Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2010: T

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Takei, George Born 20 April 1937  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American actor, played Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek. Gwynhafyr

Talabani, Jalal Born 12 November 1933  (Kelkan, Iraq) President of Iraq since April 2005. I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing If They're Not All Dead Then They Should Be The Pale Rider The Politigones

Talfah, Sajida Date and place of birth unknown Widow of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Born 1937. Widows - Following Their Husbands

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

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. The Misfortune Tellers

Tarbuck, Jimmy Born 6 February 1940  (Liverpool, England) Unfunny, golf-obsessed, old school comedian. The Frog Chorus Death Is Not The End Kentucky Fried Genocide

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. Left "Corrie" in 2010. Dead Spotters Death Stinks I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak Nil By Mouth The Mighty Boosh Of Death Wishy-Washy

Tartaglia, Massimo Born 30 November 1967  (Milan, Italy) Electronics engineer who attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a rally in Milan in December 2009. Carne And Sarne, Plus Eighteen

Tatchell, Peter Born 25 January 1952  (Melbourne, Australia) Tireless, some might say tiresome, political activist. Fergie's Flops

Tattersall, Roy Born 17 August 1922  (Bolton, Lancashire, England) Former Lancashire and England cricketer. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Taylor, Charles Born 28 January 1948  (Arthington, Liberia) Former president of Liberia, accused of gun-running, diamond-smuggling and war crimes by the UN, currently on trial at The Hague. A Taste Of Thursday Afternoon

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. "18 Whiskies, I Think That's The Record." 30 Points, We`ll Be Back Up Alison The Assassin Ambledown Another Day Nearer To Death Ash Cream Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Beginnings of Rigor Birchy Says "Bring Out Your Dead" Blade Runners Bluereddish Buzzards Canadian Cadaver Dogs Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them  Chelski Pensioners III C.A.Daver Circling The Drain Coffin It Up Coupled To Death  Criptkicker2 Daniel Faraday's Notebook Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead And Don't Know It Dead Beats Dead But Not Forgotten Dead Centre Of England Dead Loss Deadpoolers  Death Stinks Deathglam Industries Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Dolly Daydreams Dead Ones Don't Let The Pearly Gates Hit You Up The Arse On The Way In Eejit End Of Time Fallen Off The Twig A Dead Flange In Time Scores 9 Former Scream Star Fuckwits Arse Gail's Ghouls Gone Too Soon...x Graham Reaper's Dead Army Gravediggers83  Green Machine Grendel's Graveyard HackinNcackin' Hunting Halos I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing I Drink Your Milkshake  Illinois Reaper Beater 4.0 I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak I'll Sleep When You're Dead Jumptheshark Kackers United Kim Jong's Ill Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Laughter Kills Like Steve Says Its Teh Suxx Long Pig, Anyone? Mad Maureen's Wishlist Marina Predicts Your Demise! Mikemcfly Miss Creant Misslucky Mr C Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Nicole Kidman Is A Slag No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! One Way Ticket Only Fools & Corpses Phreebyrd UB Dead Beauty Rest In Reeses Pieces Say Hello To The Angels Say Hi To Uncle George See, I Told You I Was Sick! She's A Goner Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Slave To The Grave STAB_in_the_DARK Stiff Steaks Stop All The Clocks Stop Coughin' Or I'll Put You In One! Team John Thomas Tentoesup Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead The Dukes Death List II The End Is Nigh The End of the World As We Know It The Grateful Dead The Incontinentals   The Long Awaited Return Of The Dorset Jury The Misfortune Tellers The Pale Horseman’s Passenger List For The Stygian Ferry The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead Things & Stuff Toasted Brown Bread Today Is A Good Day To Die Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Truth Be Told, I'm Feeling A Bit Under The Weather!! Vaagheid Wall Street Massacre  Wancanton Winker Turning His Toes Up Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded Windsor The Troll Wot The Deuce "You Can't Die If You're Already Dead, Darling"

Taylor, Gil (Died in 2013) Born 12 April 1914  (Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England) Cinematographer, known for his work on 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' and 'Star Wars'. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins Pooil Vaaish

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. I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak

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. Ball Kicking Bucket Kickers The Terry Fenwick Benefit Select Second XI

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

Taylor, Rod Born 11 January 1929  (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Australian actor, mostly in films in both his home country & the US. People I Think Might Die In 2010 United X-Pyred

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. Death Is Not The End Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club The Blue And White Reaper The Politigones Time's Champion

Tebbit, Margaret Date and place of birth unknown Wife of Conservative cabinet member Norman Tebbit, who was paralysed after the Brighton IRA bomb attack in 1984. Born 1934. The Frog Chorus

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. Bloody Dead Rep Laughter Kills The Misfortune Tellers The Praying Vultures

Tenn, William  Born 9 May 1920  (London, England) Died 7 February 2010  (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) Age at death: 89  (read death notice) English-born US Science fiction author, real name Philip Klass. Canadian Paul

Terreblanche, Eugene  Born 31 January 1941  (Ventersdorp, South Africa) Died 3 April 2010  (Ventersdorp, South Africa) Age at death: 69  (read death notice) 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. Slave To The Grave

Terrey, Douglas  Born 27 June 1903  (Southampton, Hampshire, England) Ate fry-ups every morning despite his age - proof perhaps that what is "unhealthy" often keeps you going longer. Also claimed to have been a despatch rider during WWI, which would make him one of the last veterans of the war if true. Died in June 2010 but no obit. Croaker D'Eath And The Prognosticators The End Is Nigh

Terry, Clark Born 14 December 1920  (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) Jazz trumpeter who has worked with Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones, amongst others. A Pelican In The Wilderness

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 It's Grim Up North 30 Points, We`ll Be Back Up 666 6feetunder Carrion Luggage The Frog Chorus A Kick In The Ghoulies Alfred Lord Heinous Alison The Assassin Alive And (only just) Kicking Ambledown Another Day Nearer To Death Sparky's Spasms Asadoornail Barmby Moor Celebrity Stiff Stakes Bazzilliant Beginnings of Rigor Better Late Than Never Birchy Says "Bring Out Your Dead"  Bitter Violet Blade Runners Bob Marley's Doughnuts Bond, Elch Bond Breath 'ns For Losers Breathless In Seattle Brown Bread But I'm Not Dead Yet Canadian Cadaver Dogs Checking Out By Christmas C.A.Daver Short Distance Clara Coffin Dodgers Ur Not! Colin's Toe Curlers Cut Price Funerals Creamation For The Nation Cremate Expectations Criptkicker2 Croaker D'Eath And The Prognosticators Crofty's Coffin Crew Daisy Pushers Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk David the Aspie Dead Beats Dead But Not Forgotten Dead By Dawn Dead Centre Of England Dead Commons Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother Dead Enders Dead Ends Deader Than A Dead Thing Deadly Deathwatch Dead Loss Deadly As Sin Till You Win Livin' On A Prayer Dead Set Death Is Not The End Death On The Rocks Death Stinks Dead Dogs Won't Play Fetch Death From Down Under Death By Hemeloids Death Can Be Funny Deathglam Industries Deathpig Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Diepod Shuffle Dignitas Clinicians  Doornails R Us Down Under The Daisies Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom Dress re-Hearse-als  Drop Dead Celebration Dr Shipman's Waiting Room Eddie's Parade Of Darkness And Despair Eejit End Of Time Eternity Tours Evil (not quite) Dead Exah Fallen Off The Twig Falling Off The Pearch A Dead Flange In Time Scores 9 The Forrest Lawn Jockeys For Whom The Bell Tolls Four Horseman Of The Magic Roundabout Fuckwits Arse Gail's Ghouls Gary Glitter's Ghoulies Gawn. . .dead. . .planted George Lass and the Gravelings Globaltruth Going Green Golden Oldies!  Gone Too Soon...x Graham Reaper's Dead Army Gravediggers83 Green Machine Grim Creepers Guild Of Master Reapers H5N1 HackinNcackin' Hardwood Surround Researched To Death Heads St Peter Tails Lucifer Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Hippoposthumous Hunting Halos If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It Illinois Reaper Beater 4.0 I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak I'll Sleep When You're Dead Irish Rover I Smell Dead People  It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells It's Life Jim, But Not As We Know It It's Worse Than That, He's Dead Jim! It Tolls For Thee Jellydead Jesus Jones Jims Deadbeats Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Juicy Janny Just Die Will You Kentucky Fried Genocide  Killermoon Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate As A Mayfly Again! Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Lady Gone-Gone's Poker Fatalities Lard Bazaar Les Trompettes De La Mort Lidders Late Lamentables Like Steve Says Its Teh Suxx Lived So Lets Die Living In A Box Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party Mere Flesh Wound Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!!  Miss Creant Morbid Curiosity Morbid United FC Mr C Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Naked Florida Gravediggers Nicole Kidman Is A Slag No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Northern Foxiles Oh...If Only It Were True One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Over My Dead Body The Pale Rider Partridge As Reaper Past Their Sell By Date Phinious Fog Phreebyrd Picktons Pork Pies Prunella Vulgaris Ready Doddery Gone!! UB Dead Beauty Rest In Reeses Pieces Return To Sender Riding The Jesus Train R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Roadkill Wombats Rob's Racing Certs Rotters Rubinstein's Coffin Fit Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 See, I Told You I Was Sick! See You In Hell She's A Goner Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Shovelful Of Dirt Slave To The Grave Sometimes They Come Back Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Forgotten But Not Gone STAB_in_the_DARK Stairway To Heaven Star Dust Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Steaks  Stiff & the Tears Stop All The Clocks Stop Coughin' Or I'll Put You In One! Stown-Dead-Market Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Tag You're Out Take The Last Rite To The Mortuary  Team John Thomas The Anfield Iron TheAssassinsCreed  The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Chacks The Conqueror Worm 2010 Crematorium Cheerleaders Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead The Dukes Death List II The End Is Nigh The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment The Funeral Director 10 The Grim Reapers Club... Members Only The Grateful Dead  The Incontinentals The International Columbo Fan-Club The Long Awaited Return Of The Dorset Jury The Misfortune Tellers The Norman Bates Fan Club The Pale Horseman’s Passenger List For The Stygian Ferry The Pissed Kringle ThePoitouTeam The Politigones The Praying Vultures The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead The Unspiritualist The Worst Acronym Team Time's-Up Team Time's Champion Tomb It May Concern Tomb Raiders Truth Be Told, I'm Feeling A Bit Under The Weather!! Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! Wancanton Winker Turning His Toes Up We Spin Terror Who Turned Out The Lights? Widnes Vikings WinR.I.P. Wishy-Washy Worm Farmer Wot The Deuce You Keep Hanging On You Must Be Croaking! You’re A Goner You're Not Breathing Anymore

The Plumber, Joe Born 3 December 1973  (Toledo, Ohio, USA) Born Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber became a cause célèbre in the US Presidential election campaign in 2008 when he questioned Barack Obama on his tax proposals for small businessmen such as himself. Rival candidate John McCain took up this theme and in the final Presidential debate, used the 'Joe the Plumber' motif as a way of summing up the attitude and aspirations of the 'ordinary' American. F3ar My Awesomeness

Thebom, Blanche  Born 19 September 1915  (Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA) Died 23 March 2010  (San Francisco, USA) Age at death: 94  (read death notice) Former opera singer. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

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

Thomas, Gareth Born 25 July 1974  (Bridgend, Wales) Former Welsh Rugby Union player who recently came out of the closet. Pobol Y Fedd

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. Finbarr Returns From The Dead FC

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 Heads In A Bag You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! Let Us Embalm You Nosoup4u! Not At All Well Noz4news She's A Goner

Thomas, Orlando Born 21 October 1972  (Crowley, Louisiana, USA) Former NFL footballer who is suffering from ALS. Alfred Lord Heinous 2010 Crematorium Cheerleaders

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. George Lass and the Gravelings

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. All Death Is Consolation Ambledown Bluereddish Dead And Dusted Deader Than A Dead Thing End Of Time Final Curtain Gawn. . .dead. . .planted Globaltruth Hippoposthumous Madonna's Hand of Bod Past Their Sell By Date Phinious Fog The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment The Grateful Dead The Incontinentals The Mighty Boosh Of Death 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. Alison The Assassin Breathless In Seattle C.A.Daver Dead And Dusted Dead Beats Dead Commons Doornails R Us George Lass and the Gravelings Globaltruth Lord Football's Dead Corpses The Pale Rider 2010 Crematorium Cheerleaders The Dead Certs Tomb It May Concern

Thynne, Alexander Born 6 May 1932  (London, England) AKA the 7th Marquess of Bath. Eccentric incumbent of the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire. Well known for painting murals and having an interesting attitude to "free love". Lesser known for writing and being fined for assaulting a man in Campden Hill Road, Notting Hill. Dead Enders

Tierney, Maura Born 3 February 1965  (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Actress who played Abby Lockhart in 'ER'. Coffin It Up Going Ready Or Not Lady Gone-Gone's Poker Fatalities Only Fools & Corpses Rot In Hell John Tonight Matthew I'm Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy

Tilbrook, Paula Born in Manchester, England  (exact date unknown) Actress, best known as the local gossip Betty Eagleton in 'Emmerdale'. Born 1931. The Funeral Director 10

Tindemans, Leo Born 16 April 1922  (Zwijndrecht, Belgium) Former Prime Minister of Belgium. Lord Gravedigger

Tindill, Eric  Born 18 December 1910  (Nelson, New Zealand) Died 1 August 2010  (Wellington, New Zealand) Age at death: 99  (read death notice) Played for New Zealand at both cricket and rugby, and is now the oldest surviving Old Black. Kim Jong's Ill The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2010

Titmus, Fred (Died in 2011) Born 24 November 1932  (Somers Town, London, England) Former test cricketer for England. Globaltruth

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

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. Hunting Halos I Drink Your Milkshake The Last Gasp

Tomeing, Litokwa Born 14 October 1939  (Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands) President of the Marshall Islands from 2008 to 2009. Let's Drop An Atomic Bomb On Oceania!!!

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". Sometimes They Come Back Stiff Little Fingers

Tong, Anote Born 11 June 1952  (Fanning island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands) President of Kiribati since 2003 when he won a close election against his brother, Harry Tong. Hmmmm.... Let's Drop An Atomic Bomb On Oceania!!!

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

Toribiong, Johnson Born 22 July 1946  (Airai, Palau) Lawyer and current President of Palau. Let's Drop An Atomic Bomb On Oceania!!!

Tork, Peter Born 13 February 1942  (Washington D.C., USA) Singer and musician with The Monkees. Are You Still Dying, Darling? Biologically Dead Feng Shui Pig Time Is NOT On Our Side! WinR.I.P. Worm Farmer

Torn, Rip Born 6 February 1931  (Temple, Texas, USA) US veteran film & TV actor, born Elmore Rual Torn. Just One More Death... Lt. Columbo Lord Gravedigger You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Tosh, Donald Born in Cornwall, England  (exact date unknown) Former screenwriter and story editor for the 'Doctor Who' television series. Born 1935. Time's Champion

Tovar, Lupita Born 27 July 1911  (Oaxaca, Mexico) Mexican film actress, in occasional Hollywood movies. First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die

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. Time Is NOT On Our Side!

Townsend, Sue Born 2 April 1946  (Leicester, England) Writer, playwright & journalist, whose best known work is easily the "Adrian Mole" books. It Tolls For Thee You're Not Breathing Anymore

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. Alive And (only just) Kicking Cave Piggy's Stiff's In Waiting

Tracey, Stan (Died in 2013) Born 30 December 1926  (London, England) British jazz pianist and composer. People I Think Might Die In 2010 United See You In Heaven

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. Ball Kicking Bucket Kickers Dead And Dusted  Redmyst They Think It's All Over. It Is Now.....

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 6feetunder Juicy Janny Rest In Reeses Pieces The O'Shannon Wee J's Man

Treacher, Bill Born 4 June 1930  (London, England) UK actor, forever remembered as the long-suffering Arthur Fowler in "EastEnders". Dead Enders

Trescothick, Marcus Born 25 December 1975  (Keynsham, Somerset, England) Cricketer for Somerset & formerly for England. Partridge As Reaper

Trevor, William Born 24 May 1928  (Mitchelstown, County Cork, Republic of Ireland) England-based Irish author, three times winner of the Whitbread Prize. Garf Wants You To Die

Troyer, Verne Born 1 January 1969  (Sturgis, Michigan, USA) Diminutive (2'8") actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" movies. Crazycarl Dead Set The Forrest Lawn Jockeys Phinious Fog

Trudeau, Yves "Apache" Born in Canada  (exact date unknown) Prolific killer from the Hells Angels. Was convicted for the manslaughter of 43 people between 1973 and 1985. Granted parole in 1994, he was later convicted for sexually assaulting a minor. Dark alley, wouldn't like to meet etc...Born 1946. The Last Gasp

Tsvangirai, Morgan Born 10 March 1952  (Gutu, Zimbabwe) Former opposition leader to Robert Mugabe, who in 2009, became the PM of Zimbabwe. However his relationship with Mad Bob is still extremely strained. Death Stinks Grendel's Graveyard Nil By Mouth No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 Stiff Little Fingers

Tuku'Aho, 'Aho'Eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Born 12 July 1959  (Tonga) Brother of King George Tupou V of Tonga, Heir Presumptive to the Tongan throne and Prime Minister from 2000 to 2006. Currently Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia. For goodness sake, give this man something to do! Let's Drop An Atomic Bomb On Oceania!!!

Tupou V, King George (Died in 2012) Born 4 May 1948  (Tongatapu, Tonga) Became King of Tonga in September 2006, following the death of his father, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. Let's Drop An Atomic Bomb On Oceania!!!

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 Benefit Select Second 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. Fergie's Flops I'll Sleep When You're Dead Mad Maureen

Turner, Ted Born 19 November 1938  (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) Businessman & founder of CNN. Coupled To Death 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. The Grey Horde

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. Corpse Bride Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Oldham Gravediggers Society Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Stiffer Steaks  Time's-Up Team Truth Be Told, I'm Feeling A Bit Under The Weather!! Zombie Nation

Tutuhatunewa, Frans Born 16 June 1923  (Batavia, Indonesia) President in exile of the South Moluccas. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Tweed, Jack Born 9 June 1987  (London, England) Widower of 'Big Brother' contestant and unlikely media sensation Jade Goody. Last Train To Palookaville

Tyler, Steven Born 26 March 1948  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Rock singer, lead singer of Aerosmith. Dad of actress Liv. Dead Enders Dead Set If They're Not All Dead Then They Should Be Mere Flesh Wound Sometimes They Come Back

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 5 Feet And 1 To Go Billy Graham Must Die I'll Get The Oven On

Tyler-Odam, Dorothy Born 14 March 1920  (London, England) British Olympic high jumper. Competed in both Olympic Games either side of the Second World War, winning silver each time. VSBfromH

Tyson, Ian Born 25 September 1933  (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Canadian singer-songwriter. Bloody Dead Rep

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. Fergie's Flops Picktons Pork Pies Say Hi To Uncle George Sexystf Time's Up My Son

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