Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2009: W

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Wagner, Robert Born 10 February 1930  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Hollywood actor of "The Longest Day" fame, who went on to play Jonathan Hart in the TV series "Hart to Hart". Younger viewers may know him as Number Two out of the "Austin Powers" films (as pictured here). He did not, repeat not, push his wife Natalie Wood off a boat. Ashes To Ashes in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks

Wagner, Wolfgang (Died in 2010) Born 30 August 1919  (Bayreuth, Germany) Director of the Bayreuth Music Festival in Germany until 2008. Wife Gudrun died in 2007 with a mass of obits, so Wagner himself is assured an obituary if he should shuffle off any time soon. Deathpig The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009 The Dukes Death List

Waite, Terry Born 31 May 1939  (Styal, Cheshire, England) Rotund, bearded Church of England envoy who hugged a radiator in Beirut for almost 5 years after a peace mission went wrong. Gwynhafyr

Wake, Nancy (Died in 2011) Born 30 August 1912  (Wellington, New Zealand) The Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II - received 6 major honours for her work alongside the French Resistance. Annus Horribilis Fallen Off The Twig Feng Shui Pig Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger  See, I Told You I Was Sick!

Walker, Murray Born 10 October 1923  (Hall Green, Birmingham, England) Excitable motor-racing commentator. Bang Bang You're Dead Gwynhafyr Jims Deadbeats The Dukes Death List

Walker, Peter (Died in 2010) Born 25 March 1932  (Worcester, England) Former politician, a cabinet minister for nearly a decade, in the 1970's-1980's. Dead Commons

Walker, Rudolph Born 28 September 1939  (Trinidad, West Indies) Actor, best known for "Love Thy Neighbour", "The Thin Blue Line" and now on "EastEnders" as Patrick Trueman. Heart Attack, Liver Failure? Excellent! Loadsa Points

Wallace, Danny Born 21 January 1964  (Greenwich, London, England) Former footballer for Southampton, Manchester United & England, who now suffers from MS. Crofty's Coffin Crew The Dukes Death List

Wallace, Ian  Born 10 July 1919  (London, England) Died 12 October 2009  (London, England) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Scottish singer, of both opera & easy listening, and was part of the panel on radio panel game My Music for decades. Bloody Dead Rep  Old People Smell Of Piss The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009

Wallace, Mike (Died in 2012) Born 9 May 1918  (Brookline, Massachusetts, USA) American game show host, TV presenter and journalist, best known as a correspondent on "60 Minutes" for 38 years until his retirement in 2006. Circling The Drain Deadly As Sin Till You Win Noz4news

Wallach, Eli Born 7 December 1915  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Prolific film actor, mainly playing supporting roles. Highlights: "The Magnificent Seven", "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", and Marilyn Monroe's last screen outing, "The Misfits". Lowlight: the risible final part of the "Godfather" trilogy. He has also maintained a continual presence on the stage throughout his film career. Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Bring On The Rigor Bronxboy422 Checking Out By Christmas Close The Casket Deadly As Sin Till You Win Dead'nt He Do Well?? Death From Down Under Deathlist.net Deathpig Auditioning For Oscar's "in Memoriam" Montage The Forest Lawn Jockeys Gary Glitter's Ghoulies Grim McGraw Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Holicaust It's Worse Than That, He's Dead Jim! Jesus Jones Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!! Naked Florida Gravediggers Northern Foxiles Old People Smell Of Piss Owl-Zat Pool Ghoul Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 Sexystf Putting The Fun Into Funeral Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Soylent Green Recipe Soylent Dreams  Stephen Hawking's Football Boots The Conqueror Worm The Mortuary Posse Valley of Death Who Turned Out The Lights? You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Wallis, Ken (Died in 2013) Born 16 April 1916  (Ely, Cambridgeshire, England) Former RAF type and MBE who holds several world records relating to flying autogyros (sort of a cross between a light aircraft and a helicopter). Annus Horribilis

Walsh, Louis Born 5 August 1952  (Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland) Music manager, producer & judge on the X Factor. Death Has A Shadow Undertakertom

Walsh, M. Emmet Born 22 March 1935  (Ogdensburg, New York, USA) Frequently seen character actor in Hollywood films. Assumed Room Temperature

Walwyn, Peter Born 1 July 1933  (Berkshire, England) Former racehorse trainer. 20 From The Turf - Now Under It

Ward, Fred Born 30 December 1942  (San Diego, California, USA) American character actor, often seen on TV shows & films. Beerbutton 2

Ward, Willis (Died in 1983) Born 28 December 1912  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Former American footballer & athlete. Died in 1983, so no points, I'm afraid! Bodybags'R'Us

Warne, Shane Born 13 September 1969  (Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia) Ace cricketer, one of the greatest leg spinners in cricket history. Best remembered for making Mike Gatting look an ever bigger fool than normal in 1993. Marina Predicts Your Demise!

Washington, Kerry Born 31 January 1977  (The Bronx, New York, USA) Actress, rapidly gaining fame & plaudits - has starred in "The Fantastic Four", "Ray" and "The Last King of Scotland". Prunella Vulgaris

Waters, Roger Born 6 September 1943  (Great Bookham, Surrey, England) Guitarist & singer, best remembered for his time with Pink Floyd. It's Life Jim

Watson, Dr James Born 6 April 1928  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Molecular biologist, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. Recently in a spot of bother over racial comments he made. Rammer's Downtrodden The Jim Reapers Time's Up My Son

Watson, Michael Born 15 March 1965  (London, England) Former boxer, whose career came to an abrupt halt after receiving head injuries in a bout with Chris Eubank in 1991. Has never made a full recovery, but did complete the London Marathon in 2003. Crofty's Coffin Crew

Watson, Russell Born 24 November 1966  (Salford, Lancashire, England) English opera singer, who has had two brain tumours removed in the last few years. Carrion Luggage Burn Baby Burn But I'm Not Dead Yet Death Shall Have No Dominion - Oh Yes It Will Died In A Nasty Accident Fallen Off The Twig  Force 10 To Hell Going Green Head For The Gates!! I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It It's Life Jim Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate As A Mayfly Again! Nice Little Urner One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Pining For The Fjords Agoodtimetokickit Residentevil Shovelful Of Dirt Sometimes They Come Back Soylent Green Recipe Sqwidge's Motley Crew Stiff & the Tears The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order To The Other Side We're Your Friends To The Bitter End.... Who Turned Out The Lights?

Watt, Anna  Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (exact date unknown) Died 19 February 2009  (Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland) Age at death: 85   Former variety/music hall performer & singer. Born sometime in 1924. Drunkasaskunk

Watts, Charlie Born 2 June 1941  (Islington, London, England) The Rolling Stones' drummer. Diagnosed with throat cancer in June 2004. 2 Days Older Than Grass Bang Bang You're Dead Cut Price Funerals Corpse Bride Harry Patch's Love Child Hippoposthumous Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Pining For The Fjords Pop Goes The Pop Star 2009 Crematorium Cheerleaders The Morbid Postman

Webster, Bruce Born 31 May 1972  (Pine Bluff, Paris, Texas, USA) Convicted murderer, on Death Row in Indiana. Was scheduled for a lethal injection in April 2007, but received a stay of execution. Jims Deadbeats

Weedon, Bert (Died in 2012) Born 10 May 1920  (East Ham, London, England) Influential guitarist and composer, a guru to Hank Marvin. We'reAllGonnaDie!

Weidenfield, Baron George Born 13 September 1919  (Vienna, Austria) Philanthropist & publisher (one half of Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Stiff & the Tears

Weider, Joe (Died in 2013) Born 29 November 1922  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Founder of a bodybuilding federation & pioneer in the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding contests. Canadian Paul Scum Bucket

Weiland, Scott Born 27 October 1967  (Santa Cruz, California, USA) Lead singer of US grunge/hard rock group Velvet Revolver. Carrion Luggage

Weinstein, Elliot Born 26 December 1948  (Brookline, Massachusetts, USA) US lawyer, in the news recently as he was defence lawyer for British murderer Neil Entwistle. Wormer, He's a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer...

Welland, Colin Born 4 July 1934  (Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England) Actor - "Kes", "Z-Cars", then became a script & screen writer, most notably for "Chariots of Fire". Death Stalks United

Wellington, The Duke of Born 2 July 1915  (Rome, Italy) Aristocrat and current holder of this famous military name. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins The Conqueror Worm

Wells, Kitty (Died in 2012) Born 30 August 1919  (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Successful US country & western singer. Crazycarl Old People Party Of 20

Wells, Steven  Born 10 May 1960  (Swindon, Wiltshire, England) Died 24 June 2009  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Age at death: 49  (read death notice) Journalist & author, mainly on punk music, but also on a range of diverse topics, including football. Now That's What I Call SIGNIFICANT 2009

Werber, Billy  Born 20 June 1908  (Berwyn Heights, Maryland, USA) Died 22 January 2009  (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) Age at death: 100   Former NY Yankees baseball player. Lidders Late Lamentables

West, Adam Born 19 September 1928  (Walla Walla, Washington, USA) Played Batman in the original (1966-68) TV series. Dancing Elephants Lord Gravedigger On The Box/in The Box Red Beauty Sexystf

Westbrook, Daniella Born 5 November 1973  (Walthamstow, London, Enfland) EastEnders actress of yore who is better remembered for her cocaine habit which destroyed the septum in her nose. Nefarious Skullduggery

Westheimer, Dr Ruth Born 4 June 1928  (Frankfurt, Germany) American sex therapist & author. Also, believe it or not, was a trained sniper during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Snort The Ashes

Whicker, Alan (Died in 2013) Born 2 August 1925  (Cairo, Egypt) Travel guru. Now in his 80s, and still gadding around the world and doing TV adverts. Beerbutton Bodybags'R'Us Chelski Pensioners II Deathglam Industries

White, Betty Born 17 January 1922  (Oak Park, Illinois, USA) Rose Nylund in "The Golden Girls". Betty White And The 19 Dwarfs The Forest Lawn Jockeys Pushing Up The Daisies

White, Jimmy Born 2 May 1962  (London, England) Popular snooker player, who has never won the World Championship, finishing runner-up 6 times. 6ft Under The Baulk Line

White, Kevin Hagan (Died in 2012) Born 25 September 1929  (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Former mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Now suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Bestie's Boys

Whitfield, June Born 11 November 1925  (London, England) Comedy actress, allegedly, who started out in radio in the 1950s and went on to work with most of the top comedians of her era. Was best known as the eponymous June in "Terry and June" before taking the role of Mother in the deeply unfunny "Absolutely Fabulous". Beerbutton 2 Busby's Babes Owt To Stop Me Coffin? The Misfortune Tellers

Whitlam, Gough Born 11 July 1916  (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Leader of the Australian Labor Party for ten years, and Prime Minister from 1972 to 1975, during which time he oversaw the abolition of conscription, the introduction of "Advance Australia Fair" as the national anthem, and the granting of full independence to Papua New Guinea. He was dismissed by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, amidst great controversy. He resigned from parliament in 1978 to become an academic. Bazzilliant Wheels Curlytops Death From Down Under  Don't Eat The Figs Fallen Off The Twig FH Reverends Fox In A Box Lord Football Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Retliv Forest Rigor Mortis Makes Us Hard See, I Told You I Was Sick! They All End Up Smelling The Same, Anyway

Whitman, George (Died in 2011) Born 12 December 1913  (Salem, Massachusetts, USA) US bookstore owner, based mainly in Paris. Wake Up & Smell The Coffin

Whitman, Slim (Died in 2013) Born 20 January 1924  (Tampa, Florida, USA) Yodelling folk singer who enjoyed more success in Europe than in his native USA. Deadly As Sin Till You Win Trojan Hearse

Whitmore, James  Born 1 October 1921  (White Plains, New York, USA) Died 6 February 2009  (Malibu, California, USA) Age at death: 87  (read death notice) American film actor, most recently known for his role as elderly prisoner Brooks in The Shawshank Redemption. Going Ready Or Not  Holicaust

Whitnall, Mick Born 7 November 1968  (Doncaster, Yorkshire, England) Lead guitarist & songwriter for Pete Doherty's band, Babyshambles. Busby's Babes

Wight, Paul Born 8 February 1972  (Aiken, South Carolina, USA) Yet another wrestler. Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts

Wilde, Marty Born 15 April 1939  (London, England) Rug-toting '60s pop star, and father of '80s pop star Kim. AbraCadaver Stokes's Stiffs

Wilder, Gene Born 11 June 1933  (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Comic actor, screenwriter and director, noted for his collaborations with Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor. Underwent treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1999, apparently making a full recovery. Real name Jerome Silberman. Assumed Room Temperature Wheels Carolann's Coffin Compadres Corpse Bride Guild Of Master Reapers Phreebyrd Sqwidge's Motley Crew The Delightful Dead They Laugh In The Face Of Death

Wilders, Geert Born 6 September 1963  (Venlo, Netherlands) Dutch MP and outspoken critic of Islamic fundamentalism. Marina Predicts Your Demise!

Williams, Andy (Died in 2012) Born 3 December 1927  (Wall Lake, Iowa, USA) American crooner of "easy listening" (an oxymoron if ever there was one) ballads. Let Us Embalm You Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Pop Goes The Pop Star Pushing Up The Daisies

Williams, Esther (Died in 2013) Born 8 August 1921  (Inglewood, California, USA) Actress & swimmer, former swimming champ who starred in many films (and musicials) based on her swimming ability between the 1940's & 1960's. Death On The Rocks Grim McGraw Heads In A Bag

Williams, Frank Born 2 July 1931  (Hampstead, London, England) Actor - Rev. Farthing in "Dad's Army". H5N1 Old People Smell Of Piss

Williams, Mason Born 24 August 1938  (Abilene, Texas, USA) Musician, composer and songwriter of bluegrass & folk music. One Hit Wonders

Williams, Montel Born 3 July 1956  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) US talk show host, formerly a US Naval Officer. Diagnosed with MS in 1999. Nicole Kidman Is A Slag Six Foot Under

Williams, Rex Born 20 July 1933  (Halesowen, West Midlands, England) Former snooker player, who spent over 40 years playing the sport. 6ft Under The Baulk Line

Williams, Robbie Born 13 February 1974  (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) The apparently directionless one out of Take That who unexpectedly made it huge as a solo artist, but now just bleats on about how hard his life is, despite having £95m in the bank. Death Stalks United  Red Beauty The Watts Wallies

Williams, Robin Born 21 July 1951  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Comic, who started on TV and became famous for playing Mork in "Mork and Mindy". Has since gone on to star in many a comedy film, but in recent years has played serious roles too. Assumed Room Temperature

Williams, Rowan Born 14 June 1950  (Swansea, Wales) Archbishop of Canterbury, elected in 2002. Go Ahead Thatch, Make My DDP Pobol Y Fedd

Williams, Shirley Born 27 July 1930  (London, England) Labour MP who defected and formed the SDP in 1981, before becoming a Lib Dem member of the House of Lords. Time's Champion

Wilson, Brian Born 20 June 1942  (Hawthorne, California, USA) Founder member of, and producer, composer and arranger for, The Beach Boys. Has suffered from long-term mental illness and drug problems. Dancing Elephants Every Shroud Has A Silver Lining Hung Like Jesus  The Johnnie Stalker 2009 Voodoo Blend  Wednesday 'Til I Die

Wilson, Jocky (Died in 2012) Born 22 March 1950  (Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland) Short, multiple-chinned former world darts champion. Hurry Up Please, You'll Be Late

Wilson, Julian Date and place of birth unknown Former BBC TV presenter of horse racing. 20 From The Turf - Now Under It

Wilson, Mary Born in Norfolk, England  (exact date unknown) Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, widow of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Born 1918. Grassyknoll Grayson Jesus Jones

Wilson, Owen Born 18 November 1968  (Dallas, Texas, USA) US actor, "You, Me and Dupree" and lots more. Failed to commit suicide in 2007, but some DDP'rs may think "If at first, you don't succeed, try, try again". Ashes To Ashley Cole (I Hope) Billy Dodds Knew II Dead Dogs Won't Play Fetch Death-Defying I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It Kackers United No Penalties, It's Sudden Death! Stiff Steaks

Wilson, Ralph Born 17 October 1918  (Columbus, Ohio, USA) Founder, owner & President of NFL side Buffalo Bills. Lawyers, Guns And Money And Coffins And Tombstones

Wilson, Ray Born 17 December 1934  (Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England) Former footballer, left back for England when they won the 1966 World Cup. Still Warm-Ish

Win Tin, U Born 12 March 1930  (Kyo Bin Kauk, Payo, Burma) Burmese journalist who was imprisoned by his country's military regime in 1989 for his opposition views. He remained behind bars until 2008, when he was finally released. Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom

Windsor, Barbara Born 6 August 1937  (Shoreditch, London, England) Veteran actress of the tiresome "Carry On" films who went on to become Peggy Mitchell in the tiresome BBC soap "EastEnders". In the 1960s Babs, who changed her surname from Deeks at the time of the Queen's coronation, was also known for her off-screen connections to the Kray Twins. Come On Baby, Light My Fire! End Of Time Lulu's Stiffs! Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Six Foot Under

Windsor, Frank Born 12 July 1927  (Walsall, West Midlands, England) Actor, best known, for his role in "Z Cars" & its spin off, "Softly Softly". Still appears in TV adverts & the odd TV show. Bloody Dead Rep

Winehouse, Amy (Died in 2011) Born 14 September 1983  (Enfield, Middlesex, England) Young British singer/songwriter with a powerful soul voice, but - more interestingly from a DDP point of view - manic depression, eating disorders and a tendency to consume industrial quantities of booze and drugs. Indeed, her 2006 top 10 single "Rehab" was about her refusal to get help for this. 6ft To Go Ashes To Ashley Cole (I Hope) Assumed Room Temperature Bananies  Bang Bang You're Dead Banobo Kings Bazzilliant Beerbutton 2 Beerbutton Wheels  Billy Dodds Knew II Bitter Violet Brown Bread Burke'N'Hare Busby's Babes Buzzards Carolann's Coffin Compadres Short Distance Clara Colin's Toe Curlers Come On Baby, Light My Fire! Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead Cert Dead As A Dodo Dead Centre Of England Dead Enders Deader Than A Dead Thing Dead Last  Dead Man's Party  Dead Men Walking Dead Ringers Death By Gough Death By Impailer Death Shall Have No Dominion - Oh Yes It Will Death Stinks Death Can Be Funny Deathglam Industries Death-Defying Digging The Grave  Down Under The Daisies Liz's Lately Lamented Erith Sickos Evil Shape-Changing Pixies Fantaka 2009 Force 10 To Hell Graham Reaper's Dead Army Grampus 8 My Hamster Guess Who's Dead? Guild Of Master Reapers Gwynhafyr H5N1 Heads In A Bag Hippoposthumous How Clean Is Your Hearse? Hung Like Jesus I Am Jack's Complete Lack Of A Pulse I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It Illinois Reaper Beater 3.0  I'll Sleep When You're Dead It Doesn't Hurt It Just Smells It's Life Jim It May Be You? Jims Deadbeats The Johnnie Stalker 2009 Voodoo Blend Juicy Janny Lidders Late Lamentables Lulu's Stiffs! Madonna's Hand of Bod Mean Machine Moldy Oldies Mr. Yuck Much Loved But Not Yet Departed Nescafe Northern Foxiles Now That's What I Call SIGNIFICANT 2009 Past Their Sell By Date Picktons Pork Pies Pop Goes The Pop Star Prunella Vulgaris Pulse Pushing Up Daisies Rabbitsnuffer Redmyst XX Riding The Jesus Train  Ringo's Kiss Of Death! Rotters Stephen Hawking's Karaoke Machine Say Hi To Uncle George Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling Siegfried Baboon's Simian Shapeshifting Showboat Show Six Foot Under Skeleton Crew Dads Army, Dead, Dead, Dead, Alive, Dead, Dead Snort The Ashes Soylent Green Recipe Stiff Steaks Stokes's Stiffs The Grateful Undead The Grateful Dead The Dorset Jury  The Watts Wallies  The Tartan Flatliners To The Other Side Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! Wasn't It From A Dirty Harry Film? Wawix World Yer Maw Used To Be Athletic You Keep Hanging On You Must Be Croaking!

Winfrey, Oprah Born 29 January 1954  (Kosciusko, Illinois, USA) US talk show host, businesswoman and book critic. 5 Feet And 1 To Go Armchair Morgue Beerbutton Lucifer's Legionaires

Wing, Anna (Died in 2013) Born 30 October 1914  (Hackney, London, England) Played Lou Beale in the tiresome BBC soap "EastEnders", but was killed off before Peggy Mitchell's time. AbraCadaver Death Stalks United Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Drop Dead Celebration Final Curtain It May Be You? Just Die Will You Much Loved But Not Yet Departed Over My Dead Body The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009 VSBfromH Who Turned Out The Lights? You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Winner, Michael (Died in 2013) Born 30 October 1935  (London, England) Modest chap, keeps his views to himself. Food critic, newspaper columnist & film director. It's Life Jim, But Not As We Know It Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate As A Mayfly Again! Past Their Sell By Date Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Stokes's Stiffs Wishy-Washy

Winters, Jonathan (Died in 2013) Born 11 November 1925  (Dayton, Ohio, USA) Comic actor, better known for his work on stage, but has also appeared in many TV shows & films. Assumed Room Temperature Deadly As Sin Till You Win Laughter Kills

Winters, Major Richard (Died in 2011) Born 21 January 1918  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA) One of America's great war heroes, who led "Easy Company" in WW2 to great feats of courage, bravery & success, which was later immortalised in the TV series "Band of Brothers". Noah Reason And The Youth In Asia Inquilinekea/Simfish

Winton, Sir Nicholas Born 19 May 1909  (Maidenhead, Berkshire, England) Humanitarian, who helped save 700 odd children from certain death at Nazi Concentration Camps in the Czech Republic, whilst on holiday to the country. Cap'n Ohtz Doornails R Us Eejit Fallen Sparrow JoeRam Rammer's Downtrodden Agoodtimetokickit The Pale Horseman's Six Feet Undercover Brothers Zombie Resurrection Impending

Wirtz, Willard (Died in 2010) Born 14 March 1912  (DeKalb, Illinois, USA) Former US Secretary of Labor in both Kennedy & Johnson's administrations. How Much For Those Stem Cells? Rammer's Downtrodden Simpson's Stiffs

Wisdom, Sir Norman (Died in 2010) Born 4 February 1915  (London, England) Inventive and hilarious comic or poor man's Charlie Chaplin, depending on your viewpoint. The cloth-cap-wearing star of stage and screen was awarded a knighthood in 2000 and lives in the medieval theme park known as the Isle of Man. A Kick In The Ghoulies A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins Are You Still Dying, Darling? Are They Dead Yet? Armchair Morgue Ashes To Ashley Cole (I Hope) Baz And Barry's Burial Bonanza Bazzilliant Bestie's Boys  Bez001 Blade Runners Bodybag Bring On The Rigor Brown Bananas Brown Bread Burke'N'Hare Canadian Cadaver Dogs Canadian Paul Carkers Convention 2009 Celeb-Rotties Checking Out By Christmas Chelski Pensioners II C.A.Daver  Close The Casket Colin's Toe Curlers Come On Baby, Light My Fire! Konstabel Els And His Merry Harbingers Criptkicker2 Crofty's Coffin Crew Dans Death List Of Doom Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead Cert Dead And Dusted Dead As A Dodo Dead By Dawn Dead Calm Dead Enders Dead Ends Deader Than A Dead Thing Dead Loss Dead Man Walking Blues Dead'nt He Do Well?? Livin' On A Prayer Dead Dogs Won't Play Fetch Death By Hemeloids Death Can Be Funny Deathglam Industries Deathlist.net Death Stalks United Don't Eat The Figs Doornails R Us  Dress re-Hearse-als Eejit End Of Time Ethnic Cleansing Every Shroud Has A Silver Lining Fallen Off The Perch Final Curtain Force 10 To Hell The Forest Lawn Jockeys Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Gary Glitter's Ghoulies George Lass and the Gravelings Globaltruth Golden Oldies! Grampus 8 My Hamster Grassyknoll Grayson Grendel's Graveyard Guess Who's Dead? Researched To Death Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Hide And Go Die Fox In A Box How Clean Is Your Hearse? Hung Like Jesus I Am Jack's Complete Lack Of A Pulse I Kissed A Corpse And I Liked It I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak I'll Sleep When You're Dead It's Life Jim It May Be You?  I've Got Another Stiff Jellydead Jesus Jones Jims Deadbeats JoeRam Juicy Janny Kurt Cobain's Trigger Finger Lard Bazaar Lidders Late Lamentables Lived So Lets Die Living In A Box Lord Football Lucifer's Legionaires Lulu's Stiffs! Madonna's Hand of Bod Master Mind Milksnatcher Bites The Dust!! Much Loved But Not Yet Departed .....norfolk & Good Northern Foxiles Go Ahead Thatch, Make My DDP Oh! Oh...If Only It Were True One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Only Fools & Corpses Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts Over My Dead Body Past Their Sell By Date Picktons Pork Pies Please Refrain From Testing Plowing The Deep Pooil Vaaish Pool Ghoul Pulse Pushing Up Daisies Pushing Up The Daisies Agoodtimetokickit Red Beauty  Residentevil Ringo's Kiss Of Death! R.I.P. It Up And Start Again Rotters Sadmackem Stephen Hawking's Karaoke Machine Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 Sicksadworld Putting The Fun Into Funeral Six Foot Under Sometimes They Come Back Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Soylent Dreams Forgotten But Not Gone STAB_in_the_DARK Stiff As A Board Stiff Steaks Still Warm-Ish Stokes's Stiffs Tazmans Hit List The Anfield Iron The Caulkhead Coffin-Kickers The Dead Certs Dead Rancid Corpses The Delightful Dead Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead  The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009 The Funeral Director 09 The Grateful Dead The Last Gasp The Morbid Postman The Watts Wallies They Laugh In The Face Of Death  They're Dead, Y'Know! Tick Tock Stopped Ticking Time's Champion Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Tomb It May Concern Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! We're Your Friends To The Bitter End.... Who Turned Out The Lights? Windsor The Troll Wishy-Washy X-Pyred You Mean He's Not Already? You Must Be Croaking! You're Dead And You Know You Are Youth In Asia Helpline

Wise, Greg Born 15 May 1966  (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Actor, often in period dramas. It's Tyne To Meet Your Maker

Wiseman, Joseph  Born 15 May 1918  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Died 19 October 2009  (Manhattan, New York, USA) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Film and TV actor, best known for playing the part of Dr No in a James Bond film whose title escapes us at the moment. The Mortuary Posse

Withers, Googie (Died in 2011) Born 12 March 1917  (Karachi, Pakistan) One of those actresses who you've heard of, but can never name anything she was in. Are You Still Dying, Darling? Close The Casket Death On The Rocks Don't Eat The Figs International House of Death Pool Ghoul Pure Dead Brilliant Soylent Dreams The Mortuary Posse Wikipedia Entries In Need Of Updating

Wogan, Terry Born 3 August 1938  (County Limerick, Republic of Ireland) Radio & TV presenter, piss-taking commentator for the UK feed of the Eurovision Song Contest and more earnest host of the Children In Need shows. Celeb-Rotties

Wolde-Giorgis, Girma Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  (exact date unknown) President of Ethiopia since 2001. Born December 1924. Time Is NOT On Our Side!

Wolfe, Ronald Born 8 August 1924  (London, England) "On the Buses" and "The Rag Trade" script writer. Nice Little Urner

Wood, Ronnie Born 1 June 1947  (Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) Guitarist who played with Jeff Beck and the Faces before becoming a permanent member of the Rolling Stones. Celeb-Rotties Dead Enders Guess Who's Dead? Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Rammer's Downtrodden Six Foot Under Stokes's Stiffs The Grateful Undead

Wood, Sidney  Born 1 November 1911  (Black Rock, Connecticut, USA) Died 10 January 2009  (Palm Beach, Florida, USA) Age at death: 97  (read death notice) Tennis player, Wimbledon Men's Champion in 1931. The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2009 ThePoitouTeam

Wood-Allen, Jenny (Died in 2010) Born 20 November 1911  (Dundee, Scotland) Former marathon runner, a regular featue on the London Marathon in the 1990's, in which she also competed in 2002, at the age of 90. Dead By Dawn

Wooden, John (Died in 2010) Born 14 October 1910  (Martinsville, Indiana, USA) The most successful coach in American college basketball history. Prior to becoming a coach, he was a well-respected player, and was nicknamed (in complete contrast to his surname) "The Indiana Rubber Man". Lawyers, Guns And Money And Coffins And Tombstones Head For The Gates!! I Drink Your Milkshake Weakend At Bernies Mean Machine Morbid Curiosity Owl-Zat All Sports Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling Skeleton Crew Worm Farmer

Woodvine, John Born 21 July 1929  (Tyne Dock, County Durham, England) Actor, mostly on TV & stage, who has a penchant for playing police officers. Pushing Up The Daisies

Woodward, Edward  Born 1 June 1930  (Croydon, Surrey, England) Died 16 November 2009  (Truro, Cornwall, England) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) Actor, best remembered for "The Wicker Man", "The Equalizer" and "Callan". Also known as "Ed 3 Planks" to some of his comic contemporaries. Sometimes They Come Back

Woodward, Joanne Born 27 February 1930  (Thomasville, Georgia, USA) Veteran film actress, widow of Paul Newman, who she was married to for 50 years. Death Stinks Who Turned Out The Lights?

Woolf, Harry Born 2 May 1933  (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Lord Chief Justice Woolf, one of Britain's foremost judges of the last 30 years. It's Tyne To Meet Your Maker

Woolfe, Billy (Died in 2010) Born 1 February 1924  (Scotland) Former leader of the Scottish National Party between 1969 & 1979. Voted Out For Good!

Worsthorne, Peregrine Born 22 December 1923  (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England) Journalist & broadcaster, former editor of the "Sunday Telegraph". Brown Bananas

Wouk, Herman Born 27 May 1915  (New York City, New York, USA) Popular author, best known for his novels "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War". Circling The Drain Food For Worms Harry Patch's Love Child Let Us Embalm You

Wright, Steve Born 24 April 1958  (Erpingham, Norfolk, England) Jailed for murdering 5 prostitutes in and around Ipswich in December 2006. Not to be confused with the radio DJ or the comedian of the same name. Dance Of The Living Dead

Wyeth, Andrew  Born 12 July 1917  (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, USA) Died 16 January 2009  (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, USA) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Profilic and popular American realist painter, best known for his work "Christina's World". A Lost Art Circling The Drain Keeper Of The Heads Moldy Oldies

Wyngarde, Peter Born 23 August 1933  (Marseille, France) Actor, best known for his role as Jason King in the TV show of the same name. On The Box/in The Box

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