Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2006: H

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Hagman, Larry (Died in 2012) Born 21 September 1931  (Fort Worth, Texas, USA) Son of famous actress Mary Martin. His own career took off when he took the part of Major Anthony Nelson in the '60s US sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", and he went on to star as J.R. Ewing in "Dallas" and "Knots Landing". An active anti-smoking campaigner, he's nevertheless not averse to the odd drink or ten, and needed a liver transplant in 1995 due to cirrhosis. Has reportedly been hitting the bottle again over the past couple of years. Church(yard) On The Hill Crazycarl Killers of Hope Dysfunctional Freddie Starr Ate My Rhino Holicman Just Resting My Eyes Kiss of Death L C And The Sunshine Band Lord Football's Snuffers Loss of Life Milksnatcher Bites The Dust Reaper's Insightful Crew R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Slave to the Grave Team DJB The Last Gasp They're Dead, Y'Know! Tick Tocks Stopped Ticking Time, Gentlemen, Please! We Don't Talk Anymore You Can Have Zsa Zsa Over My Dead Body!

Hall, Monty Born 25 August 1923  (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Host of various American game shows, well-known (over there, at least) for presenting "Let's Make a Deal". Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show Thanatopsis The Undertaker

Hammud al-Obeidi, Ghazi (Died in 2007) Date and place of birth unknown Baath Party official who was one of Saddam Hussein's top aides, and is now the 2 of Hearts on the most-wanted deck of cards. Born 1940. Go Fish The Raven

Hanover, Prince Ernst August of Born 26 February 1954  (Hanover, Germany) Husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco. Renowned for his foul temper, and has a conviction for GBH. Alison The Assassin The Last Gasp

Harald V of Norway, King Born 21 February 1937  (Skaugum, Oslo, Norway) The first King of Norway to be born in the country since 1370. Acceded to the throne on the death of his father, Olav V, in 1991. He was a member of several of Norway's Olympic sailing teams. In September 2003 it was announced that he has bladder cancer. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Killers of Hope Death From Above Die, Celebs, Die!!! Five-Fingered Hand Of Death Hardwood Surround Jodie's Cuppas Just Resting My Eyes Murld Leaders The Anfield Iron Whitaker's Choice

Harris, Rolf Born 30 March 1930  (Perth, Western Australia, Australia) Cartoonist, TV presenter, singer, wobble-board player and general cult hero. Absolutely incredible to think he's now in his mid-70s, as he still looks and sounds the same as ever. Dead Man Walking Hung Like Kong Lived So Let's Die The Familiar Undead

Harry, Debbie Born 1 July 1945  (Miami, Florida, USA) Lead singer of Blondie. Reaper's Insightful Crew

Harryhausen, Ray Born 29 June 1920  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Stop-motion animation genius, best known for the months of work that produced the swordfight with an army of skeletons in his 1963 masterpiece, "Jason and the Argonauts". Dead, Dead And Never Called Me Mother  Indeed, That's Out Of The Air

Hart, Tony (Died in 2009) Born 15 October 1925  (Maidstone, Kent, England) Much-loved, somewhat camp TV artist and creator of Morph. "Oooh, passss me the rough-backed hessssian, Mr Bennett". Nice Little Urner Sporting Lesbian  This Mortal Coil

Hartley, Alison Date and place of birth unknown BBC Essex presenter who has taken a sabbatical and is writing an online blog about her brain tumour, à la Ivan Noble. Five-Fingered Hand Of Death

Harvey, Brian Born 8 August 1974  (London, England) Former lead singer of boy band East 17, whose already stalled career sank to a new low when he appeared on Z-list TV programme "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here". In May 2005, he managed to fall out of his car and run himself over in a bizarre apparent suicide bid, prompting "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out From Under Here" jokes. MizzJackTheCat ProDeathCrew Rude Kid The Great Beyond

Harvey, Paul (Died in 2009) Born 4 September 1918  (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) US radio personality - presenter of the daily "The Rest of the Story" show. Snuff Daddies

Haughey, Charles  Born 16 September 1925  (Castlebar, Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland) Died 13 June 2006  (Dublin, Ireland) Age at death: 80  (read death notice) Former accountant who turned to politics and was elected to the Dáil (Irish Parliament) in 1957, becoming Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland 3 times in the 1980s and early '90s. A Kick In The Ghoulies Brown Bread Fallen Sparrow Godot's Waiting List Go Fish Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day  International House of Death Meet Your Maker Morbid United FC  Octopus of Odstock Ready, Steady, Deady Stab In The Dark The 4 Hamsters of the Apocalypse The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers They're Dead, Y'Know! Windsor The Troll Wishin' on a (Death) Star Wishy-Washy

Havel, Vaclav (Died in 2011) Born 5 October 1936  (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) Political dissident and human rights activist who was imprisoned 4 times, spending almost 5 years behind bars for his views. Elected President of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and President of the Czech Republic in 1992. One Foot in the Grave Puppet Show And Siegfried Baboon's David Van Day Show The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury TiM r We Spin Terror

Hawke, Hazel (Died in 2013) Born in Perth, Australia  (exact date unknown) Wife of former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, born in 1929. Announced in November 2003 that she has Alzheimer's, and then, 5 minutes later, announced that she has Alzheimer's. Fox In A Box

Hawking, Stephen Born 8 January 1942  (Oxford, England) Born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Whilst studying at Oxford, was diagnosed with a rare and progressive neuromotor disease, which has left him in a wheelchair, talking like a Dalek. Now a world-famous theoretical physicist who specialises in studying black holes, and wrote the incomprehensible "A Brief History of Time". Recent allegations suggest that he has been regularly assaulted by his carers over a lengthy period of time, and in November 2005 his heart temporarily stopped. 2 Days Older Than Grass A Grave Situation Alison The Assassin A Shot In The Dark Brown Bread Church(yard) On The Hill Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom  Dysfunctional Erm...Excuse Me...Aren't You...Dead? Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) Get Your Kicks in 2006 Henry's Half-Dead Heroes Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Juicy Janny Loulou's Lions Mr Yuck Over And Out Rude Kid SexyB Weatherman90 And The Crew That's All, Folks! The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Living End The Melonfarmers The Merry Harvester Tick Tocks Stopped Ticking Time, Gentlemen, Please! Whitaker's Choice

Hawkins, Jenna Born 24 July 1919  (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) George W. Bush's mother-in-law. Duke

Healey, Denis Born 30 August 1917  (Bradford, Yorkshire, England) Bushy-eyebrowed Labour MP who rose to join Harold Wilson's Cabinet, then became Chancellor of the Exchequer, before taking his seat in the House of Lords in 1992 as Baron Healey of Riddlesden. Coffin It Up Down Under The Daisies Drunkasaskunk Facing The Final Curtain Get Your Kicks in 2006 Going Green Jim Devine Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks The Great Beyond This Mortal Coil Tomb It May Concern

Healey, Edna (Died in 2010) Date and place of birth unknown Wife of Denis Healey. Born 1918. Going Green

Heenan, Bobby Born 1 November 1940  (Beverly Hills, California, USA) American pro-wrestler/manager, nicknamed "The Brain" for possibly ironic reasons. Crazycarl Death Becomes Us The Dodgy One  The Morbid Postman The Undertaker

Heesters, Johannes (Died in 2011) Born 5 December 1903  (The Netherlands) Musical performer. Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill!

Hefner, Hugh Born 9 April 1926  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Founder of the Playboy empire. Amireallydead Bleedin' Heart Cave's Corpses Dead Certs MizzJackTheCat SexyB Thanatopsis The Dodgy One The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe The Voodoo Gurus Wish Upon A Star

Helms, Jesse (Died in 2008) Born 18 October 1921  (Monroe, North Carolina, USA) Former Senator from North Carolina with some highly questionable racial views. Death From Above Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax The Last Gasp Tramp The Dirt Down

Henson, Lou Born 10 January 1932  (Okay, Oklahoma, USA) Head basketball coach at New Mexico State University; reported in the summer of 2003 to be suffering from an advanced stage of cancer. Probably too obscure on this side of the pond to get a UK obituary, but we could be surprised... Snuff Daddies

Heseltine, Michael Born 21 March 1933  (Swansea, Wales) One-time prime mover in the Tory party, known as 'Tarzan'. The Melonfarmers

Hester, Laurel  Born 15 August 1956  (USA) Died 18 February 2006  (Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA) Age at death: 49   New Jersey police officer who fought for the legal recognition of gay and lesbian partners in the US. Her battle against lung cancer was less successful. Go Fish

Heston, Charlton (Died in 2008) Born 4 October 1924  (Evanston, Illinois, USA) Chisel-featured star of 150 films and TV series, among them "The Ten Commandments", "Ben Hur" and "The Planet of the Apes". Now a sad, shambling shadow of his former self who fronts the American National Rifle Association, believes that it is "man's God-given right" to own guns, and makes a point of organising NRA rallies in towns where multiple shootings have recently occurred. 1st Time And Every One A Winner 4 Ever Delayed Above Average For Norfolk Asking For It Bleedin' Heart Brown Bread Cap'n Ohtz Church(yard) On The Hill Coffin It Up Dead Ends Dead Is As Dead Does Died In A Nasty Accident Ding Dong Dead Dudes Dysfunctional Grizly Grobler's Stiff Ones Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day Fox In A Box Impaled on The Antlers of Doom Jodie's Cuppas  Juicy Janny Kali Comes To Dinner Loulou's Lions Mr Yuck Over And Out Palace98 Reaper's Insightful Crew Riding The Jesus Train Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard Snuff Daddies Stab In The Dark Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax Team Action Sex Team AJS The Long-Awaited Return of the Dorset Jury The Melonfarmers The Newstreet Boys Death Squad They're Dead, Y'Know! They Sure Look Like Plant Food To Me Tick Tocks Stopped Ticking Tomb It May Concern Tramp The Dirt Down Vassili Zaitsev

Higgins, Alex (Died in 2010) Born 18 March 1949  (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Irish snooker player. Famously volatile, a heavy drinker and smoker. Known as "Hurricane" due to his rapid style of play, which he adopted because he was trying to finish the frame before last orders. 1st Time And Every One A Winner 4 Ever Delayed Above Average For Norfolk Amireallydead Bend The Bucket Like Beckham  Big-Iain Colin's Corpses Died In A Nasty Accident Don't Fear (The Reaper) Drunkasaskunk Finbarr Returns from the Dead (Again) In Bed with Maradona MizzJackTheCat Nice Little Urner Over And Out RJC Sporting Life...Courting Death Team Mogblog The Doom & Gloom Room The Ex Factor The Voodoo Gurus Vassili Zaitsev Wishin' on a (Death) Star Wish Upon A Star Wishy-Washy

Hill, Paddy Joe Date and place of birth unknown One of the Birmingham Six. John Stalkest

Hill, Steven Born 24 February 1922  (Seattle, Washington, USA) American actor - Adam Schiff in "Law and Order". Canadian Paul

Hillary, Sir Edmund (Died in 2008) Born 20 July 1919  (Auckland, New Zealand) First person to climb Mount Everest. Die, Celebs, Die!!! Ding Dong Dead Dudes Facing The Final Curtain Holicman Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Naked Florida Gravediggers Noah Reason & the Clowns of Death Only Fools And Corpses Swami's House of Soon To Be Wax

Hinckley, Gordon B. (Died in 2008) Born 23 June 1910  (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) Head of the Church of Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormons. God's Waiting Room

Ho, Don (Died in 2007) Born 13 August 1930  (Honolulu, Hawaii) Musician and entertainer.  I Smell Dead People One Foot in the Grave Snuff Daddies

Hobsbawm, Eric (Died in 2012) Born 9 June 1917  (Alexandria, Egypt) Marxist historian. Godot's Waiting List

Hockney, David Born 9 July 1937  (Bradford, Yorkshire, England) British artist, now based in California, whose (largely autobiographical) work is often described as Pop Art, although he himself has consistently shunned this label. Ding Dong Dead Dudes

Hofmann, Albert (Died in 2008) Born 11 January 1906  (Baden, Switzerland) Chemist who, in 1938, became the first to synthesize LSD, although he was unaware of its hallucinogenic properties until 1943, when he had a trip after accidentally ingesting a small amount of it. Fifteen years later, he did the future hippy generation another favour when he produced psilocybin, which was to become the active ingredient of magic mushrooms. A Pint of Your Finest Formaldehyde Cave's Corpses Deathlist.net Death On The Rocks Duke God's Waiting Room Henry's Half-Dead Heroes Just Resting My Eyes Kali Comes To Dinner Lord Football's Snuffers Madonna's Hand of Bod Pooil Vaaish The Doffin' Codgers The Living Dead The Newlydeads The Pale Horseman's Bucket-Kickers The Undertaker  Toasted Brown Bread Whoopass United

Hogan, Hulk Born 11 August 1953  (Augusta, Georgia, USA) Born Terry Gene Bollea. Professional wrestler since 1978. A part in "Rocky III" and a move to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) made him a star, and he proceeded to be at the centre of wrestling's transition from slightly suspect minority sport to multi-billion dollar camp pantomime spectacle. Cefor's Cremains of the Day Hung Like Kong  Jossy's Giants Zaph's Snuffers

Holder, Noddy Born 15 June 1946  (Walsall, Staffordshire, England) Slade front man-turned-actor. John Stalkest

Hollingworth, Clare Born 10 October 1911  (Knighton, Powys, Wales) Former journalist who made her name as a war correspondent during WWII. Dead As A Dodo Ready, Steady, Deady

Holm, Ian Born 12 September 1931  (Goodmayes, Essex, England) Actor - played Bilbo Baggins in the "Lord of the Rings" films. The Happy Desk

Holness, Bob (Died in 2012) Born 12 November 1928  (Vryheid, Natal, South Africa) Presenter of cult TV quiz "Blockbusters". Once played James Bond in a South African radio dramatisation of "Moonraker". Good job it wasn't televised. AbraCadaver

Honeycombe, Gordon Born 27 September 1936  (Karachi, India) Indian-born but British TV newsreader who has now emigrated to Australia. Dead Beat

Hope, Delores (Died in 2011) Born 27 May 1909  (The Bronx, New York, USA) Former singer and widow of the late Bob Hope, having been married to him for 69 years. Big-Iain But I'm Not Dead Yet Gerald Ford Must Die Weatherman90 And The Crew The Doffin' Codgers The Living Dead Time, Gentlemen, Please! Youth In Asia Helpline

Hopper, Dennis (Died in 2010) Born 17 May 1936  (Dodge City, Kansas, USA) Film actor who starred in, as well as directing and co-writing, the 1969 classic "Easy Rider". Six Foot Under

Horn, Roy Born 3 October 1944  (Nordenham, Germany) One half of the camp spectacle that is Siegfried & Roy. Was mauled on stage by one of their trademark white tigers in October 2003, allegedly after it mistook a big-haired woman in the front row for a lion and tried to drag him away from her. He suffered multiple injuries, serious blood loss and a stroke, and spent 3 months in hospital; the show has been cancelled indefinitely. The Melonfarmers

Horne, Lena (Died in 2010) Born 30 June 1917  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Jazz singer who sang 'Stormy Weather' and was a pioneer among African-American performers. Singing in the Cotton Club by the age of 16. Indeed, That's Out Of The Air Madonna's Hand of Bod The Vyrdolak

Houllier, Gérard Born 3 September 1947  (Therouanne, France) An undistinguished football player who has nevertheless become a successful manager, running the French national side, taking Paris St Germain to the French league title, and leading Liverpool to various trophies since 1998. Team DJB

Houston, Whitney (Died in 2012) Born 9 August 1963  (East Orange, New Jersey, USA) Singer who claims to have been influenced by soul and R&B, and indeed is the daughter of gospel/blues singer Cissy Houston and niece of Dionne Warwick, although to listen to her brand of anodyne mass-market pop, you'd never guess. Has a famously rocky marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown, and was erroneously reported dead in September 2001. Lived So Let's Die Noah Reason & the Clowns of Death

Howard, John Born 26 July 1939  (Sydney, Australia) Australian Prime Minister. Murld Leaders

Howard, Kirsty Born 22 September 1995  (place of birth unknown) Little girl from Manchester, born with a rare heart defect. Was befriended by the Beckhams, as if she hadn't already suffered enough, and hence became a "triumph over tragedy" story for the tabloids. Presented the Queen with the torch/baton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Church(yard) On The Hill Hardwood Surround Vassili Zaitsev

Hume, John Born 18 January 1937  (Londonderry, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland politician. Former leader of one of the bewildering array of acronym-named political parties they have over there. The SFDUUPLP or something. Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band

Humphries, Barry Born 17 February 1934  (Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Australian comic actor of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson fame. Down Under The Daisies Levelled Crossing The Doom & Gloom Room

Hunt, E. Howard (Died in 2007) Born 9 October 1918  (East Hamburg, New York, USA) Watergate conspirator. Tramp The Dirt Down

Hunter, Paul  Born 14 October 1978  (Leeds, England) Died 9 October 2006  (Huddersfield, England) Age at death: 27  (read death notice) English professional snooker player who started playing at the age of 16. Lost his battle against neuroendocrine cancer. A Kick In The Ghoulies Brown Bread Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom I Smell Dead People Meet Your Maker The Winged Devil Monkeys  Whoopass United

Huntley, Ian Born 31 January 1974  (Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England) School caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. Was sentenced in December 2003 to two terms of life imprisonment, and it was revealed after his trial that he had previously been accused of a string of sex crimes. Some DDPers feel that his chances of survival in prison aren't looking too good... Die, Celebs, Die!!! gdh200 Hung Like Kong In Bed with Maradona L C And The Sunshine Band Over And Out The Bitter End

Hurt, John Born 22 January 1940  (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) Actor - "A Man For All Seasons", "I, Claudius", "The Elephant Man", etc etc. Dead Is As Dead Does

Hussein, Saddam  Born 28 April 1937  (Tikrit, Iraq) Died 30 December 2006  (Baghdad, Iraq) Age at death: 69  (read death notice) President of Iraq from 1979-2003. Years of tyranny and warmongering caught up with him in 2003, when he was deposed and later captured by the Americans. Subsequently tried and executed. 1st Time And Every One A Winner 4 Ever Delayed Bazzilliant Beerbutton Bend The Bucket Like Beckham Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band Burke 'n' Hare Coffin Fit Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead By Dawn Dead Ends Dead Ringers Die, Celebs, Die!!! Died In A Nasty Accident Diepod Shuffle Dr Death's Diabolical Dice of Doom Dysfunctional Eat My Dust Fallen Sparrow Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill! Five-Fingered Hand Of Death Get Your Kicks in 2006 Ilikeekilly John's A Legendary Doughnut Loss of Life Mr Yuck Murld Leaders Nice Little Urner  Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' Stab In The Dark Team Action Sex Thanatopsis The Happy Desk The Coffin-Dodgers  The Dodgy One The Driller Killer The Great Beyond The Living End The Melonfarmers The Newstreet Boys Death Squad They're Dead, Y'Know! TiM r Toasted Brown Bread We Spin Terror Windsor The Troll

Hutton, Betty (Died in 2007) Born 26 February 1921  (Battle Creek, Michigan, USA) Film actress. God's Waiting Room

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