Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2012: V

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Vachon, Maurice (Died in 2013) Born 14 September 1929  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Canadian wrestler known as "Mad Dog". WWE Hall Of Death You Can't See Me 6 Feet Under

Vajpayee, Atal Bihari Born 25 December 1924  (Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India) Prime Minister of India, first for a brief spell in 1996, and then again from 1998-2004. Deceased Hose Hell To The Chief I Drink Your Milkshake

Valaitis, Lena Born 7 September 1943  (Klaipeda, Lithuania) Lithuanian-born singer who competed in three Eurovision Song Contests for Germany. Let's Dance (On Your Grave)

Vale, Jerry Born 8 July 1932  (Bronx, New York, USA) Singer, former barbershop singer, who had a number of hits in the 1950s & 1960s. You're Dead Now, So Shut Up!

Valentine, Greg Born 20 September 1951  (Seattle, Washington, USA) Professional wrestler known as "The Hammer". Father Johnny was also a wrestler. WWE Can't Find A Pulse You Can't See Me 6 Feet Under

Valentine, Kym Born 24 May 1977  (Sydney, Australia) Actress - Libby Kennedy in 'Neighbours'. Wikipedia's Random Article

Valli, Frankie Born 3 May 1934  (Newark, New Jersy, USA) Singer with the Four Seasons, famous for his falsetto voice on hits such as 'Walk Like a Man' and 'December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)'. Life Zucks! Shake, Rattle, Roll Over And Play Dead The Idiot Must Die

van Agt, Dries Born 2 February 1931  (Geldrop, Netherlands) Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977-82. Minions Of Xuleneb

van Barneveld, Raymond Born 20 April 1967  (The Hague, Netherlands) Dutch professional darts player. 4-times BDO World Champion. Also won the PDC World Championship in 2007, beating Phil "The Power" Taylor. Minions Of Xuleneb

Van Buren, Abigail (Died in 2013) Born 4 July 1918  (Sioux City, Iowa, USA) Agony aunt (born Pauline Esther Friedman) who wrote the long-running 'Dear Abby' column which was syndicated to a number of US newspapers. Her twin sister, Esther Pauline Friedman (clearly their parents were somewhat short of inspiration when it came to names), was also an agony aunt. Eternity Tours Faster Than A Dead Horse Hide & Go Die Composition Of Death Mr C Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive Squanto’s Revenge Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Van Damme, Jean-Claude Born 18 October 1960  (Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels, Belgium) The "Muscles from Brussels". Star of many an "after the football on Channel 5" action flick, although recently starred in the film 'JCVD', in which he parodies his own image rather touchingly. Lived So Let's Die The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers The Idiot Must Die

Van Day, David Born 28 November 1956  (Brighton, East Sussex, England) Singer with 80s pop duo Dollar. Now hawks himself to any reality TV show that can be bothered to put up with him. Wishful Thinking

van der Sloot, Joran Born 6 August 1987  (Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands) Dutch national, currrently held in Peru on charges of first degree murder and indicted in the U.S. for wire fraud and extortion. Bad People Kennedy Driving School

van der Westhuizen, Joost Born 20 February 1971  (Pretoria, South Africa) Former South Africa rugby international. Diagnosed with ALS in 2011. The Don Daniel Faraday's Notebook  Dead Raccoon Dethdefying Feng Shui Pig Finbarr Returns From The Dead Stiffs Knock, Knock, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door  I Shall Need To Get The Black Out I Told You I Was Ill Scarborough's Slanted Succumbed Simpson's Stiffs the_engineers Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Try And Die

Van Dyke, Dick Born 13 December 1925  (West Plains, Missouri, USA) Actor and TV presenter who is best known in America for 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', and on this side of the pond for his butt-clenchingly awful attempt at a Cockney accent in 'Mary Poppins'. 20 Celebrities, Sitting On A Wall, If 1 Got Shot........ Al Andar Muerto Deadpoolers "Emergency, Which Death Please..." Green Machine in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks Italian Grim Reaper Jellydead Jump the Shark 3.0 Killed By Death Min Reaper's Reserves Need A Stiff Drink Oh Shit! I'm Dead! The Blue And White Reaper The Man In Black's "sad last days..." Time They Went To Sleep Forever Time To Make A Death List

van Hoogstraten, Nicholas Born 25 February 1945  (Shoreham, East Sussex, England) Property tycoon, absolute crook and once Britain's youngest millionaire, born in 1946. Constantly employing less-than-legal "business practices", on one occasion he was convicted of ordering a grenade attack on a business associate, and was subsequently described as a "self-styled emissary of Beelzebub" by a judge. In 1999 business rival Mohammed Raja sued him for fraud, so Mr van Hoogstraten (he invented the "van" bit, incidentally) paid two henchmen to "teach Mr Raja a lesson". This lesson involved shooting Mr Raja in the face and stabbing him, resulting in his death. After spending one year of a ten-year sentence for manslaughter, the devil's landlord got out on a technicality in December 2003 and is probably now a marked man. Just in case you needed any further evidence of his despicable nature, he has described Robert Mugabe as "100% decent and incorruptible". See You In Hell

Van Houten, Leslie Born 23 August 1949  (Altadena, California, USA) One of the Manson family, convicted of the murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969. Evilies

van Leer, Thijs Born 31 March 1948  (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Lead singer of Dutch progressive rock band Focus. Died In The Wool

Vanderbilt, Gloria Born 20 February 1924  (New York, New York, USA) Became a multi-millionaire heiress at just 15 months old, and later became an artist, actress & socialite. Let Us Embalm You Need A Stiff Drink

Varda, Agnès Born 30 May 1928  (Brussels, Belgium) French film director. People Who Will Die Before Abe Vigoda

Vaughan, Peter Born 4 April 1923  (Wem, Shropshire, England) TV actor - played Grouty, the Mr. Big of Slade prison in 'Porridge'. Final Curtain See Ya...Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!

Vaughn, Robert Born 22 November 1932  (New York, New York, USA) Actor, best known for either his role in 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E' or to British audiences nowadays in the TV show 'Hustle'. He is also the only surviving member of The Magnificent Seven. Hangman's XX Lord Gravedigger On The Box/In The Box See Ya...Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!

Veltman, Martinus J. G. Born 27 June 1931  (Waalwijk, Netherlands) Dutch theoretical physicist. Minions Of Xuleneb

Venables, Jon Born 13 August 1982  (place of birth unknown) One of two boys convicted of the murder of toddler Jamie Bulger in 1993. Bestie's Boys LARD Tarkinator The Celebrity Undertaker

Versace, Allegra Born 30 June 1986  (Milan, Italy) Daughter of Donatella Versace, who has suffered from anorexia for many years & is often photographed at events looking painfully thin. Hey Old Timers

Versace, Donatella Born 2 May 1955  (Reggio di Calabria, Italy) Fashion designer, head of the Versace clothing empire. Too Ugly To Live

Vettel, Sebastian Born 3 July 1987  (Heppenheim, Germany) 2010 & 2011 F1 World Champ, he of the slightly rude finger celebration. Death Stalks United

Vidal, Gore  Born 3 October 1925  (West Point, New York, USA) Died 31 July 2012  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Essayist, novelist, playwright and outspoken political commentator. Co-wrote the script for the classic 1959 film 'Ben-Hur', but was denied the credit for it. Guess Who's Dead? Heads In A Bag Morbid United FC Term Limits Thatcher Must Die FFS!

Videla, Jorge Rafael (Died in 2013) Born 21 August 1925  (Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Former President of Argentina between 1976 & 1981, and the man who lead the military junta which specialised inhuman rights abuses, tortures & "disappearances". Now under house arrest. David the Aspie

Vigoda, Abe Born 24 February 1921  (New York, New York, USA) Tall, well-built character actor, noted for his roles as mobster Sal Tessio in 'The Godfather' and Det. Sgt. Fish in 'Barney Miller'. Was erroneously declared dead in the early 1980s. Buzzards Circling The Drain Drop Deadline Deadly As Sin Till You Win Gary Glitter - Baby Sitter Billy Graham Must Die Moldy Oldies Squanto’s Revenge  Stick That In Your Corpse And Smoke It The Grateful Dead Toetag4U

Vincent, Jan-Michael Born 15 July 1944  (Denver, Colorado, USA) Despite a successful Hollywood career throughout the '60s & '70s, Vincent is more likely to be remembered for his portrayal of the vigilante Stringfellow Hawke who kept the US safe during the '80s using only a state-of-the-art attack helicopter known as Airwolf. America's diminished impunity to the whims of megalomaniacs may be at the root of Vincent's subsequent decline into alcoholism and drug abuse. Former Scream Star

Virgo, John Born 3 March 1946  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Snooker player, turned TV commentator & presenter. The Crucible Collection The Idiot Must Die

Vishnevskaya, Galina  Born 25 October 1926  (Leningrad, Russia) Died 11 December 2012  (Paris, France) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Opera singer & widow of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Blacksox

Vohor, Serge Born in Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu  (exact date unknown) Born 1955, former Prime Minister of Vanuatu. Very Ill Turned Very Dead

Voight, Jon Born 29 December 1938  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Oscar-winning film actor who starred in the films 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Deliverance'. Father of Angelina Jolie. The Blue And White Reaper

Volkoff, Nikolai Born 14 October 1947  (Croatia) Croatian wrestler but often had to play "the Russian guy" in the ring. You Can't See Me 6 Feet Under

von Buelow, Claus Born 11 August 1926  (Copenhagen, Denmark) Wealthy British-based financier, who hit the headlines when he was convicted in 1982 of attempting to murder his wife, but later had his conviction quashed. Gray Afternoons In Vain With Ms. Clandestine The Limo Driver

von Daniken, Erich Born 14 April 1935  (Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland) Author & UFO/alien fan. See You In Hell

von Khevenhueller-Metsch, Helene Gräfin Born 4 April 1921  (Vienna, Austria) German atristocrat. Her Dead Highness

von Sydow, Max Born 10 April 1929  (Lund, Skane, Sweden) Swedish actor, who has achieved fame both at home and abroad. Dave's Bungalow Of Death Dead, Dead & Never Called Me Mother Snort The Ashes

von Trapp, Maria Franziska Born 28 September 1914  (Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria-Hungary) Last survivor of the von Trapp family of singers that inspired the hit film 'The Sound of Music'. JoeRam

von Weizsacker, Richard Born 15 April 1920  (Stuttgart, Germany) Former President of Germany. Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Vosseler, Erika Born 2 October 1913  (place of birth unknown) Mother of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Died in November 2012 but no obit. Mummy & Deady

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