Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2020: V

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Gyseghem, Joanna Van Born 4 September 1941  (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) TV actress best known for her role as Linda Cochran in the 1980s sitcom 'Duty Free'. Fucked n' Dumped

Vachon, Paul Born 7 October 1937  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Pro-wrestler and member of the famous Vachon wrestling family. (THEME) MADE IN DETROIT

Valente, Caterina Born 14 January 1931  (Paris, France) Italian singer and guitar player. (THEME) Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich! TOETAG4U

Valli, Frankie Born 3 May 1934  (Newark, New Jersy, USA) Singer with the Four Seasons, famous for his falsetto voice on hits such as 'Walk Like a Man' and 'December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)'. (THEME) Great gig in the sky Jajem

Van Bergen, Ingrid Born 15 June 1931  (Danzig, Germany) German actress, shot her boyfriend dead in 1977 and, 32 years later, won her country's version of "I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here". (THEME) Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich!

Van Day, David Born 28 November 1956  (Brighton, East Sussex, England) Singer with 80s pop duo Dollar. Now hawks himself to any reality TV show that can be bothered to put up with him. (THEME) 1982 was the best year for pop

Van Dyke, Dick Born 13 December 1925  (West Plains, Missouri, USA) Actor and TV presenter who is best known in America for 'The Dick Van Dyke Show', and on this side of the pond for his butt-clenchingly awful attempt at a Cockney accent in 'Mary Poppins'. Abracadaver (THEME) All Part Of The Show... Right? Black Penguins of Doom Bladerunner BLIMEY! BXBOY422 Find Me A Hole To Bury My Stiff (THEME) Comedy Cremations Gotham Knight (THEME) DDP Tofoa Former Picks in the Elderly Nursing Home Deadies 7  Dead Last? Dead Right! DEAD SPOTTERS Death Stinks Deathlist.net Every Death You Take Falling Off The Perch (THEME) Great gig in the sky I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader I close my eyes, draw back the curtains (THEME) You Had My Curiosity, Now You Have To Die For My Attention (THEME) in eternum+'s wrinkly dicks Bruce Forsyth's Rug Sale at Carpet Rite Jumptheshark v.11.0 Living in a Box Naked Florida Gravediggers No Weddings And Twenty Funerals Old People Smell Of Piss Permanent kip Powder Picks em off Riding the Jesus Train Say Hi To Uncle George (THEME) See You In Heaven SHORTER OF BREATH, ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH Spookygal Stairway To Heaven Statik Charge Stiffer Steaks Tentoesup The 6 feet under club Psycho Muppet The Spanners TINY and ELLIE's PICK of the DROPS (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! Who Turned Out The Lights? Wot The Deuce Yvonne's Gone Too

Van Halen, Eddie  Born 26 January 1955  (Nijmegen, Netherlands) Died 6 October 2020  (Santa Monica, California, USA) Age at death: 65  (read death notice) Dutch guitarist, co-founder of the rock group Van Halen. Has suffered health problems in the last few years, which have affected his output somewhat. It's Grim Up North DDP Tofoa Fat kids always win at seesaw Zombie Dance Party Heads in a Bag You're Dead Now, so Shut Up! (THEME) Hits of 36 years ago and hits today Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill John Key's List Noz4News Plan B from Outer Space (THEME) Rockers who Rolled to the graveyard Shaun of the Dead 69 (THEME) Snort the Ashes Team Cat AIDS The Whipping Posts This Mortal Coil Tom's Chainsaw Massacre

Van Hoogstraten, Nicholas Born 25 February 1945  (Shoreham, East Sussex, England) Property tycoon, absolute crook and once Britain's youngest millionaire. Constantly employing less-than-legal "business practices", on one occasion he was convicted of ordering a grenade attack on a business associate, and was subsequently described as a (THEME) See You In Hell

Van Pallandt, Nina Born 15 July 1932  (Denmark) One half of early 60s Danish calypso crossover act Nina & Frederik. Frederik was shot dead by Australian organised crime figures in 1994. (THEME) Ikea Nokia Lego

Van Peebles, Melvin Born 21 August 1932  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Filmmaker and actor, the Godfather of was to be known as "Blaxploitation" films starring African-American actors after the release of his independent film 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song' in 1971. People who could die 2020

Vangelis, (musician) Born 29 March 1943  (Agrias, Greece) Greek electronic music composer, famed for his soundtracks to 1980s film classics 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner'. (THEME) 1982 was the best year for pop People who could die 2020

Vazquez, Tabare  Born 17 January 1940  (Montevideo, Uruguay) Died 5 December 2020  (Montevideo, Uruguay) Age at death: 80  (read death notice) Leader of the surprisingly stable for the area left leaning government of Uruguay. Formerly a cancer specialist, now suffering from lung cancer, and recently lost his wife of 50 years. (THEME) American As Apple Pie  Cancerous Hatred B EtushIsPushingUpDaisies Faster Than A Dead Horse Funeral Furore People who could die 2020 Plan B from Outer Space Terror of the Vervoorts

Vega, Charlotte Born 10 February 1994  (Madrid, Spain) Anglo-Spanish actress. (THEME) 20 Yutes

Velasquez, Jhon Popeye  Born 15 April 1962  (Yarumal, Colombia) Died 6 February 2020  (Bogota, Colombia) Age at death: 57  (read death notice) Former assassin who worked for Medellin Cartel. Banana's Peel Slippers The Love Boat

Venables, Terry Born 6 January 1943  (Dagenham, London, England) Former England football player & manager and screenwriter, who wrote the ITV detective series Hazell. Next Year Greta

Venetiaan, Ronald Born 18 June 1936  (Paramaribo, Suriname) Twice President of Suriname. (THEME) ...and Its Goodnight From Him

Ventura, Jesse Born 15 July 1951  (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) Professional wrestler turned politician. (THEME) Yvan Eht Nioj

Ventura, Jose Ramon Machado Born 26 October 1930  (San Antonio de las Vueltas, Cuba) First Vice President of the Council of the State of Cuba from 2008 to 2013. The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard

Verhoeven, Michael Born 13 July 1938  (Berlin, Germany) German film director, son of Paul Verhoeven (the German one, not the Dutch one). Perhaps most famous for the 1982 film "Die Weiße Rose" about the White Rose anti-Nazi movement. Roasting Bodies In Redcar

Vernon, Anne Born 7 January 1924  (Saint-Denis, France) French film actress. (THEME) Perfect 10

Vialli, Gianluca Born 9 July 1964  (Cremona, Italy) Italian footballer, a notorious underperformer at international level but beloved by fans of Chelsea and Sampdoria (where he and Roberto Mancini fired the club to their first scudetto). Was actually brought up in his family's 60-bedroom castle. 2021? – No thank you! I’ll leave before Banana's Peel Slippers Bleaching the Bottom of the Barrel Chelski Pensioners The Love Boat Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet Day in the Death Dead Ends Dead Wait Droller coaster EtushIsPushingUpDaisies Haben die Spaten I'm Sorry For Your Trouble I Will Not Die, It's The World That Will End! John Key's List Madonna's Hand Of Bod Pan Breed Sad News FC Shaun of the Dead 69 Smart Beta List Southerners Stiffs Heading Nowhere The Living End Thomas Jefferson Survives To Kill A Gabor Sister

Vieira, Ketlen Born 26 August 1991  (Manaus, Brazil) UFC fighter in the bantamweight division, nicknamed "Fenômeno". (THEME) 20 Yutes

Villasante, Manuel Losada Born 20 December 1929  (Carmona, Spain) Spanish biochemist interested in photosynthesis. (THEME) Death Is Intellectual

Vincent, Fay Born 29 May 1938  (Waterbury, Connecticut, USA) Former MLB Commissioner from 1989 to 1992. And Now His Watch Is Ended

Vine, Jeremy Born 17 May 1965  (Epsom, Surrey, England) BBC Radio 2 presenter. William Hague's Special Friend

Vinge, Joan Born 2 April 1948  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) American SF writer. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for 'The Snow Queen' and former wife of Vernor Vinge. Suffered brain damage in an accident in 2002 but recovered to resume writing in 2007. (THEME) Bibliogryphon's Bookworm Food

Vinton, Bobby Born 16 April 1935  (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA) Early 60s pop star, of 'Blue Velvet' fame. Not to be confused with Bobby Vee of 'Rubber Ball' fame. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' Soylent Green Is You

Virgo, John Born 3 March 1946  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Snooker player, turned TV commentator & presenter. Only Fools and Corpses

Vitale, Ida Born 2 November 1923  (Montevideo, Uruguay) Uruguayan writer, living in exile for the past four decades. Winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2018. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Vitti, Monica Born 3 November 1931  (Rome, Italy) Italian actress, associated with film director Michelangelo Antonioni. I Hope You Had The Time Of Your Life

Vivian, Young Born 12 November 1935  (Niue) 1992-93 and 2002-08 Prime Minister of Niue. (THEME) Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Vogel, Hans-jochen  Born 3 February 1926  (Gottingen, Germany) Died 26 July 2020  (Munich, Germany) Age at death: 94  (read death notice) German politician. Leader of the SPD from 1987-91. (THEME) Deutschland Verabschiedet Sich!

Vogts, Berti Born 30 December 1946  (Buttgen, Germany) Germany's manager for most of the 1990s, where he won the 1996 European Championship but also oversaw a stagnation of youth development that crippled the side at the start of the 21st century. (THEME) GO ON BE A SPORT - DIE IN 2020

Voight, Jon Born 29 December 1938  (Yonkers, New York, USA) Oscar-winning film actor who starred in the films 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'Deliverance'. Father of Angelina Jolie. (THEME) Guest 50+

Volpeliere-Pierrot, Ben Born 19 May 1965  (London, UK) Beret-sporting frontman of 80s sophistopop act Curiosity Killed the Cat. Angela of Death

Volt, Jessie Born 29 March 1990  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Canadian pornographic actress, mostly known for her work in Anal Buffet 7, Brazzers Worldwide: Budapest, and My Sister's Hot Friend Vol. 25 (THEME) Scrubber Out

Von Daniken, Erich Born 14 April 1935  (Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland) Author & UFO/alien fan. (THEME) See You In Hell

Von Hagens, Gunther Born 10 January 1945  (Skalmierzyce, Kalisz, Poland) Controversial German anatomist, known for his plastination technique for preserving body parts. Famously performed autopsys on Channel 4 in the mid-noughties. Will plastinate his own body for display when he dies, which could be soon as he has advanced Pa Eddie's Parade Of Darkness and Despair McCririck's Last Hurdle

Von Sydow, Max  Born 10 April 1929  (Lund, Skane, Sweden) Died 8 March 2020  (Provence, France) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Swedish actor, who has achieved fame both at home and abroad. (THEME) Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them Down Under the Daisies DROP DEAD CELEBRATION Krypton-Kid LORD GRAVEDIGGER Mr Whit's Wonders (THEME) No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! Spookygal Stairway To Heaven The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2020 TOETAG4U

Vos Savant, Marilyn Born 11 August 1946  (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) Columnist and author who was once credited with the highest ever IQ of 228. (THEME) If He's So Smart, How Come He's Dead?

Vowden, Geoff Born 27 April 1941  (Barnsley, UK) Footballer who was replaced as a striker for New York Cosmos by some Brazilian chancer called Pele. (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

Vries, Erna De Born 21 October 1923  (Kaiserslautern, Germany) Holocaust survivor. (THEME) Surviving the Holocaust does not make immortal!

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