Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2011: Y

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Yamada, Isuzu (Died in 2012)

Born 5 February 1917 (Osaka, Japan)

Veteran Japanese actress.

You're Not Acting Like Yourself Today -- Are You Dead?

Yarwood, Mike

Born 14 March 1941 (Stockport, Cheshire, England)

British impressionist, famed for his impression of Harold Wilson, not been on TV in ages.

PRFT

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.

Yeltsina, Naina

Born 14 March 1932 (Orenburg Region, Soviet Union (now Russia))

Widow of former Russian Federation president Boris.

First Lady's First

Yeping, Wang

Born in Yangzhou, China (exact date unknown)

First Lady of China from 1993-2003. Born 1928.

First Lady's First

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny

Born 18 July 1933 (Zima, Irkutsk, Russia)

Russian poet.

All Death Is Consolation

Yew, Lee Kuan

Born 16 September 1923 (Singapore)

Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959-90.

Yong-Eun, Yang

Born 15 January 1972 (Jeju-do, South Korea)

South Korean professional golfer. Won the U.S. PGA championship in 2009.

Seoul Takers

Yonggi Cho, David

Born 14 February 1936 (Ulju-gun, Korea)

Korean christian minister, founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, which reputedly has the largest congregation in the World.

Seoul Takers

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

Young, Alan

Born 19 November 1919 (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England)

Actor best known as the voice of Scrooge McDuck.

Garf Wants You To Die

Young, Donna

Date and place of birth unknown

Yes, you've guessed it, yet another terminally ill mother. Died in January 2011 but no obit...

Very Ill Turned Very Dead

Young, Dorothy Dorothy Young is no longer with us

Born 3 May 1907  (Otisville, New York, USA)

Died 20 March 2011  (Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA)

Age at death: 103  (read death notice)

Entertainer who was an assistant to the late magician Harry Houdini.

Young, Jimmy

Born 21 September 1923 (Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England)

Having been presenter of BBC Radio 2's lunchtime show for thirty years, he was acrimoniously sacked towards the end of 2002. Real name Leslie Ronald Young, he usually appears in the same sentence as the word "veteran", and was reportedly Margaret Thatcher's favourite broadcaster. Which probably makes him a marked man.

Young, Mae

Born 12 March 1923 (Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA)

Wrestler, a veteran female performer who still makes WWE appearances.

World Wrestling Deadaration

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.