 19 September 1918  (Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA) Former opera singer. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Thiebaud, Wayne Born 23 November 1920  (Mesa, Arizona, USA) US artist & painter. A Lost Art Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Thielemans, Toots Born 29 April 1922  (Brussels, Belgium) Belgian jazz harmonicist & whistler, who is still performing. Don't recognise the name? Well, he played the harmonica on "Sesame Street", "Moon River", "Midnight Cowboy" and so many others. Keeper Of The Heads

Thomas, Geoff Born 5 August 1964  (Manchester, England) Former England footballer, best remembered either for his service to Crystal Palace or for one of the worst shots in football history whilst playing for England at Wembley. Overcame a long battle with leukemia. Dead Loss

Thomas, Helen (Died in 2013) Born 4 August 1920  (Winchester, Kentucky, USA) Journalist, who has covered White House proceedings since the days of John F. Kennedy & was former White House bureau chief for UPI. 5 Feet And 1 To Go You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! Not At All Well Noz4news

Thomas, Olivia Patricia Born 29 June 1895  (New York City, New York, USA) One of the oldest people in the World at the start of 2009. Died later in the year, no obit yet. Oldies But Goodies

Thomas, Orlando Born 21 October 1972  (Crowley, Lousiana, USA) Former NFL footballer who is suffering from ALS. Dead Man's Party See, I Told You I Was Sick!

Thompson, Fred Born 19 August 1942  (Sheffield, Alabama, USA) Former actor, turned Senator for Tennessee & Presidential Candidate in the 2008 US elections. I've Got Another Stiff

Thomson, James Date and place of birth unknown Millionaire architect and convicted child abductor/molester. Slung in prison in December 2006, and will probably die there, as he has inoperable cancer. Born in 1937. Every Shroud Has A Silver Lining George Lass and the Gravelings

Thorburn, Cliff Born 16 January 1948  (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) One of the greats of the televised snooker age, World Champion in 1980, and World Number One between 1981 & 1982. 6ft Under The Baulk Line

Thorne, Willie Born 4 March 1954  (Leicester, England) Popular former snooker player, now a TV pundit. Often called, rather bizarrely, "The Homer Simpson of snooker". 6ft Under The Baulk Line

Thornton, Frank (Died in 2013) Born 15 January 1921  (Dulwich, London, England) TV and film actor, probably best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the long-running department-store-based sitcom "Are You Being Served?" In 1997, when Brian Wilde was taken ill prior to filming a series of "Last of the Summer Wine", Thornton was hurriedly brought in to play Herbert "Truly" Truelove, by way of a replacement for the Foggy Dewhurst character. Liz's Lately Lamented Final Curtain Brady, Tobin And Huntley Starring In "Friends Behind Bars" Madonna's Hand of Bod Past Their Sell By Date Dead Rancid Corpses The Delightful Dead As You Wave Us Goodbye You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Thorpe, Jeremy Born 29 April 1929  (London, England) Former Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Party. His career was destroyed in the mid-1970s as a result of a scandal in which he and three others were charged with conspiracy to murder his alleged lover Norman Scott. He has suffered from Parkinson's Disease for over twenty years. 2 Days Older Than Grass Alison The Assassin Breathless In Seattle Checking Out By Christmas Konstabel Els And His Merry Harbingers Dead Beats Dead Commons Deathpig Doornails R Us George Lass and the Gravelings Grassyknoll Grayson The Pale Rider 2009 Crematorium Cheerleaders The Dead Certs Tomb It May Concern Voted Out For Good!

Tindill, Eric (Died in 2010) Born 18 December 1910  (Nelson, New Zealand) Played for New Zealand at both cricket and rugby, and is now the oldest surviving Old Black. Drunkasaskunk The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009

Tingwell, Bud  Born 3 January 1923  (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Died 15 May 2009  (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Highly-respected Australian actor, mostly in films. However, sadly, for him, he might be best remembered by British viewers for his role in Neighbours between 2000-2003. Mr & Mrs Drummerboy

Tisza, Laszlo Born 7 July 1907  (Budapest, Hungary) Physicist & professor, whose expertise, according to his blurb, include theoretical physics, the history and philosophy of science, and the foundation of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Now I don't understand any of that sentence but basically I think it means he was a very clever man. Died in 2009, but no obit yet. Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts

Titmus, Fred (Died in 2011) Born 24 November 1932  (Somers Town, London, England) Former test cricketer for England. Are You Still Dying, Darling?

Tobin, Peter Born 27 August 1946  (Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland) Man accused of killing three girls in Margate, and foundy guilty & jailed in 2008. Grendel's Graveyard

Todd, Richard  Born 11 June 1919  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Died 3 December 2009  (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Mildly successful film and stage actor, born in Ireland to British parents who bestowed upon him the full name of Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd. Saw active service throughout World War II, and parachuted into France during the D-Day landings. He later went on to appear in "D-Day: The Sixth of June" and "The Longest Day", though perversely he didn't play himself in either film. Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Jesus Jones Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!! You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Tolimir, Zdvrako Born 27 November 1948  (Glamoc, Bosnia) Bosnian Serb commander during the former war in Yugoslavia, and currently on trial for war crimes at The Hague. Carkers Convention 2009 Dead Man Walking Blues Hunting Halos Weakend At Bernies Shovelful Of Dirt STAB_in_the_DARK The Last Gasp

Tomlinson, Ricky Born 26 September 1939  (Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) Ex-plasterer & Trade Unionist turned hugely successful & popular actor - firstly in "Brookside" but best loved for his role in "The Royle Family". The Norwegian Blues Force 10 To Hell Sometimes They Come Back

Top, Gaz Born 5 July 1961  (St. Asaph, Wales) Children's TV & now motorsport presenter, born Gareth Jones. Pobol Y Fedd

Topol Born 9 September 1935  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Star of "Fiddler on the Roof", and a regular stage performer. No, Mr Bond. I Expect You To Die!

Torn, Rip Born 6 February 1931  (Temple, Texas, USA) US veteran film & TV actor, born Elmore Rual Torn. Carolann's Coffin Compadres You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Tosh, Donald Born in Cornwall, England  (exact date unknown) Former screenwriter for the Dr. Who television series. Time's Champion

Tovey, Eric 'Lord Littlebrook' Born 3 January 1929  (Edmonton, London, England) Midget wrestler, in both England & the US. Now in ill health. Betty White And The 19 Dwarfs

Townes, Charles Born 28 July 1915  (Greenville, South Carolina, USA) Inventor of the maser (a microwave device). Also worked on the laser, but not on the taser, or indeed the razor. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins How Much For Those Stem Cells? Nobel Losers

Townshend, Pete Born 19 May 1945  (Ealing, London, England) Guitarist and main songwriter in The Who. In 2003 he suffered a "personal legal tragedy" in which he was found to have provided his credit card details to view child pornography on the web. The police cautioned him and he is now on the Sex Offenders' Register, though he continued to protest that he was gathering material "for research purposes". Presumably he won't get fooled again. Death-Defying

Trautmann, Bert (Died in 2013) Born 22 October 1923  (Bremen, Germany) Manchester City goalkeeper, famous for suffering a broken neck and concussion during the 1956 FA Cup Final, despite which he finished the match, and indeed made several saves. Redmyst XX

Travers, Mary  Born 9 November 1936  (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) Died 16 September 2009  (Danbury, Connecticut, USA) Age at death: 72  (read death notice) One-third of 1970s folk group Peter, Paul & Mary - "Leaving On A Jet Plane" and all that. Revealed in December 2004 that she is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukaemia. She died of complications of that in 2009. Diet Of Worms  Mr C

Travolta, John Born 18 February 1954  (Englewood, New Jersey, USA) Actor who has had something of a rollercoaster career: he was catapulted to fame in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), but then appeared in a few turkeys before his career was rescued by, of all things, "Look Who's Talking". Finally acquired a semblance of cool as the hitman Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction", before losing it again in the absurd Scientologist film "Battlefield Earth". 1 Dead In Ohio Burn Baby Burn

Trejos Fernandez, Joaquin (Died in 2010) Born 18 April 1916  (San Jose, Costa Rica) Former President of Costa Rica. FH Reverends

Troyer, Verne Born 1 January 1969  (Sturgis, Michigan, USA) Diminutive (2'8") actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" movies. Betty White And The 19 Dwarfs Tentoesup

Tsvangirai, Morgan Born 10 March 1952  (Gutu, Zimbabwe) Opposition leader to Robert Mugabe, one of the few to stay in the country and try to battle it out with Mad Bob. As a result, Mugabe keeps arresting him, accusing him of all manner of things, or just having him beaten up, but Tsvangirai remains the main anti-government voice. Addams Family Christmas Card List 2008 Dans Death List Of Doom Death-Defying  Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout It's Life Jim, But Not As We Know It No Penalties, It's Sudden Death!  Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 You Keep Hanging On You Must Be Croaking!

Tufnell, Phil Born 29 April 1966  (Barnet, Hertfordshire, England) Reasonably successful cricketer who is now a TV personality. Thinks he is far, far funnier than he actually is. Undertakertom

Tureaud, Laurence Born 21 May 1952  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) The legendary Mr T, who played Sgt B.A. Baracus in "The A-Team", and made a habit of pitying fools and not getting' on no airplanes. Also had a notoriously low tolerance level when it came to jibber-jabber. Short Distance Clara

Turnbull, Eddie (Died in 2011) Born 12 April 1923  (Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland) Scottish footballer, particulary remembered for his service to Hibernian FC as both player and manager. The Terry Fenwick Invitational Select XI

Turner, Anthea Born 25 May 1960  (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) Bland TV presenter, better known for her private life than for her personality. I'll Sleep When You're Dead

Turner, Ted Born 19 November 1938  (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) Businessman & founder of CNN. Ohio And Goodbye-O

Turner, Tina Born 26 November 1939  (Nutbush, Tennessee, USA) Singer, born Anna Mae Bullock, still active after almost 50 years in the business. Well known for her big hair & raspy voice. Celeb-Rotties

Tutu, Desmond Born 7 October 1931  (Klerksdorp, South Africa) Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, he became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986. When aged fourteen he caught tuberculosis and had to spend two years in hospital as a result. Reported to be "seriously ill" in 2001, he joked "My presence here gives testimony to the resurrection of the dead!" during a visit to London's Southwark Cathedral at the time. Cap'n Ohtz  Clara Butt & Plum Corpse Bride  I'll Sleep When You're Dead Meet Your Maker Mr & Mrs Drummerboy The Voodoo Gurus

Twombly, Cy (Died in 2011) Born 25 April 1928  (Lexington, Virginia, USA) Talented calligraphy artist. A Lost Art

Tyler, Dorothy Born 14 March 1920  (Stockwell, London, England) Athlete, also known as Dorothy Odam, when she won silver in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the high jump, but was married & known as Dorothy Tyler, when she repeated the feat in the same event, in the 1948 London Olympics, one of the few to win medals pre & post WW2. VSBfromH

Tyler, Steven Born 26 March 1948  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Rock singer, lead singer of Aerosmith. Dad of actress Liv. Team Rumsfeld II

Tyler Moore, Mary Born 29 December 1936  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actress and comedienne who came to prominence in "The Dick Van Dyke Show", before being given her own programme, called, with a stunning lack of imagination, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". 2 Sick Not 2 Quit Armchair Morgue I'll Get The Oven On Rammer's Downtrodden

Tyson, Frank Born 6 June 1930  (Farnworth, Lancashire, England) Former English test cricketer, a fast bowler for them & Northamptonshire. Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged

Tyson, Mike Born 30 June 1966  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Brought up by his single mother in the toughest part of Brooklyn, was winning street fights by the age of 9, weighed 200lbs and could bench-press more than his own weight by the age of 14. Became the youngest undisputed WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight boxing champion ever at 20. Spent 3 years in prison for rape and famously bit Evander Holyfield's ear off. And yet, despite all this, he still speaks with a comically high-pitched, lisping voice. Say Hi To Uncle George Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling Time's Up My Son To The Other Side

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