Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2017: Y

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YAGHMAEI, Kourosh Born 3 December 1946  (Shahrud, Semnan, Iran) Iranian rock musician whose career was undermined by the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Obscura Camera

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

YARWOOD, Mike Born 14 March 1941  (Stockport, Cheshire, England) British impressionist, famed for his impression of Harold Wilson, not been on TV in ages. The Dead Certs

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

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. BXBOY422 Oscar The Beast The Good, The Bad And Cliff Richard TOETAG4U

YEAMAN, Andrew Date and place of birth unknown Elderly child molestor, dubbed 'Granddad Theft Auto'. Born 1941. Diana Rots

YEMELEYEV, Igor Born 7 March 1981  (Yaroslavl, Russia) Russian professional ice hockey player. Death-o-mator

YIANNOPOULOS, Milo Born 18 October 1984  (Greece) Technology editor of alt-right website Breitbart news and SJW-baiter. Please Die 2017

YORK, Michael Born 27 March 1942  (Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England) Classy actor, star of 'Cabaret', 'Logan's Run' and the Austin Powers trilogy. Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them Colin's Corpses Eddie's Parade Of Darkness And Despair

YOUGUANG, Zhou  Born 13 January 1906  (Changzhou, Jiangsu, China) Died 14 January 2017  (Beijing, China) Age at death: 111  (read death notice) 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 Quixoz' Scrabble Junkies The Old Ones Are The Pests Szaboss!!

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, John Born 24 September 1930  (San Francisco, California, USA) American astronaut, the ninth to walk on the Moon's surface, in 1972. Deader Than A Dead Thing Decaying Orbit-uaries Lidders Late Lamentables

YOUNG, Malcolm  Born 6 January 1953  (Glasgow, Scotland) Died 18 November 2017  (Sydney, Australia) Age at death: 64  (read death notice) Scottish-born Australian guitarist for rockers AC/DC Amanita Virosa Body Snatcher's Body Count Clog Poppers  Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Checkin' Out Funeral Holmes Grendel's Graveyard Grim McGraw Zombie Dance Party Hardwood Surround Larry King Dead, Only On CNN Losing The Plot Rockers who Rolled to the Graveyard Song To The Siren Squid's Stiffs STAB in the DARK The Policies Of Benjamin Netanyahu We're All Gonna Die!

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. Down Under The Daisies Squid's Stiffs

YOUYOU, Tu Born 30 December 1930  (Ningbo, China) Nobel Prize-winning Chinese chemist and educator. Dirty 30

YXEMERRY, Ambroise Born 28 September 1917  (Paris, France) French-Polynesian journalist and author. Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten Valerie Harper Is Faking It

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