Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2016: Y

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

Yarbrough, Glenn  Born 12 January 1930  (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Died 11 August 2016  (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Folk singer. 20 Crooners Croakin' Pearly Gates

Yarnold, Lizzy Born 31 October 1988  (Sevenoaks, Kent, England) British skeleton racer. Olympic champion in Sochi in 2014. Bury My Stiffy

Yarrow, Arnold Born 17 April 1920  (London, England) British actor and screenwriter ('Doctor Who', Softly, Softly'). The Gallifrey Regeneration Game

Yarwood, Mike Born 14 March 1941  (Stockport, Cheshire, England) British impressionist, famed for his impression of Harold Wilson, not been on TV in ages. Are You Still Dying, Darling? Boddies... Manchester's Finest Dead Funny Two Coins & A Punt

Yashere, Gina Born 6 April 1974  (London, England) Quintessential gobby comedian. Coffinio De Lesbos

Yasokichi, Konishiki Born 31 December 1963  (Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA) Hawaiian-born Sumo wrestler nicknamed "The Dump Truck". Decomposing Blubber

Yazov, Dmitry Born 8 November 1924  (Omsk Oblast, Soviet Union) Last Marshal of the Soviet Union until its breakup in 1991. IMGONESOLONG Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

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. Not Killed in Action The Good, The Bad And Cliff Richard  The Grey Horde TOETAG4U

Yeaman, Andrew Date and place of birth unknown Elderly child molestor, dubbed 'Granddad Theft Auto'. Born 1941. The Love Boat

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

Yong-Ju, Kim Date and place of birth unknown Reputedly the late Kim Il-Sung's initial choice as dear leader before being passed over in favour of his nephew, Kim Jong-Il. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Yong-nam, Kim Born 4 February 1928  (Pyongyang, North Korea) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. Some believe that he's the one that really runs the show in this most most rogue of rogue states... By Royal Appointment

York, Michael Born 27 March 1942  (Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England) Classy actor, star of 'Cabaret', 'Logan's Run' and the Austin Powers trilogy. Are You Still Dying, Darling? Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them

Youguang, Zhou Born 13 January 1906  (Changzhou, Jiangsu, China) Chinese linguist. Father of Hanyu Pinyin, which isn't a person but a phonetic system to convert Mandarin characters into latin alphabet. Who says you can't learn on this site? Dead Continent Gray Panthers The Old Ones Are The Pests

Young, Alan  Born 19 November 1919  (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) Died 19 May 2016  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 96  (read death notice) Actor best known as the voice of Scrooge McDuck. All Part Of The Show... Right? Brown Bananas Dead And Dusted 2 Grim McGraw I Hear Voices Syndication Zombies The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2016 TOETAG4U

Young, Barbara Born 9 February 1936  (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England) Actress. Played the gossipy Sandie Hargreaves in Channel 5's only soap opera 'Family Affairs'. Last of the Summer Winos

Young, David Born 27 February 1932  (London, England) Conservative politician who served in Margaret Thatcher's government. Now in the House of Lords as per usual… Dead Commons

Young, Jimmy  Born 21 September 1923  (Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England) Died 7 November 2016  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) Former poular singer and presenter of BBC Radio 2's lunchtime show for thirty years, before he was acrimoniously sacked towards the end of 2002. Real name Leslie Ronald Young. Aardvark's Bupa Listing Aaron & Helen's Drop Dead 20 Abracadaver Deader Than A Dead Thing Death Grips Await Lidders Late Lamentables Grief Hijackers The Show Can't Go On Stiffer Steaks Time's-Up Team You Might Be A King Or A Little Street Sweeper

Young, John Born 24 September 1930  (San Francisco, California, USA) American astronaut, the ninth to walk on the Moon's surface, in 1972. Lidders Late Lamentables

Young, Malcolm Born 6 January 1953  (Glasgow, Scotland) Scottish-born Australian guitarist for rockers AC/DC Body Snatcher's Body Count Clog Poppers  Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead Men Walking Club  Faster Than A Dead Horse Funeral Holmes Grendel's Graveyard Grim McGraw Zombie Dance Party Hardwood Surround Larry King Dead, Only On CNN Squid's Stiffs STAB in the DARK The Wanky Yankee Toast's Moribund Musos

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. The Return of Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom

Youyou, Tu Born 30 December 1930  (Ningbo, China) Nobel Prize-winning Chinese chemist and educator. Freaks And Geeks Nobel Loserettes

Yxemerry, Ambroise Born 28 September 1917  (Paris, France) French-Polynesian journalist and author. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

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