Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2020: P

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Paget, Debra Born 19 August 1933  (Denver, Colorado, USA) Hollywood actress who later became a born-again christian. (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT BXBOY422

Pahor, Boris Born 28 August 1913  (Trieste, Slovenia) One of Slovenia's most important authors. I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader NoSoup4U! (THEME) Surviving the Holocaust does not make immortal!

Paice, Ian Born 29 June 1948  (Nottingham, England) Deep Purple drummer and the only member of the band to appear on all of their albums. Had a mini stroke in 2016. Apricot Crumble

Paige, Janis Born 16 September 1922  (Tacoma, Washington, USA) Film and television actress. (THEME) You Had My Curiosity, Now You Have To Die For My Attention Jumptheshark v.11.0 (THEME) Lullabye-bye of Broadway Moribold Krakatoa's Playhour Naked Florida Gravediggers The Anfield Iron

Paine, Terry Born 23 March 1939  (Winchester, England) Former Southampton FC stalwart and member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup squad. BANGELS

Palau, Luis Born 27 November 1934  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Christian evangelist, often considered to be the anointed successor of Rev Billy Graham. Drunkasaskunk Mr C

Palin, Michael Born 5 May 1943  (Sheffield, Yorkshire, England) Member of Monty Python, now equally well known for his travel documentaries. (THEME) Monty Python's Dying Circus

Pallete, Pilar Born 3 September 1928  (Paita, Peru) Peruvian actress, third and final wife of constipated racist John Wayne. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Palmer, Carl Born 20 March 1950  (Birmingham, England) Drummer and sole survivor of the supergroup Emerson, Lake and (you guessed it) Palmer. (THEME) The Survivors

Palmer, Clive Born 26 March 1954  (Footscray, Victoria, Australia) Australian businessman with his own fringe political party. He once had plans to build a new Titanic. (THEME) Dick Smith's OzEDeath List

Palmer, Geoffrey  Born 4 June 1927  (London, England) Died 5 November 2020  (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Sour-faced comic actor, appeared in 'Butterflies' and 'As Time Goes By'. Also narrator of the series 'Grumpy Old Men'. Dr Shipman's waiting room Bucket O'Hare

Palmer, Toni Born 17 September 1932  (London, England) English character actress, known mainly for comedic roles in The Rag Trade, Russ Abbott's Saturday Madhouse, Only Fools And Horses, and Mog. 12 Lords a-leaving, 8 Ladies dying

Pan, Rebecca Born 29 December 1931  (Shanghai, China) Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer. (THEME) Dead Continent

Paniagua, Guido Munch Born 9 June 1921  (San Cristobal, Mexico) Mexican astronomer. Died in June but did not receive a qualfying obit, or any obit at all, really (THEME) Death Is Intellectual

Papas, Irene Born 3 September 1926  (Chiliomodi, Corinthia, Greece) Greek film actress. Naked Florida Gravediggers (THEME) Perfect 10

Parazaider, Walter Born 14 March 1945  (Maywood, Ilinois, USA) US musician, founding member of the band, Chicago. (THEME) Hits of 36 years ago and hits today

Pargeter, Lucy Born 1 March 1977  (Nottingham, UK) Soap actress, who appeared in both the 2000s Crossroads reboot and, more recently, Emmerdale. (THEME) Passing of the passed

Park, Simon Born 1 March 1946  (Market Harborough, England) Leader of the band who produced Eye Level, theme tune to Van der Valk and a UK number one hit. (THEME) Simply Simon

Parker, Eugene Born 10 June 1927  (Houghton, Michigan, USA) American solar astrophysicist, the first ever living person to have an operational spacecraft named after them. (THEME) Decaying Orbit-uaries

Parker, Kay Born 28 August 1944  (Birmingham, UK) Actress from the so-called "Golden Age of Porn", one of the few English jazz stars to cross over the Atlantic. (THEME) Scrubber Out

Parker, Kerri Born in   (exact date unknown) Former glamour model and Miss UK contestant, born c.1984. Apricot Crumble Dead Ends Deceased Hose Drunkasaskunk Bucket Of Blood People I Think Might Die in 2020 United (THEME) P@F #metoo Plan B from Outer Space So It's Come to This: A Pan Breed C-team The Beatles Are Dying in The Wrong Order  the gorge of eternal peril The Team With No Name

Parker, Posie Born in England  (exact date unknown) Militant feminist. (THEME) Trans Girls Hit Squad's Hit List

Parker Bowles, Andrew Born 27 December 1939  (Surrey, UK) The man who was cuckolded by Prince Charles - Camilla's first husband. He later married a direct descendant of the man who invented Pitman shorthand. Death Stinks

Parker-Bowles, Tom Born 18 December 1974  (London, England) Food critic and son of the people's replacement princess, Camilla. (THEME) Stairway Tom Heaven

Parkinson, Gary Born 10 January 1968  (Thornaby, Yorkshire, England) Ex-footballer. Former Middlesbrough FC and Burnley FC right back. Now youth team coach at Blackpool FC. Larry King Dead, Only On CNN (THEME) Sudden Death

Parkinson, Michael Born 28 March 1935  (Cudworth, South Yorkshire, England) Jovial Northern TV chat show host. (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME Don't Eat The Figs Down Under the Daisies (THEME) Give Us a Y (Chromosome) Lived So Let's Die (THEME) Taking The Michael The 6 feet under club The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury

Parkinson, Robin Born 25 October 1929  (Coventry, England) Actor who some might recognise for his appearances in oodles of sitcoms and that slightly stuttering delivery he used to do. (THEME) M6 Toll(ed) (THEME) The Retched pong of Brit sit-com Time's-Up Team

Parks Jr., Jim Born 21 October 1931  (Haywards Heath, England) Former Sussex & England Cricketer. Time's-Up Team

Parsons, Estelle Born 20 November 1927  (Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA) American actress who won an Oscar in 1967 for playing Blanche in 'Bonnie & Clyde'. Also known for playing Roseanne's bisexual mother in the sitcom 'Roseanne'. 2021? – No thank you! I’ll leave before (THEME) Awarded Oscarites

Parsons, Nicholas  Born 10 October 1923  (Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) Died 28 January 2020  () Age at death: 96  (read death notice) Presenter of numerous TV & radio programmes over the past 40 years or so. (THEME) All about the Men BALDY FOREVER (THEME) Comedy Cremations Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Dead And Dusted 1 Deadpool Surprise Dr Shipman's waiting room Fireball Grey Gardens Heaven or Hell? Knocking on Heavens Door Lard Bazaar (THEME) The British (D)i(e)sles The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2020 (THEME) Well Done if you got these at home You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! Yvonne's Gone Too

Pärt, Arvo Born 11 September 1935  (Paide, Järva County, Estonia) Estonian classical music composer. People who could die 2020

Parton, Dolly Born 19 January 1946  (Sevierville, Tennessee, USA) Country music singer whose name was used for the first cloned sheep because its genetic material was taken from a mammary gland. Mr & Mrs Drummerboy

Pascual, Camilo Born 20 January 1934  (Havana, Cuba) Baseball player for played for the Washington Senators and other teams. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Passmore, George Born 8 January 1942  (Plymouth, Devon, England) Artist, one half along with Gilbert Proesch of the duo known as Gilbert and George. (THEME) All Death Is Consolation

Patera, Ken Born 6 November 1942  (Portland, Oregon, USA) Former wrestler who straddled both the Sammartino and Hogan eras of the WWF. A major draw in the late 1970s. (THEME) Grappling with Mortality

Paterson, Bill Born 3 June 1945  (Glasgow, UK) Scottish character actor. (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE

Paterson, Katherine Born 31 October 1932  (Huai'an, China) Children's author whose best known work, Bridge to Terabithia, won the Newbery Medal and has been adapted into a film. (THEME) And They All Died Happily Ever After

Patrick, Butch Born 2 August 1953  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Former child actor, known for playing Eddie Munster in 1960s sitcom 'The Munsters'. (THEME) Sid And Marty Coffin

Patterson, Alvin "Seeco" Born 30 December 1930  (Kingston, Jamaica) Percussionist for The Wailers and one of Bob Marley's closest friends. (THEME) Hits of 36 years ago and hits today People who could die 2020

Patterson, Pat  Born 19 January 1941  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Died 2 December 2020  (Miami, Florida, USA) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) WWE wrestler. Apricot Crumble  (THEME) Grappling with Mortality (THEME) Gris Gris

Patterson, Paul Born 15 June 1947  (London, UK) British composer. (THEME) ALLITERATIVELY ALIVE NO MORE

Pattinson, Robert Born 13 May 1986  (London, England) Actor, Cedric Diggory in the 'Harry Potter' films. Now wowing the ladies as Edward Cullen in the 'Twilight' series of vampire films. (THEME) Who Goes Before The 5-0 Arrives?

Pattison, Vicky Born 16 November 1987  (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom) Irritating geordie reality star and Z-list celebrity (THEME) God, you're annoying

Patton, Virginia Born 25 June 1925  (Portland, Oregon, USA) Long-retired actress, most famously as Ruth in "It's A Wonderful Life". (THEME) The Bedsoring '20s (THEME) Women's Deaths Matter Too

Patty, Budge Born 11 February 1924  (Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA) Former tennis world number one, who won both the French Open and Wimbledon in 1950. Yvonne's Gone Too

Paul, Jake Born 17 January 1997  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) YouTube star who also appeared on the Disney Channel. (THEME) Judge, Jury, and Jimmycutioner

Pausewang, Gudrun Born 3 March 1928  (Mladkov, Czech Republic) One of Germany's leading young adult fiction writers, often using the Cold War as a backdrop. Died in January, but without qualifying obit (THEME) Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich!

Pavan, Marisa Born 19 June 1932  (Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) Italian born actress. Won a Golden Globe for her performance in 'The Rose Tattoo'. The One's That Won't Go Away

Pavelich, Marty Born 6 November 1927  (Salte Ste Marie, Canada) Hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings. (THEME) MADE IN DETROIT

Payne, Freda Born 19 September 1942  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Singer best known for her 1970 hit single "Band of Gold". (THEME) 20 to 1: Music for the soul

Payne, Keith Born 30 August 1933  (Ingham, Queensland, Australia) VC holder, who won it during the Vietnam war. Also fought in Korea and Dhofar. (THEME) Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party

Payne, Sara Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England  (exact date unknown) Mother of the murdered Sarah Payne and campaigner for the right for people to know where convicted paedophiles live. Born 1969. The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury

Peacock, David Born 24 May 1945  (Ponders End, Middlesex, England) Dave of the snooker-loving, Tottenham Hotspur supporting, Cockney musical duo, Chas n' Dave (THEME) Gone Solo Headstone Hunters

Peacock, Trevor Born 19 May 1931  (London, England) Actor best known as the absent-minded Jim Trott in 'The Vicar of Dibley'. Sons Daniel and Harry are also actors. Dr Shipman's waiting room Madonna's Hand Of Bod Moribold Krakatoa's Playhour NoSoup4U! Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix (THEME) Slippery Soap UTC

Pearce, Edgar Born in Leyton, UK  (exact date unknown) British criminal, the man behind the oh-so-90s "Mardi Gra" bombing campaign at various supermarkets. Blueberry Crumble

Peebles, Jim Born 25 April 1935  (Winnipeg, Canada) Astrophysicist and astronomer. (THEME) Death Is Intellectual

Peirson, Johnny Born 21 July 1925  (Winnipeg, Canada) Former Boston Bruins player in the NHL, switched to commentary after retirement. (THEME) Judge, Jury, and Jimmycutioner

Pei-Tsun, Hau Born 13 July 1919  (Yancheng, Kiangsu, China) Former taiwanese politician who served in various positions, including prime minister 1990-1993. Died in April without receiving a qualifying obit. (THEME) Hell to the Chief (THEME) Lead, Follow and Die This Year

Pelé, (footballer) Born 23 October 1940  (Tres Coracoes, Brazil) Legendary Brazilian footballer - many say the greatest player ever. (THEME) 2020 Exit Draft BALDY FOREVER From Here to Eternity (THEME) KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Oscar The Beast Poppin’ Clogs (THEME) Trebek’s Final Jeopardy Season? YOUREOUT

Pelosi, Nancy Born 26 March 1940  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007-2011. (THEME) Kennedy Driving School

Pember, Ron Born 11 April 1934  (London, England) Prolific character actor who retired after having a stroke in 1992. Grobler's Stiff Ones

Pence, Mike Born 7 June 1959  (Columbus, Indiana, USA) Vice President of the United States, under President Donald Trump. (THEME) The Right To Die

Penderecki, Krzysztof  Born 23 November 1933  (Debica, Poland) Died 29 March 2020  (Krakow, Poland) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Arguably Poland's most famous living composer, most famous works include 'Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'. Bucket Of Blood

Pendergast, Chris  Born in   (exact date unknown) Died 14 October 2020  (New York State, USA) Age at death: 71  (read death notice) Founder of the charity Ride for Life, which raises money and awareness for ALS. Finbarr Returns from the Dead

Penn, June Born in Brighton, East Sussex, England  (exact date unknown) Astrologer in TV & radio. Born around 1928. DROP DEAD CELEBRATION

Pennington, Michael Born 7 June 1943  (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) Respected stage actor, writer and director who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company. Rather better known to the hoi polloi as Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod in 'Return Of The Jedi'. (THEME) All these moments will be lost

Penny, Louise Born 1 July 1958  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Canadian author of mystery fiction, most notably the novels featuring Chief Inpector Armand Gamache. (THEME) in eternum+'s wrinkly dicks

Penrose, Roger Born 8 August 1931  (Colchester, Essex, England) Mathematician. (THEME) Decaying Orbit-uaries

Penrose, Tricia Born 9 April 1970  (Kirkby, UK) Actress who played Gina Ward in "Heartbeat" between 1993 and 2010. (THEME) Well Done if you got these at home

Penske, Roger Born 20 February 1937  (Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA) Owner of US motorsports team Team Penske. (THEME) MADE IN DETROIT

Pepin, Jacques Born 18 December 1935  (Bourg-en-Bresse, France) French chef who has had a lengthy career on American TV. A close friend of Julia Child during her later years. Fireball

Perel, Solomon Born 21 April 1925  (Peine, Germany) Jewish author and motivational speaker who, as a child, escaped the Holocaust by pretending to be an Aryan German. The 1990 movie 'Europa Europa' was based on this. Alternative Observations

Perelman, Grigori Born 13 June 1966  (St Petersburg, Russia) Russian mathematician. (THEME) If He's So Smart, How Come He's Dead?

Pérez De Cuéllar, Javier  Born 19 January 1920  (Lima, Peru) Died 4 March 2020  (Lima, Peru) Age at death: 100  (read death notice) Former secretary-general of the UN, 1982-91. (THEME) Baby Kissers Taking a Big Sleep (THEME) Complications from a fall Deathlist.net Feng Shui Pig (THEME) GOLDEN OLDIES! (THEME) Hell to the Chief (THEME) Judge, Jury, and Jimmycutioner Knocking on Heavens Door (THEME) Lead, Follow and Die This Year Mercarte (THEME) Old As Dirt (THEME) Old People Party of 20 Peanut Farmer & The Gang Pearly Gates (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife  Simply Dead Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information The Crowdsourced Deathlist The End of the World As We Know It The Grateful Dead (THEME) The Politicorpses Vicky's heres hoping Waiting for the Hearse

Peron, Isabel Born 4 February 1931  (La Rioja, Argentina) Third wife of Juan, former President of Argentina & Isabel herself was President between 1974 & 1976. (THEME) American As Apple Pie (THEME) Baby Kissers Taking a Big Sleep Dead Is Dead Riding the Jesus Train The End of the World As We Know It

Perrine, Valerie Born 3 September 1943  (Houston, Texas, USA) Actress, particularly successful in the 1970s. Let Us Embalm You Not At All Well (THEME) She's A Goner

Perry, Katy Born 25 October 1984  (Santa Barbara, California, USA) Successful recording artist who was briefly married to comedian Russell Brand. (THEME) They Just Keep Dye-ing!

Perry, Lee "Scratch" Born 20 March 1936  (St Mary's, Jamaica, West Indies) Barely sane but hugely influential reggae man. People who could die 2020

Perry, Matthew Born 19 August 1969  (Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA) Actor, best known as Chandler from 'Friends'. Heads in a Bag You're Dead Now, so Shut Up! Kardashians Gone Wild (THEME) Laughter Kills  Noz4News The Honey Trap Say Hi To Uncle George

Perry, William "The Refrigerator" Born 16 December 1962  (Aiken, South Carolina, USA) Hulking defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears American football team that won the Super Bowl in 1986. Captain Hemlock's Twenty The Deadest Of The Dead

Persoff, Nehemiah Born 2 August 1919  (Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate (now Israel)) Palestine-born American character actor. (THEME) Dial D for Deadpool (THEME) Guest 50+ Zombie Dance Party (THEME) Old As Dirt (THEME) Syndication Zombies Psycho Muppet

Petchey, Jack Born 19 July 1925  (London, England) Businessman and philanthropist, married a woman 24 years his junior in February 2016. Dead And Dusted 1

Peters, Mike Born 25 February 1959  (Prestatyn, Wales) Lead singer of The Alarm. (THEME) Hits of 36 years ago and hits today (THEME) POPPED THEIR CLOGS (THEME) Taking The Michael

Peterson, Jordan Born 12 June 1962  (Edmonton, Canada) Canadian psychologist and prominent public intellectual for his anti-political correctness campaign Get Busy Dyin (THEME) Trans Girls Hit Squad's Hit List

Peyton, K. M. Born 2 August 1929  (Birmingham, England) Winner of the 1969 Carnegie medal for her children's book 'Flambards' which was made into a TV series in 1979. Made an MBE in 2014. (THEME) And They All Died Happily Ever After

Phelan, Vicky Born in Waterford, Ireland  (exact date unknown) Cancer awareness campaigner, born 1974. Deceased Hose eejit Finbarr Returns from the Dead  Sovereign-Reaper (THEME) The Sick-bed of Cuchulainn The Team With No Name

Philbin, Regis  Born 25 August 1931  (New York City, New York, USA) Died 24 July 2020  (New York, New York, USA) Age at death: 88  (read death notice) Talk show host, game show host & presenter - on a host of shows since the 1960s & one of America's most famous & most popular TV personalities. Breathless In Seattle BXBOY422 Noah Reason and the Youth in Asia Not At All Well Swimming in the Death Pool (THEME) Yvan Eht Nioj

Philip, Prince Born 10 June 1921  (Villa Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece) Gaffe-prone "Phil the Greek" also has Danish and German blood. It's Grim Up North 2021? – No thank you! I’ll leave before 20 4 2020 Brown Breads (THEME) All about the Men Amanita virosa Amazonian Warrior And they all died ARSE-IN-HOLE BALDY FOREVER Banana's Bruises BANGELS Beyond a Little Peaky Black Penguins of Doom BLIMEY! Worm Fodder  Breathless In Seattle BXBOY422  (THEME) By Royal Ascent  Aye, they're off the fags alright Charon's Crew Chelski Pensioners C. A. Daver  Coffin Fit  Find Me A Hole To Bury My Stiff Compost Corner Corpse, Like The Marines, Except Spelt Differently Crofty's Coffin Crew Crypts Suzette DAI YAB'STARDS Darling Did You Forget To Take A Breath? (THEME) DDP Tofoa Former Picks in the Elderly Nursing Home Deader than a dead thing Dead Last? Dead Right! DEAD LOSS Deadpool Surprise DEAD SPOTTERS  Death Stinks  Dead Cats Won't Play Fetch Death Can Be Funny Deathlist.net  Deathly Steeds Departures Board Die Laughing Dinner Reservation for 20 Don't Eat The Figs  Down Under the Daisies DROP DEAD CELEBRATION Eddie's Parade Of Darkness and Despair eejit Eternity Tours Every Death You Take  Exu's Exiteers Falling Off The Perch Faster Than A Dead Horse Fat kids always win at seesaw Feng Shui Pig Francis of Arse-Easy 2020 Funeral Holmes (THEME) Give Us a Y (Chromosome) Going Green (THEME) GOLDEN OLDIES!  Grave Danger Grief Encounter Grobler's Stiff Ones GuardiDeadArmy Haben die Spaten Hangman's XX You're Dead Now, so Shut Up! Heaven or Hell? His and Hearse (THEME) House Of Soon To Be With The Lord Hydrangea I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader  I close my eyes, draw back the curtains I Couldn't Eat Another Bite  I'll sleep when you're dead I Told You I Was Ill Jellydead Bruce Forsyth's Rug Sale at Carpet Rite Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam Joe pesci's team JoeRam Jumptheshark v.11.0 Just fade Away (THEME) Kennedy Driving School Knocking on Heavens Door They're Loving Angels Instead Lard Bazaar Larry King Dead, Only On CNN Lastorders  (THEME) Lead, Follow and Die This Year Let Us Embalm You Lidders Late Lamentables Lived So Let's Die Living in a Box LL's Pool Lord Football's Usual List of Ill People Madonna's Hand Of Bod Manuel's Stiffs Mercarte Moldy Oldies Mortem Omnibus Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Mr Whit's Wonders Naked Florida Gravediggers Neither There Nor Thereabouts Next Year Greta Noah Reason and the Youth in Asia NoSoup4U! No Weddings And Twenty Funerals  (THEME) Old People Party of 20 Oliver's Army (of the Dead) Only Fools and Corpses  Oscar The Beast  Owt To Stop Me Coffin? Partridge As Reaper Peanut Farmer & The Gang Pedro's Catacomb Ensemble People who could die 2020 Permanent kip Pool Ghoul Powder Picks em off Prophet's Prophecy Puzlman's Puzzling Picks Quebec's Predictions Read 'em and Reap Soylent Green Is You (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife (THEME) SAD LAST DAYS Sad News FC Satan's Hootenanny Mike Oxard's Showbiz 20 Seasideessexxile SHORTER OF BREATH, ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH Sicilian Actuaries Snorkeling Spookygal Stairway To Heaven Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stiffer Steaks Stone Dead Cert Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Team Cat AIDS The B-Team The Buckley Mystic The 6 feet under club (THEME) The Bedsoring '20s  (THEME) The British (D)i(e)sles The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers The Choir Invisibule The Conqueror Worm The Crowdsourced Deathlist The Death Stars The End of the World As We Know It the gorge of eternal peril The Grateful Dead McCririck's Last Hurdle  The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury The National Union of Coffin Polishers the old lady Psycho Muppet There's A Shiva In The Park The Rotting Corpses of the Undead The Spanners The Walking Dead TINY and ELLIE's PICK of the DROPS Today's the day the maggots have their picnic  (THEME) Trebek’s Final Jeopardy Season? Two Coins & A Punt Valar Morghulis Vicky's heres hoping Waiting for the Hearse  Who Turned Out The Lights?  Windsor the Troll Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead! Wot The Deuce You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!  You Must Be Croaking!  Yvonne and Gone

Phillips, Leighton Born 25 September 1949  (Neath, UK) Earned 58 caps for Wales during the 1970s and also won the 1977 League Cup with Aston Villa. (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

Phillips, Leslie Born 20 April 1924  (Tottenham, London, England) Comic actor who inherited the 'Doctor in...' role from Dirk Bogarde and appeared in a number of the 'Carry on...' films. Apparently he also plays the voice of "The Sorting Hat" in the 'Harry Potter' movies, whatever that means. BANGELS Beyond a Little Peaky Worm Fodder Charon's Crew Chelski Pensioners C. A. Daver (THEME) Comedy Cremations Deader than a dead thing Deadies 7 DEAD SPOTTERS Don't Eat The Figs Exu's Exiteers The Forest Lawn Jockeys Francis of Arse-Easy 2020 Going Green Grief Encounter Guild of Master Reapers Researched to death Heaven or Hell? Jajem  Bruce Forsyth's Rug Sale at Carpet Rite Knocking on Heavens Door They're Loving Angels Instead Madonna's Hand Of Bod Manuel's Stiffs Moribold Krakatoa's Playhour Old People Smell Of Piss Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix Poppin’ Clogs  (THEME) See You In Heaven Simply Dead SOYLENT DREAMS Stiffer Steaks Team Cat AIDS Terror of the Vervoorts (THEME) The British (D)i(e)sles The Grateful Dead The Rotting Corpses of the Undead Two Coins & A Punt You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! Yvonne's Gone Too

Phillips, Michelle Born 4 June 1944  (Long Beach, California, USA) Musician and actress, co-founder of the popular hippie combo, The Mamas and The Papas. (THEME) The Survivors

Phillips, Phil Born 14 March 1926  (Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA) American singer and songwriter best known for his 1959 hit 'Sea of Love'. Died in March but dod not receive a qualifying obit. (THEME) Gris Gris

Phillips, Siân Born 14 May 1933  (Betws, Carmathenshire, Wales) Veteran British actress of stage, screen & TV. (THEME) They is nothing like a dame (and the Women who gives them it) (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE

Philpott, Mick Born in   (exact date unknown) Notorious multi-fathering benefit scrounger, jailed in 2013 for the manslaughter of half his brood when a plot to discredit his mistress ended in tragedy. Born 1956. (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

Pickles, Vivian Born 21 October 1931  (London, UK) English actress who memorably played Harold's mother in "Harold and Maude". Alternative Observations

Pickup, Ronald Born 7 June 1940  (Chester, England) No matter how many shows he pops up in on TV, he'll always be the voice of Aslan from the 1980s Narnia adaptations. (THEME) ...and Its Goodnight From Him

Piggott, Lester Born 5 November 1935  (Wantage, Berkshire, England) Unusually tall (5'8") jockey, nine times winner of the Epsom Derby, who was often lampooned for his odd speech impediment, and did time for tax evasion. Dead And Dusted Death Can Be Funny Gooseberry Crumble It's A Grim World (After All) Oscar The Beast Say hello to the angels

Pile, Chris Born 4 April 1967  (Huyton, UK) Former Liverpool reserve goalie, was on the bench when the Heysel Tragedy took place. (THEME) Welcome to heysHELL

Pileggi, Mitch Born 5 April 1952  (Portland, Oregon, USA) Actor, best known as Skinner in 'The X-Files'. William Hague's Special Friend

Pill, Malcolm Born 11 March 1938  () Former Lord Justice of Appeal. (THEME) The Politicorpses

Pinal, Silvia Born 12 September 1931  (Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico) Mexican film actress. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Pinheiro, Heloisa Born 7 July 1945  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Brazilian Playboy model and the inspiration for 'The Girl from Ipanema'. The One's That Won't Go Away

Pink Born 8 September 1979  (Doylestown, Pennslyvania, USA) Get the party started, she's on the DDP, everybody's waiting for her to arrive... (THEME) They Just Keep Dye-ing!

Pinsent, Gordon Born 12 July 1930  (Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) Canadian actor. (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts

Pistorius, Oscar Born 22 November 1986  (Sandton, South Africa) Multiple paralympic champion and icon. Accused of murdering his girlfriend who was shot dead at his home on Valentine's Day 2013. (THEME) 2020 Exit Draft (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

Pitman, Bill Born 12 February 1920  (Belleville, New Jersey, USA) One of the all-time great session musicians, responsible for everything from the ukulele on "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" to Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night". Pedro's Catacomb Ensemble

Player, Gary Born 1 November 1935  (Johannesburg, South Africa) South African golfer, regarded as one of the best ever (THEME) In the Hole! Unusual Suspects

Plaza, Martin Born 1 January 1956  (Sydney, Australia) Frontman of Australian new wave act Mental As Anything. Just fade Away (THEME) Nicked but not Dead

Plessis, Carel du Born 24 June 1960  (Somerset East, South Africa) Former rugby player. A Pelican In The Wilderness Plan B from Outer Space The B-Team

Plowright, Joan Born 28 October 1929  (Brigg, Lincolnshire, England) Highly regarded actress, widow of Lawrence Olivier. Blueberry Crumble (THEME) Decomposing Blubber  (THEME) Jane's Antique Wrinklies (THEME) Lullabye-bye of Broadway Mike Oxard's Showbiz 20 (THEME) The British (D)i(e)sles (THEME) They is nothing like a dame (and the Women who gives them it)

Plummer, Christopher Born 13 December 1929  (Toronto, Canada) Canadian film, stage & TV actor, still, despite some recent high-profile performances in 'Syriana' and 'The Insider', perhaps best known for his role in 'The Sound of Music'. Won Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2012 at the age of 82. (THEME) Awarded Oscarites DEAD SPOTTERS Down Under the Daisies Krypton-Kid Say hello to the angels Spookygal

Poitier, Sidney Born 20 February 1927  (Miami, Florida, USA) Black actor who grew up in the Bahamas as the son of a "dirt farmer", according to IMDb, though what one of those is, is anyone's guess. Anyway, he emigrated to the US and went on to become a leading movie star of the 1950s and '60s, taking lead roles in Abracadaver (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT (THEME) Awarded Oscarites BALDY FOREVER Circling the Drain Dead And Dusted 1 Death Nebula 3000 Grim McGraw From Here to Eternity Heaven or Hell? (THEME) You Had My Curiosity, Now You Have To Die For My Attention LL's Pool Mr Whit's Wonders Pool Ghoul Poppin’ Clogs Quebec's Predictions Soylent Green Is You Spookygal (THEME) Trebek’s Final Jeopardy Season? Who Turned Out The Lights? You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Polanski, Roman Born 18 August 1933  (Paris, France) Movie director, with a rather torrid personal life, which has included underage sexual intercourse (which means he is still banned from the US), surviving the Holocaust & finding out his wife, Sharon Tate had been brutally murdered by the Manson Family. (THEME) Give Us a Y (Chromosome) No Weddings And Twenty Funerals Pearly Gates SOYLENT DREAMS

Polanyi, John Born 23 January 1929  (Berlin, Germany) Recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in chemical kinetics. (THEME) YES, I got the Nobel – but NO, I do not care for the climate

Polgar, Judit Born 23 July 1976  (Budapest, Hungary) the first woman to achieve absolute world-class strength in the game of chess (THEME) If He's So Smart, How Come He's Dead?

Pollard, Su Born 7 November 1949  (Nottingham, England) TV actress, best remembered as ambitious chalet cleaner Peggy Ollerenshaw in the 1980s sitcom 'Hi-de-Hi!'. (THEME) God, you're annoying

Poniatowska, Elena Born 19 May 1932  (Paris, France) French-Mexican journalist and writer, regarded as one of Mexico's most important intellectuals. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Pop, Iggy Born 21 April 1947  (Muskegon, Michigan, USA) Former front man of The Stooges and online insurance salesman, but also successful as a solo artist. Born James Jewell Osterberg, Jr., he got his nickname from another of his old bands, The Iguanas. Celebrated for being a pioneer of stage-diving and cro (THEME) Great gig in the sky Mortem Omnibus

Popoff, Peter Born 2 July 1946  (Berlin, Germany) German American faith healer and televangelist who was exposed as a fraud by James Randi. Ain't It Grand To Be Bloomin' Well Dead

P-Orridge, Genesis  Born 22 February 1950  (Manchester, UK) Died 14 March 2020  () Age at death: 70  (read death notice) Nutjob third gender performance artist and former frontman of industrial rockers Throbbing Gristle. Left the UK in the early 90s after Channel 4 accused them of being a nonce. 2021? – No thank you! I’ll leave before Amanita virosa Are You Still Dying, Darling? Banana's Peel Slippers Bleaching the Bottom of the Barrel Cancerous Hatred Cancerous Hatred B Carkers Convention 2020 Charon's Crew The Love Boat  Compost Corner Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet Day in the Death DDP Tofoa Dead Ends Dead Wait Deceased Hose Droller coaster DROP DEAD CELEBRATION Ethnic Cleansing EtushIsPushingUpDaisies Fade To Black Finbarr Returns from the Dead David Quantick's Showbiz Pals Bucket Of Blood GUN Fishing His and Hearse I'm Sorry For Your Trouble I'll sleep when you're dead I Will Not Die, It's The World That Will End! John Key's List Life Flies By So Fast Madonna's Hand Of Bod Manuel's Stiffs The Misers Once You Go Black Pan Breed P@F deathlist (THEME) P@F #metoo A Trophy For Atrophy Shaun of the Dead 69 Southerners Stiffs Heading Nowhere The Beatles Are Dying in The Wrong Order The Crowdsourced Deathlist Still Life The End of the World As We Know It Sovereign-Reaper The Skinny Kiltrunner The Team With No Name This Mortal Coil Thomas Jefferson Survives Today's the day the maggots have their picnic To Kill A Gabor Sister  Tom's Chainsaw Massacre Worm farmer You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them!

Porter, Shirley Born 29 November 1930  (London, England) Leader of Westminster council in the 1980s before being exposed for "gerrymandering" votes in by shifting Labour voters out of marginal wards hrough various property-based schemes. (THEME) The Politicorpses

Portuondo, Omara Born 29 October 1930  (Havana, Cuba) Bolero singer, a long-time star in Cuba and involved with the Buena Vista Social Club since 1996. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Pountney, Dave Born 12 October 1939  (Baschurch, UK) Former Aston Villa, Chester and Shrewsbury wing-half. (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

Powell, Colin Born 5 April 1937  (New York, New York, USA) US Army general who worked under Bush I during Gulf War I, and later became Secretary of State under Bush II, taking the country into Gulf War II. Underwent surgery f (THEME) Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party Shame Thatcher Can't Die Twice - Est. 1937

Powell, Jane Born 1 April 1929  (Portland, Oregon, USA) Five times married and still active actress, singer and dancer. Gooseberry Crumble (THEME) You Had My Curiosity, Now You Have To Die For My Attention

Powers, Stephanie Born 2 November 1942  (Hollywood, California, USA) Movie and theatre actress who achieved lasting fame on TV as the female 50% of "Hart to Hart". (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT

Prescott, John Born 31 May 1938  (Prestatyn, Wales) Gaffe-prone, yokel-punching, croquet-playing, cocktail stick-waggling, senior Labour politician, deputy Prime Minister from 1997-2007. (THEME) Aardvark's Bupa Listing Bruce Forsyth's Rug Sale at Carpet Rite Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam (THEME) No more expenses the gorge of eternal peril

Presle, Micheline Born 22 August 1922  (Paris, France) French film actress. (THEME) Vive la France... et la mort

Presley, Priscilla Born 24 May 1945  (New York City, New York, USA) Former wife of Elvis Presley, turned Graceland into a tourist destination. Oh and she's a Scientologist.. Hydrangea

Press, Tamara Born 10 May 1937  (Kharkiv, Ukraine) Olympic shot put champion for the Soviet Union in 1960 & 1964. Long rumoured to have been a man although this has never been proven. (THEME) Sports Yay Sports

Pressler, Menahem Born 16 December 1923  (Magdeburg, Germany) German-born Israeli-American pianist and a founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio. Dead And Dusted 2

Price, Alan Born 19 April 1942  (Fatfield, England) Original keyboardist for The Animals, as well as the composer of the 'Andy Capp' TV series' theme tune. (THEME) Boom, Boom, Out go the lights

Price, Amy Born in   (exact date unknown) Mother of tit model Katie. Deadies 7 Dead Wait Death Can Be Funny Finbarr Returns from the Dead Funeral Holmes Girlfriend in a Coma GOING UNDERGROUND Grief Encounter Neither There Nor Thereabouts People I Think Might Die in 2020 United (THEME) P@F #metoo The Choir Invisibule  The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard

Price, Katie "Jordan" Born 22 May 1978  (Newport, Wales) Surgically-enhanced "glamour" model and general waste of space Z-list "celebrity". Recently split from Peter Andre, as if we care. Die Laughing (THEME) God, you're annoying

Price, Leontyne Born 10 February 1927  (Laurel, Mississippi, USA) Soprano opera singer. First African-American to become a prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Circling the Drain

Price, Lloyd Born 9 March 1933  (Kenner, Louisiana, USA) Early rock 'n' roll musician. Hits include 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy'. Leftovers

Pride, Charley  Born 18 March 1938  (Sledge, Mississippi, USA) Died 12 December 2020  (Dallas, Texas, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Successful country music singer, a former baseball player. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin'

Priest, Pat Born 15 August 1936  (Bountiful, Utah, USA) Marilyn Munster in 'The Munsters'. LORD GRAVEDIGGER

Priest, Steve  Born 23 February 1948  (Hayes, Middlesex, England) Died 4 June 2020  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 72  (read death notice) Bass player for glam rock band The Sweet. (THEME) Death to all but metal and dame Vera Lynn

Prokop, Matthew Born 29 July 1990  (Victoria, Texas, USA) Disney movie actor, most notably in 'High School Musical 3'. Career is on seemingly permanent hiatus after he was discovered to be a big fan of punching girlfriends in the face. Kardashians Gone Wild

Prowse, David  Born 1 July 1935  (Bristol, England) Died 28 November 2020  (London, England, United Kingdom) Age at death: 85  (read death notice) Former weightlifting champion who played the body of Darth Vader in the first three (or last three, depending how you look at it) 'Star Wars' films. Famously annoyed to discover that George Lucas had got Apricot Crumble BANGELS Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill Lard Bazaar Quebec's Predictions Simply Dead Team Cat AIDS McCririck's Last Hurdle the old lady You Might Be A King Or A Little Street Sweeper

Pryce, Jonathan Born 1 June 1947  (Holywell, Flintshire, Wales) Highly rated actor probably still best recognised as the hapless Sam Lowry in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult classic 'Brazil'. (THEME) No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!!

Pullman, Philip Born 19 October 1946  (Norwich, Norfolk, England) Author, notable for the His Dark Materials Trilogy. (THEME) And They All Died Happily Ever After Stone Dead Cert (THEME) Super Squirrels

Pulver, Liselotte Born 11 October 1929  (Bern, Switzerland) Swiss actress who made her mark in German cinema in the 1960s. (THEME) Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich!

Purves, Peter Born 10 February 1939  (New Longton, United States) English television presenter and Doctor Who stalwart Amazonian Warrior

Pusztai-Belane, Eva Born 22 October 1925  (Debrecen, Hungary) Holocaust survivor who teaches on her experiences. (THEME) Surviving the Holocaust does not make immortal!

Pynchon, Thomas Born 8 May 1937  (Glen Cove, New York, USA) Extremely reclusive author. In fact, the only times his voice has ever been broadcast is via three episodes of 'The Simpsons'. Moldy Oldies

Pyne, Natasha Born 9 July 1946  (Crawley, UK) Character actress, perhaps best known as one of the daughters in Patrick Cargill vehicle "Father, Dear Father". Trojan Hearse

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