Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2011: T

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Tae-Woo, Roh Born 4 December 1932  (Daegu, South Korea) President of South Korea from 1988-93. Seoul Takers

Takei, George Born 20 April 1937  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American actor, played Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek. Gwynhafyr Smells Like Mid-Twenties Spirit

Talabani, Jalal Born 12 November 1933  (Kelkan, Iraq) President of Iraq since April 2005. The Pale Rider

Tamblyn, Russ Born 30 December 1934  (Los Angeles, California, USA) American actor & dancer. Lord Gravedigger

Tanning, Dorothea (Died in 2012) Born 25 August 1910  (Galesburg, Illinois, USA) American artist, formerly married to painter Max Ernst. More recently, she has published poetry as well. The Misfortune Tellers

Tapsell, Peter Born 1 February 1930  (Hove, Sussex, England) Conservative MP and "Father of the House" of Commons, having been continually elected since 1966. Dead Commons Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think I Told You I Was Ill I've Got A Little List

Tarbuck, Jimmy Born 6 February 1940  (Liverpool, England) Unfunny, golf-obsessed, old school comedian. The Frog Chorus Death Is Not The End Dolly Daydreams Dead Ones It's Life Jim, But Not As We Know It Juicy Janny Smells Like Mid-Twenties Spirit The Voodoogurus

Tarmey, Bill (Died in 2012) Born 4 April 1941  (Ardwick, Manchester, England) Played the character of Jack Duckworth in ITV soap 'Coronation Street'. In 1976 he suffered a "massive heart attack" and ten years later had to undergo bypass surgery. Left "Corrie" in 2010. C.A.Daver Dead Spotters Death Stinks Fuck 'Em All Gary Glitter - Baby Sitter Hunting Halos Boxed-In, Cold, Lonely And Going Nowhere Sometimes They Come Back The Anfield Iron This Mortal Coil

Tavener, John (Died in 2013) Born 28 January 1944  (Wembley, London, England) Composer of classical music. Going Underground

Taylor, Amos Date and place of birth unknown Staff Sergeant with Easy Company, the 506th Parachute Regiment, part of the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, who fought in the Second World War as depicted in the hit TV series 'Band of Brothers'. Born in 1922. Died in August 2011 but no obit as yet. The Pale Horseman’s Easy Riders

Taylor, Charles Born 28 January 1948  (Arthington, Liberia) Former president of Liberia, accused of gun-running, diamond-smuggling and war crimes by the UN, currently on trial at The Hague. A Taste Of Thursday Afternoon Team Dead Raccoon

Taylor, Elizabeth  Born 27 February 1932  (Hampstead, London, England) Died 23 March 2011  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) Movie star and only friend of Michael Jackson. She has broken her back four times, had surgery for a brain tumour, and was once pronounced dead during the filming of 'Cleopatra', following which she had an emergency tracheotomy. She has been married 940 times. "18 Whiskies, I Think That's The Record." Alfred Lord Heinous Alison The Assassin Ash Cream Baz & Barrys Burial Bonanza Buzzards Canadian Cadaver Dogs Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them Chelski Pensioners IV C.A.Daver Circling The Drain Coffinitup Coupled To Death  Crosshair Candidates 2011 Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dead Centre Of England Dead Loss Deadpoolers Dead Spotters Death Stinks Deathglam Industries Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Downunderdeadpans "Emergency, Which Death Please..." A Dead Flange In Time Scores 9 Former Scream Star Foxy's Flatliners Goners 2011 Green Machine HackinNcackin' Hollywood Beyond Hunting Halos Illinois Reaper Beater 5.0 I'll Sleep When You're Dead I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here Jesus Jones Jumptheshark Kackers United Laughter Kills Marina Predicts Your Demise! Misslucky Morbid United FC Mr C Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Only Fools & Corpses Open The Pearly Gates Order Of The British Empire The Pale Rider Pickton's Pork Pies Cremate In The Nidge Ronald MacDonald Fodder  Say Hello To The Angels Say Hi To Uncle George Old Ma G’s Gravy Mix She's A Goner Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Smells Like Mid-Twenties Spirit Stiff Steaks Team John Thomas Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead The End of the World As We Know It The Federal Bureau Of Insemination The Grim Reapers Club... Members Only The Grateful Dead The Misfortune Tellers Down Like A Clown  The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Wall Street Massacre We Spin Terror Widnes Vikings Windsor The Troll Win One For The Dead Wishy-Washy Wot The Deuce

Taylor, Gil (Died in 2013) Born 12 April 1914  (Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England) Cinematographer, known for his work on 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' and 'Star Wars'. Club Carp Pooil Vaaish Wretched Hive Of Scum & Villainy Zsa-Zsa-ah-ah-ah! Zsa-Zsa-Ooh-la-la!

Taylor, Phil (Died in 2012) Born 18 September 1917  (Bristol, England) Not the darts champion, but the former cricketer, England football international and ex-manager of Liverpool FC. Club Carp Jim's Deadbeats The Terry Fenwick Benefit Invitational Select Third XX

Taylor, Phil "The Power" Born 13 August 1960  (Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) The darts player - multiple champion in the "sport". No Coffin When The Other Player Is Throwing Please

Taylor, Rip Born 13 January 1934  (Washington DC, USA) Actor & comedian, very well known in the US, less so in the UK. Laughter Kills

Taylor, Shaw Born 26 October 1924  (Hackney, London, England) Actor who will always be known as the chap who told us to "Keep 'em peeled" on the proto-Crimewatch show 'Police 5'. Lord Football's Dead Corpses

Tebbit, Margaret Date and place of birth unknown Wife of Conservative cabinet member Norman Tebbit, who was paralysed after the Brighton IRA bomb attack in 1984. Born 1934. The Frog Chorus

Tebbit, Norman Born 29 March 1931  (Ponders End, London, England) Outspoken former chairman of the Conservative Party, whose unemployed father famously "did not riot, he got on his bike and looked for work". Here's one of his more famous, though not wholly memorable, quotes: "The word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naïve, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the 1960s." It must have taken him hours to write that. 6feetunder Death Is Not The End Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club PRFT Tick Tock Stopped Ticking

Temple, Shirley Born 23 April 1928  (Santa Monica, California, USA) The most famous child star in cinema history, who left the movies once she grew up and became the US ambassador to Ghana (in the 1970s) and Czechoslovakia (during the "Velvet Revolution"). In 1972 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but survived and was widely respected for being one of the first public figures to openly discuss the issue. Random trivia: her daughter Lori (as "Lori Lorax") was a founder member of seminal proto-grunge band The Melvins. Bloody Dead Rep Germarmans She's A Goner Smells Like Mid-Twenties Spirit The Misfortune Tellers Wayne Manor Sgt Reaper's Mouldy Heart, Clubbed Hand

Terry, Clark Born 14 December 1920  (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) Jazz trumpeter who has worked with Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Quincy Jones, amongst others. Dying For Some Points

Terry, John Born 7 December 1980  (London, England) Horrendously egotistical Chelsea and England central defender. His missed penalty in the 2008 Champions League final still provokes a snigger. After the losing the England captaincy in 2010 after alleged infidelities, led a failed revolt against England manager Fabio Capello during the national team's disasterous World Cup campaign. Regained the captaincy in March 2011 following suspiciously sympathetic media write ups and a possible whispering campaign over the fitness of then captain Rio Ferdinand.. Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts

Tettamanzi, Dionigi Born 14 March 1934  (Renate, Monza and Brianza, Italy) Archbishop of Milan. ...the Salmon Mousse!!!

Thatcher, Margaret (Died in 2013) Born 13 October 1925  (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) Britain's first female Prime Minister, and one of Augusto Pinochet's beer buddies. After her fall from grace in 1990 and subsequent retirement from the House of Commons two years later, the handbag-toting Iron Lady was made an Iron Baroness and is now generally regarded as "a bit nuts" (though whether this is anything new is subject to debate). In 2002 she retired from public life following a number of strokes, and her health has reportedly gone further downhill following the death of her husband Denis in June 2003. "18 Whiskies, I Think That's The Record." 1 Dead In Ohio It's Grim Up North 6feetunder Aardvark's Bupa Listing The Frog Chorus A Kick In The Ghoulies Alison The Assassin Ambledown Are You Still Dying, Darling? Marc’s Sparks Asadoornail Baz & Barrys Burial Bonanza Bazzilliant Bladerunner Bob Marley's Doughnuts  Breath 'ns For Losers Breathless In Seattle Brown Bread Caedmon's Croakers Canadian Cadaver Dogs Canny Fakers - Own Goals And Giraffes Cap'n Ohtz Carry On Snuffing It Checking Out By Christmas Chelski Pensioners IV C.A.Daver  Coffinitup Dirty Rotten Spunkers Come Die With Me The Notapotatoe's Cut Price Funerals Corpse Bride Crofty's Coffin Crew Crosshair Candidates 2011 Going Underground (DP) Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? Dave's Bungalow Of Death Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk DDP Tofoa Dead 80s Dead By Dawn Dead Centre Of England Dead Commons Dead, Dead & Never Called Me Mother Dead Enders Dead Ends Deader Than A Dead Thing Dead-Lines, What Deadlines? Dead Loss Dead Lucky Deadly As Sin Till You Win Dead Man's Team 1 Dead Spotters  Death Is Not The End Death On The Rocks Death Stinks Dead Dogs Won't Play Fetch Death From Down Under Death By Hemeloids Death Can Be Funny Deathglam Industries Deathlist.net Death Stalks United Death The Leveller Deceased Hose Dethdefying Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Diepod Shuffle Diet Of Worms Don't Eat The Figs Doornails R Us Dress re-Hearse-als  Drop Dead Celebration Dr Shipman's Waiting Room Eddie's Parade Of Darkness And Despair Eejit El Diablo Embalmy Army Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think  Eternity Tours Everybody's Dead Dave! Evil (not quite) Dead  Exit Stage Left Falling Off The Perch A Dead Flange In Time Scores 9 Fly Me To The Tomb Forever Stiff The Forrest Lawn Jockeys For Whom The Bell Tolls Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Foxy's Flatliners Fuck 'Em All Funeral Holmes Gary Glitter - Baby Sitter Gawn. . .dead. . .planted George Lass and the Gravelings Glorious Leaders Plus Clive Going Ready Or Not Golden Oldies!  Goners 2011 Green Machine Grendel's Graveyard H5N1 HackinNcackin' Hardwood Surround Harry Patch's Love Child Researched To Death Hippoposthumous 2011 Hunting Halos I Drink Your Milkshake If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course I Hope You Die Soon  I'll Get The Oven On Illinois Reaper Beater 5.0 I'll Pick 'Em Till They Croak I'll Sleep When You're Dead I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here Keen Of The Banshee I Smell Dead People  I Told You I Was Ill It's Life Jim, But Not As We Know It Jellydead Jill Dando's Cat Boxed-In, Cold, Lonely And Going Nowhere Jim's Deadbeats Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Juicy Janny Jumptheshark Just Die Will You Ken Bishop's Diabetic Eleven Knowing My Luck I'll Reincarnate as a Mayfly! They're Loving Angels Instead Lard Bazaar Lead, Follow ...and Die This Year Les Trompettes De La Mort Lidders Late Lamentables Lived So Let's Die Living In A Box Lord Coffins Cadavers Luck Of The Dead Madonna's Hand of Bod Weakend At Bernies Mave's Graves Miss Creant Misslucky Morbid United FC Mourning Glory Mr C Mr & Mrs Drummerboy My Picks Naked Florida Gravediggers Nicole Kidman Is A Slag Ninja Zombies Rule! Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club Northern Foxiles Now You're Gone...Can I Have Your Xbox? Oldham Gravediggers Society Ollie's Monking Hitlist One Bar Gas Fire And A Tin Of Dog Food Only Fools & Corpses Over My Dead Body The Pale Rider Partridge As Reaper Past Their Sell By Date Pickton's Pork Pies Pooil Vaaish Prunella Vulgaris 2011  Puzlman's Passing Picks Cremate In The Nidge Return To Sender Riding The Jesus Train Rob's Racing Certs Romancing The Headstone Douglas Of The Dead Mike Oxards Showbusiness 20 Seasideessexxile See You In Hell  Sgt. Death's Groaning Hearts Club Band She's A Goner  Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death Shovelful Of Dirt Sick Scouser In Black Slave To The Grave Smells Like Mid-Twenties Spirit Sometimes They Come Back Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Spongebob Ate My Hamster Forgotten But Not Gone  STAB_in_the_DARK Stairway To Heaven Steviator's Terminators Stiff Steaks  Strictly Come Coffin-ing Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Team Dead Raccoon Team John Thomas The Blonde Ballers Term Limits The Anfield Iron The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order The Blue And White Reaper The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers The Clock Is Ticking  The Clog Poppers The Conqueror Worm The Dead Certs The Death Stars Not Sleeping Just Bloody Dead The End of the World As We Know It The Federal Bureau Of Insemination  The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment The Funeral Director 2011 The Grim Reapers Club... Members Only The Grateful Dead The Long Awaited Return Of The Dorset Jury The Misfortune Tellers Down Like A Clown The Rotting Corpses Of The Undead The Unspiritualist The Voodoogurus The Worst Acronym Team They're Dead, Y'Know! Tick Tock Stopped Ticking Time's-Up Team Today's The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic Tomb It May Concern Oh, What A Beautiful Mourning! US Military Admits Bieber-Boarding Deaths At Guantanamo Who Turned Out The Lights? Widnes Vikings Windsor The Troll Wishy-Washy Worm Farmer Wot The Deuce You Must Be Croaking! You're Dead And You Know You Are You're Not Breathing Anymore

Themen, Art Born 26 November 1939  (Manchester, England) Jazz saxophonist. Simply Dead

Theodorakis, Mikis Born 29 July 1925  (Chios, Greece) Composer. US Military Admits Bieber-Boarding Deaths At Guantanamo

Thomas, Edward Donnell (Died in 2012) Born 15 March 1920  (Mart, Texas, USA) Clinician who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990. Nobel Losers

Thomas, Gareth Born 25 July 1974  (Bridgend, Wales) Former Welsh Rugby Union player who recently came out of the closet. Pobol Y Fedd

Thomas, Helen (Died in 2013) Born 4 August 1920  (Winchester, Kentucky, USA) Journalist, who has covered White House proceedings since the days of John F. Kennedy & was former White House bureau chief for UPI. 5 Feet And 1 To Go You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! Let Us Embalm You Nosoup4u! Noz4news She's A Goner

Thomas, Orlando Born 21 October 1972  (Crowley, Lousiana, USA) Former NFL footballer who is suffering from ALS. Alfred Lord Heinous

Thomson, James Date and place of birth unknown Millionaire architect and convicted child abductor/molester. Slung in prison in December 2006, and will probably die there, as he has inoperable cancer. Born in 1937. George Lass and the Gravelings

Thor, Einar Born 2 August 1964  (place of birth unknown) Icelandic film director. Breaking News: Eyjafjallajökull Explodes

Þórðarson, Guðjón Born 14 September 1955  (Akranes, Iceland) Icelandic football manger. Managed Stoke City, Notts County and Crewe Alexandra in his time. Breaking News: Eyjafjallajökull Explodes

Thornton, Billy Bob Born 4 August 1955  (Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA) Actor, writer and singer-songwriter. Was once married to Angelina Jolie. I'll let you decide whether that was a good thing or not. Dead And Don't Know It

Thornton, Frank (Died in 2013) Born 15 January 1921  (Dulwich, London, England) TV and film actor, probably best known for his role as Captain Peacock in the long-running department-store-based sitcom 'Are You Being Served?' In 1997, when Brian Wilde was taken ill prior to filming a series of 'Last of the Summer Wine', Thornton was hurriedly brought in to play Herbert "Truly" Truelove, by way of a replacement for the Foggy Dewhurst character. Ambledown Dead And Dusted Deader Than A Dead Thing Deathlist.net Everybody's Dead Dave! Final Curtain Fly Me To The Tomb Hippoposthumous 2011 Hollywood Beyond Past Their Sell By Date The Federal Bureau Of Insemination The Funky Faz's Morgue Of Merriment Welshman You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Thorp, Richard (Died in 2013) Born 2 January 1932  (Purley, Surrey, England) TV actor who has played the part of Alan Turner in 'Emmerdale Farm' since 1982. Mourning Glory

Thorpe, Jeremy Born 29 April 1929  (London, England) Former Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Party. His career was destroyed in the mid-1970s as a result of a scandal in which he and three others were charged with conspiracy to murder his alleged lover Norman Scott. He has suffered from Parkinson's Disease for over twenty years. Al Andar Muerto Alison The Assassin Breathless In Seattle Dirty Rotten Spunkers Dead And Dusted Dead Commons Doornails R Us George Lass and the Gravelings I Drink Your Milkshake I Told You I Was Ill Boxed-In, Cold, Lonely And Going Nowhere The Pale Rider The Dead Certs Tomb It May Concern

Throne, Malachi (Died in 2013) Born 1 December 1928  (New York City, New York, USA) American TV actor. Douglas Of The Dead

Thuram, Lilian Born 1 January 1972  (Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) Successful footballer, right back for France in their glory years of the late '90s/ early '00s. Scored only two goals in 142 appearances - both in the semi-final of the World Cup in 1998. Well, if you're gonna score, make sure it's important... Insert Name Here

Tidy, Bill Born 9 October 1933  (Birkenhead, Cheshire, England) Cartoonist and humourist, seen on Dictionary Corner on 'Countdown' more times than I've had hot dinners. People I Think Might Die In 2011 United

Tierney, Maura Born 3 February 1965  (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Actress who played Abby Lockhart in 'ER'. Freddie The Cat Gary Glitter's Ghoulies On The Box/In The Box

Tillotson, Johnny Born 20 April 1939  (Jacksonville, Florida, USA) Country music singer. Died In The Wool

Tindemans, Leo Born 16 April 1922  (Zwijndrecht, Belgium) Former Prime Minister of Belgium. Lord Gravedigger

Tinker, Grant Born 11 January 1925  (place of birth unknown) Television executive. Formed MTM Enterprises with his wife, actress Mary Tyler Moore, which produced a string of hit shows such as 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'Rhoda', 'Hill Street Blues' and 'St. Elsewhere'. Later CEO at NBC from 1981-86. Dirttt Nappp

Tinsulanonda, Prem Born 26 August 1920  (Songkhla Province, Thailand) Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980-88. Crossing The Styx

Tipper, Edward Joseph Born 3 August 1921  (place of birth unknown) Sergeant with Easy Company, the parachute regiment which were featured in th HBO TV series 'Band of Brothers'. The Pale Horseman’s Easy Riders

Titmus, Fred  Born 24 November 1932  (Somers Town, London, England) Died 23 March 2011  (location of death unknown) Age at death: 78  (read death notice) Former test cricketer for England. Ashes To Ashes Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets

Tobin, Peter Born 27 August 1946  (Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland) Man accused of killing three girls in Margate, and found guilty & jailed in 2008. Come Die With Me Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Grendel's Graveyard

Tointon, Kara Born 5 August 1983  (Essex, England) Actress who played Dawn Swann in 'EastEnders'. Won 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2010. Dawn Of The Dead

Tolimir, Zdvrako Born 27 November 1948  (Glamoc, Bosnia) Bosnian Serb commander during the former war in Yugoslavia, and currently on trial for war crimes at The Hague. Hunting Halos I Drink Your Milkshake Lord Football's Dead Corpses

Top, Gaz Born 5 July 1961  (St. Asaph, Wales) Children's TV & now motorsport presenter, born Gareth Jones. Pobol Y Fedd

Tork, Peter Born 13 February 1942  (Washington D.C., USA) Singer and musician with The Monkees. Deader Than A Dead Thing Dead Lucky Exit Stage Left Feng Shui Pig Four Horsemen Of The Magic Roundabout Gary Glitter - Baby Sitter Going Ready Or Not Harry Patch's Love Child Jim's Deadbeats Johnny Foreskin And The Pullbacks Norwegian Blue Shovelful Of Dirt Wall Street Massacre You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Torn, Rip Born 6 February 1931  (Temple, Texas, USA) US veteran film & TV actor, born Elmore Rual Torn. Dead Last Dead Right Dress re-Hearse-als El Diablo Lord Gravedigger You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Torrini, Emilíana Born 16 May 1977  (Iceland) Icelandic singer and songwriter. Breaking News: Eyjafjallajökull Explodes

Torry, Clare Date and place of birth unknown Singer who provided the shrieking vocal to the classic Pink Floyd track 'The Great Gig in the Sky'. The pun for her if she goes will be a tap in... Jellydead

Totter, Audrey (Died in 2013) Born 20 December 1918  (Joliet, Illinois, USA) Actress, often played "dames" in post-war movies such as 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'. David Quantick's Showbiz Pals

Tovar, Lupita Born 27 July 1911  (Oaxaca, Mexico) Mexican film actress, in occasional Hollywood movies. First You're Born, Life Is Hard, Then You Die

Tovey, Eric "Lord Littlebrook" Born 3 January 1929  (Edmonton, London, England) Midget wrestler, in both England & the US. Now in ill health. David Quantick's Showbiz Pals

Townes, Charles Born 28 July 1915  (Greenville, South Carolina, USA) Inventor of the maser (a microwave device). Also worked on the laser, but not on the taser, or indeed the razor. Fictional? Nobel Losers

Tracey, Stan (Died in 2013) Born 30 December 1926  (London, England) British jazz pianist and composer. Dead And Dusted See You In Heaven

Trapattoni, Giovanni Born 17 March 1939  (Cusano Milanino, Italy) The most successful coach in Serie A history, winning 7 scudetto's between 1976 and 1989. Later had success with Bayern München and Benfica. Now coach of the Irish national team. Appropriately his birthday is on St. Patrick's Day! Dead Man's Team 2

Trautmann, Bert (Died in 2013) Born 22 October 1923  (Bremen, Germany) Manchester City goalkeeper, famous for suffering a broken neck and concussion during the 1956 FA Cup Final, despite which he finished the match, and indeed made several saves. Carkers Convention 2011 Dead And Dusted  Gobbing On Life

Travanti, Daniel J Born 7 March 1940  (Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA) Actor, best known as police chief Captain Frank Furillo in the classic 1980s TV drama 'Hill Street Blues'. Shorter Of Breath, One Day Closer To Death

Travolta, John Born 18 February 1954  (Englewood, New Jersey, USA) Actor who has had something of a rollercoaster career: he was catapulted to fame in 'Saturday Night Fever' (1977), but then appeared in a few turkeys before his career was rescued by, of all things, 'Look Who's Talking'. Finally acquired a semblance of cool as the hitman Vincent Vega in 'Pulp Fiction', before losing it again in the absurd Scientologist film 'Battlefield Earth'. 1 Dead In Ohio Another One Bites The Hoff Optimus Prime's Rusty Nuts

Trebek, Alex Born 22 July 1940  (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) TV presenter, the long time host of 'Jeopardy!'. The Dead Canadians

Trejo, Danny Born 16 May 1944  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Forrmer heroin addict turned actor, normally as the "heavy". Steviator's Terminators

Trescothick, Marcus Born 25 December 1975  (Keynsham, Somerset, England) Cricketer for Somerset & formerly for England. Partridge As Reaper

Trevor, William Born 24 May 1928  (Mitchelstown, County Cork, Rep of Ireland) England-based Irish author, three times winner of the Whitbread Prize. Garf Wants You To Die

Trimble, David Born 15 October 1944  (Bangor, Down, Northern Ireland) Former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party who was instrumental with John Hume in pursuing long term peace in Northern Ireland which landed them both the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Was First Minister in the reconvened Northern Ireland Assembly before being usurped by Ian Paisley and the DUP. Their Troubles Will (hopefully) Soon Be Over

Trintignant, Jean-Louis Born 11 December 1930  (Piolenc, Vaucluse, France) One of France's greatest film actors & nephew of former racing driver & DDP pick Maurice Trintignant. Let The Dead Ones In

Troller, Georg Stefan Born 21 December 1921  (Vienna, Austria) Austrian-born television journalist who fled from the Nazis in 1938. Death Speaks German

Troyer, Verne Born 1 January 1969  (Sturgis, Michigan, USA) Diminutive (2'8") actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the 'Austin Powers' movies. Alfred Lord Heinous Sacramento La Coruna The Clog Poppers

Trump, Donald Born 14 June 1946  (New York, New York, USA) Billionaire real estate developer whose megalomaniac acquisition of riches, and later descent to near-bankruptcy, arguably epitomised the greed culture of the 1980s. Gobbing On Life

Tsvangirai, Morgan Born 10 March 1952  (Gutu, Zimbabwe) Former opposition leader to Robert Mugabe, who in 2009, became the PM of Zimbabwe. However his relationship with Mad Bob is still extremely strained. Death Stinks Going Ready Or Not Lead, Follow ...and Die This Year Norman Tebbit's Bicycle Club

Tunstall, K T Born 23 June 1975  (Edinburgh, Scotland) Winsome Scots singer-songwriter. Repro Beardfaces & Friends

Tureaud, Laurence Born 21 May 1952  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) The legendary Mr T, who played Sgt B.A. Baracus in 'The A-Team', and made a habit of pitying fools and not getting' on no airplanes. Also had a notoriously low tolerance level when it came to jibber-jabber. Dead 80s

Turkel, Joe Born 15 July 1927  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actor, best known as the inventor of the rogue replicants in 'Blade Runner' and as the bartender in 'The Shining' one of three parts played for legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Insert Name Here

Turnbull, Eddie  Born 12 April 1923  (Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland) Died 30 April 2011  (Edinburgh, Scotland) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) Scottish footballer, particularly remembered for his service to Hibernian FC as both player and manager. The Terry Fenwick Benefit Invitational Select Third XX

Turner, Anthea Born 25 May 1960  (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) Bland TV presenter, better known for her private life than for her personality. I'll Sleep When You're Dead

Turner, Michael Born 9 November 1983  (Lewisham, London, England) Footballer. Played for Hull City at centre back. Now with Sunderland AFC. Can You Tell I'm a Newcastle Fan?

Turner, Ted Born 19 November 1938  (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) Businessman & founder of CNN. DDP it's as easy as AA-BB-CC Coupled To Death Ohio And Goodbye-O

Turner, Tina Born 26 November 1939  (Nutbush, Tennessee, USA) Singer, born Anna Mae Bullock, still active after almost 50 years in the business. Well known for her big hair & raspy voice. Swampy's Stiffs

Turnill, Reg (Died in 2013) Date and place of birth unknown The BBC's aviation correspondent during the Space Age of the 1950s and 60s. Born 1915. They're Dead, Y'Know!

Tutu, Desmond Born 7 October 1931  (Klerksdorp, South Africa) Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, he became Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986. When aged fourteen he caught tuberculosis and had to spend two years in hospital as a result. Reported to be "seriously ill" in 2001, he joked "My presence here gives testimony to the resurrection of the dead!" during a visit to London's Southwark Cathedral at the time. Retired from public life in 2010. Bloody Dead Rep Crash Cart Stat! Deadly Deathwatch Mr & Mrs Drummerboy My Picks Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Stiffer Steaks Term Limits The Funeral Director 2011 Zombie Nation

Tweed, Jack Born 9 June 1987  (London, England) Widower of 'Big Brother' contestant and unlikely media sensation Jade Goody. Last Train To Palookaville

Twiss, Peter  Born 23 July 1921  (Lindfield, Sussex, England) Died 31 August 2011  (Fareham, Hampshire, England) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Air pilot who once held the World air speed record. A Rattly Score Of Old Puffins

Tyler, Steven Born 26 March 1948  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Rock singer, lead singer of Aerosmith. Dad of actress Liv. (I had a) Gravediggin' Grandaddy!

Tyler Moore, Mary Born 29 December 1936  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actress and comedienne who came to prominence in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', before being given her own programme, called, with a stunning lack of imagination, 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'. 2 Sick Not 2 Quit 5 Feet And 1 To Go

Tyner, McCoy Born 11 December 1938  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) Jazz pianist with the John Coltrane Quartet. Dying For Some Points

Tyree, James C.  Born 30 October 1957  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Died 16 March 2011  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Age at death: 53  (read death notice) Chief executive of Mesirow Financial since 1994. Businessman, illness, you get the picture. Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead!

Tyson, Ian Born 25 September 1933  (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Canadian singer-songwriter. Bloody Dead Rep

Tyson, Mike Born 30 June 1966  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Brought up by his single mother in the toughest part of Brooklyn, was winning street fights by the age of 9, weighed 200lbs and could bench-press more than his own weight by the age of 14. Became the youngest undisputed WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight boxing champion ever at 20. Spent 3 years in prison for rape and famously bit Evander Holyfield's ear off. And yet, despite all this, he still speaks with a comically high-pitched, lisping voice. El Diablo Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt?

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