Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2010: Y

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Yamaguchi, Tsutomu  Born 16 March 1916  (Nagasaki, Japan) Died 4 January 2010  (Nagasaki, Japan) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Man who, remarkably, survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic explosions in 1945. Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time.. Rude Kid

Yang, Chen-Ning Born 1 October 1922  (Hefei, Anhui, PR of China) Chinese born American physicist. Nobel Losers

Yar'Adua, Umaru  Born 16 August 1951  (Katsina, Nigeria) Died 5 May 2010  (Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria) Age at death: 58  (read death notice) President of Nigeria from 2007 till his death in 2010. Brown Bread Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead Fellas Death Can Be Funny Dethdefying Just Die Will You  Kim Jong's Ill Misers Morbid United FC Rot In Hell John Shovelful Of Dirt Stiff & the Tears Themankini.com The Newstreet Boys Death Squad This Mortal Coil We Spin Terror

Yauch, Adam Born 5 August 1964  (New York City, New York, USA) Rap artist, better known as MCA from the Beastie Boys. Going Ready Or Not Irish Rover Misslucky Sometimes They Come Back They're Dead, Y'Know! Time Is NOT On Our Side!

Yeager, Chuck Born 13 February 1923  (Myra, West Virginia, USA) World War II flying ace, who later became a test pilot for the US Air Force and is credited with being the first person to break the sound barrier. Redmyst Wancanton Winker Turning His Toes Up ZZ Topped

Yevkurov, Yunus-Bek Born 23 July 1963  (Prigorodny District, Republic of North Ossetia-Ala) Current president of the Russian republic of Ingushetia. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Yip, David Born 4 June 1951  (Liverpool, England) Actor, still best known as 'The Chinese Detective'. Moving The Goalposts

Yonath, Ada Born 22 June 1939  (Jerusalem, Israel) First female Israeli to win the Nobel Prize, in 2009. Nobel Loserettes

Young, Alan Born 19 November 1919  (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) Actor best known as the voice of Scrooge McDuck. Garf Wants You To Die Pushing The Envelope

Young, Jimmy Born 21 September 1923  (Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England) Having been presenter of BBC Radio 2's lunchtime show for thirty years, he was acrimoniously sacked towards the end of 2002. Real name Leslie Ronald Young, he usually appears in the same sentence as the word "veteran", and was reportedly Margaret Thatcher's favourite broadcaster. Which probably makes him a marked man. Cut Price Funerals Radio Ga Ga Gone  Stown-Dead-Market Time's-Up Team

Young, Malcolm Born 6 January 1953  (Glasgow, Scotland) Scottish-born Australian guitarist for rockers AC/DC Phinious Fog

Young, Neil Born 12 November 1945  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Singer/songwriter, famous both as part of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and also in his own right. Survived a brain aneurysm in 2005, and is now back touring, his fifth decade of doing so. Annus Horribilis

Youzhi, Jin Born 17 August 1918  (Shichahai, Beijing, PR of China) Only surviving brother of the Last Emperor of China, and a member of the Qing Dynasty. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten The End Is Nigh

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