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Aaron, Hank  Born 5 February 1934  (Mobile, Alabama, USA) Died 22 January 2021  (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) One of the greatest baseball players of all time, one of the few players of the sport whose fame has transcended outside North America. Mr. Whits Wonders Open the Pearly Gates

aaron, tommy Born 22 February 1937  (Gainesville, Georgia, USA) American former professional golfer. Winner of the 1973 Masters. (THEME) In The Hole!

Abbas, Mahmoud Born 26 March 1935  (Safed, Palestine) President of the Palestinian Authority. (THEME) The Politicorpses

Abbot, Russ Born 16 September 1947  (Chester, Cheshire, England) Comedian and actor. Born Russell Roberts, he was voted "funniest man on television" 5 times. If he was the funniest, then we'd hate to see who was the unfunniest. Also Pipe Smoker of the Year 2001, which might be more relevant to the DDP. Dead Cats Won't Play Fetch (THEME) Last of The Summer Winos (THEME) Sitcom to Heaven The Colnbrook Coroner

Abdul Aziz, Salman bin Born 31 December 1935  (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Minister of Defence and member of the House of Saud. Crown Prince in 2012. (THEME) Complications from a fall Jill Dando's Cat (THEME) LEAD, FOLLOW AND DIE THIS YEAR (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife

Abdul-Ghafoor, Abdul-Ghani Date and place of birth unknown Former Iraq interior minister under Saddam Hussein. Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Born 16 April 1947  (New York City, New York, USA) US basketball player with the LA Lakers in the 1970s and 80s but he insists he's Roger Murdock, an airline co-pilot! Wisconsin Reaper Beater 1.0

Abdullah, Abdullah Born 5 September 1960  (Kabul, Afghanistan) High-ranking Afghanistan politician (THEME) Gris Gris

Abe, Shinzo Born 21 September 1954  (Tokyo, Japan) Conservative PM of Japan 2006/07 and since 2012, the longest-serving prime minister of the country Fat Kids Always Win at Seesaw JoeRam Manuel's Stiffs (THEME) Political Correctness Gone Mad Pretty Noose Touch of Grey

Abetz, Eric Born 25 January 1958  (Germany) Former Minister of Employment in the Abbott Government, the Australian version of an Iain Duncan Smith. (THEME) Dick Smith's OzEDeath List

Abraham, S. Daniel Born 15 August 1924  (Long Beach, New York, USA) American businessman and peace activist Tentoesup

Ackland, Joss Born 29 February 1928  (North Kensington, London, England) Distinguished and experienced actor, still working. His date of birth drastically reduces the chances of anyone collecting a "party pooper" bonus on him - bar 2012, of course! (THEME) Curtain: Poirot’s Last Deadpool Dr Shipman's waiting room IMGONESOLONG Poppin’ Clogs Simply Dead (THEME) Sweeney Todd Dying Squad The Keys of Marinus Only the good die young

ackles, jensen Born 1 March 1978  (Dallas, Texas, USA) Television actor, known from 'Days of Our Lives', 'Dark Angel' and 'Smallville'. (THEME) Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives?

Ackroyd, Peter Born 5 October 1949  (London, England) UK author, writer of London - The Biography. (THEME) Bibliogryphon's Bookworm Food

adamkus, valdas Born 3 November 1926  (Kaunas, Lithuania) President of Lithuania from 1998-2003 and 2004-2009. (THEME) LEAD, FOLLOW AND DIE THIS YEAR

ADAMS, Cindy Born 24 April 1930  (New York City, New York, USA) Gossip columnist, writer, widow of comedian Joey Adams. Blueberry Crumble

Adams, Polly Born 27 August 1939  (Chichester, England) Played Mrs Brown in the Just William series. (THEME) Curtain: Poirot’s Last Deadpool

Adelson, Sheldon  Born 6 August 1933  (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Died 11 January 2021  (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) Age at death: 87  (read death notice) One of the richest men in the U.S., with an estimated wealth of $14bn. Spare us a dime, sir. Huddled Masses Perhaps' Pointless Punts

Adie, Kate Born 19 September 1945  (Sunderland, England) Fearless BBC journalist. Find Me A Hole To Bury My Stiff

Adler, Jerry Born 4 February 1929  (New York City, New York, USA) US TV Actor from The Sopranos (THEME) Quasimodo Predicted All This

Adlon, Percy Born 1 June 1935  (Munich, Germany) German director, screenwriter, and producer. (THEME) Perfect 10

Adnan, Etel  Born 24 February 1925  (Beirut, Lebanon) Died 14 November 2021  (Paris, France) Age at death: 96  (read death notice) Lebanese-American poet and leading figure in the modern Arabic arts. QO via Last Word 19/11/2021 Alternative Observations 2021

ADORF, Mario Born 8 September 1931  (Zurich, Switzerland) German film and stage actor. (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE

Ağca, Mehmet Ali Born 9 January 1958  (Ismailli, Hekimhan, Malatya, Turkey) Turkish gunman who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981. Currently serving time for an assassination attempt on someone else that actually did succeed. Miscreants

Ahmed, Shahabuddin Born 1 February 1930  (Pemal, Kendua, now Bangladesh) Former Bangladeshi President. Time's-up Team

aimee, anouk Born 27 April 1932  (Paris, France) Actress and former Mrs. Albert Finney. (THEME) ALLITERATIVELY ALIVE NO MORE (THEME) Perfect 10

Aitken, Charlie Born 5 January 1942  (Edinburgh, UK) Former Aston Villa defender, also played for New York Cosmos in Pele's retirement season. (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

Aitken, Jonathan Born 30 August 1942  (Dublin, Rep of Ireland) Disgraced ex-cabinet minister. (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

Ajeery, Saleh Born 23 June 1920  (Kuwait) A Kuwaiti astronomer. (THEME) Gray Panthers

Akabusi, Kriss Born 28 November 1958  (London, England) Soldier turned athlete who's greatest moment was his anchor leg for Great Britain's victorious 4 x 400m relay team in the 1991 World Championships. Partridge As Reaper

Akesson, Sylva Born 18 September 1916  (Vinslöv, Sweden) Swedish centenarian actress. Died in May without an obit. (THEME) One Century Is Enough, Madam!

Akihito of Japan, Emperor Born 23 December 1933  (Tokyo, Japan) First son of Emperor Hirohito, acceded to the Imperial throne on the death of his father in 1989. Ah, the ol’ team ARSE-IN-HOLE Crofty's Coffin Crew Deathlist.net Heaven Can't Wait (THEME) Hell to the Chief I Hope You Had The Time of Your Life It Dies With You, I Hope I Told You I Was Ill Lard Bazaar (THEME) LEAD, FOLLOW AND DIE THIS YEAR Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix Puzlman's Passing Picks RIDING THE JESUS TRAIN (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife SeasideEssexXile Stop The Steal Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information The Colnbrook Coroner The Grateful Dead The Rotting Corpses of the Undead

Akira, Asa Born 3 January 1986  (Manhatten, New York, USA) Porn star who won, for real, the Female Performer of the Year Award in 2013. WTF? (THEME) Scrubber Out

alagiah, george Born 22 November 1955  (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Popular BBC newscaster. Diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. Amanita virosa ARSE-IN-HOLE Banana's Bruises BLIMEY! Worm Fodder Chelski Pensioners Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk DDP Tofoa Deader than a Dead Thing Dead Last? Dead Right! Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Dinner Reservation for 20 Droller Coaster Eddie's Parade of Darkness and Despair Ethnic Cleansing Skate Dumpers Expiry Date 2021 Fade to Black Faster Than A Dead Horse Finbarr Returns from the Dead Girlfriend in a coma (THEME) God's Gonna Gettem  Going Underground Grief Encounter Grobler's Stiff Ones GUN Fishing Heaven or Hell? His and Hearse I'm Sorry For Your Trouble I'll sleep when you're dead And Now His Watch Is Ended I Will Not Die, it's the World that Will End! VIRUS? WHAT VIRUS? CORONA'S A BEER! Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill John Key's List Just fade away Kenny's Entry Krypton-Kid  They're Loving Angels Instead  Life Flies By So Fast Weakend at Bernies The Misers Much Ado About Snuffing Old People Smell Of Piss Once You Go Black Open the Pearly Gates P@F deathlist Pazuzu Juniores pedro's catacomb ensemble People I Think Might Die In 2021 United A Trophy For Atrophy Powder Picks Em Off Read 'em and Reap Sad News FC Satan's Hootenanny Shaun of the Dead 69 Shovelful of Dirt Smart Beta Stairway To Heaven Statik Charge Stephen Hawking's Football Boots CHEMO SABEE Stone Dead Cert  Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Team Cat AIDS Heading Nowhere Tentoesup The Award for Best Original Decomposition goes to... The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order The Choir Invisibule The corpse list Still Life The End of the World As We Know It Sovereign-Reaper The Hair Blair Bunch Pussy No More (THEME) The Politicorpses  There's A Shiva In The Park There is no spoon The Team With No Name The Walking Dead Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops Today's the day the maggots have their picnic Tom's Chainsaw Massacre Very Ill Turned Very Dead j0neseur0 Wormer, he's a dead man! niedermier dead! marmalard dead! Worm Farmer You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! You Might Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper Your Beating Hearts Shall Stop

Al-Assad, Bashar Born 11 September 1965  (Damascus, Syria) President of Syria since his father's death in 2000. Life Flies By So Fast The Buckley Mystic The Choir Invisibule Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded Where's My Damn List? You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Alberghetti, Anna Maria Born 15 January 1936  (Pesaro, Marche, Italy) Actress & singer - star of 'Carnival!' on Broadway for many years & also in some films. Let Us Embalm You

Albert, Hans Born 8 February 1921  (Cologne, Germany) Philosopher and sociologist. (THEME) Deutschland verabschiedet sich! You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

ALCALA, Rodney  Born 23 August 1943  (San Antonio, Texas, USA) Died 24 July 2021  (Corcoran, California, USA) Age at death: 77  (read death notice) Convicted serial killer. Sentenced to death in 2010 for five murders that he committed in California between 1977 and 1979 (THEME) Man-Erg

Alda, Alan Born 28 January 1936  (New York, New York, USA) US actor, best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in 'M*A*S*H'. (THEME) ALLITERATIVELY ALIVE NO MORE  Deader than a Dead Thing DEAD SPOTTERS Jill Dando's Cat Mr. Whits Wonders (THEME) Oscar Strikeouts (THEME) Sad Last Days The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury TOETAG4U

Alderton, John Born 27 November 1940  (Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England) Amiable actor, star of 'Please Sir!' and other TV shows & comedies. Husband of Pauline Collins. Also the narrator of 'Fireman Sam'. (THEME) Comedy Cremations

Aldrin, Buzz Born 20 January 1930  (Montclair, New Jersey, USA) Second man on the Moon, who has always claimed he'd have been the first if it wasn't for the fact that the only door of the lunar lander was on Neil Armstrong's side. Alternative Observations 2021 (THEME) Apollogies For Still Living Bennie and the Deaths (THEME) Cashier Number 91 please!  c. a. daver Deader than a Dead Thing (THEME) Decaying Orbit-uaries Huddled Masses (THEME) If He's So Smart, How Come He's Dead?  Lidders Late Lamentables (THEME) Ninety! NoSoup4U!  RIDING THE JESUS TRAIN Say Hi to Uncle George SOYLENT DREAMS  Spookygal 2 The Flying Comedy Government TOETAG4U

Aleandro, Norma Born 2 May 1936  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Argentina's leading actress who has also appeared in a number of Hollywood films, earning an Oscar nomination for her role in "Gaby: A True Story". (THEME) American As Apple Pie

alexievich, svetlana Born 31 May 1948  (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Belarussian journalist and writer, Nobel Prize winner in 2015 (THEME) Nobel Loserettes

al-Fayadh, Muhammad Is'haq Born in Jaghori, Afghanistan  (exact date unknown) Iraqi cleric, born in 1930, probably plucked from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Iraqi_ayatollahs (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

Al-Fayed, Mohammed Born 27 January 1929  (Bakos, Alexandria, Egypt) Owner of Harrods and Fulham FC. Not overly popular in many quarters, but at least he lives in Switzerland now. Bladerunner  Checking Out By Christmas Zombie Dance Party (THEME) Passing of the Passed SOYLENT DREAMS

al-Hakeem, Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Tabataba'i  Born 1 February 1934  (Najaf, Iraq) Died 3 September 2021  (Najaf, Iraq) Age at death: 85  (read death notice) Iraqi cleric, born in 1935, probably plucked from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Iraqi_ayatollahs (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

al-Hazaa, Mahmood Faizi Date and place of birth unknown Probably a person of Arab descent who was convicted of war crimes in Iraq. Deep research in 2021 revealed that he died in 2015 already. The deeper you go, the more careful you have to be… Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Alioui, Rachid Born 18 June 1992  (La Rochelle, France) Moroccan football player with a couple of international appearances P@F deathlist

Al-Kaissie, Adnan Born 1 March 1939  (Baghdad, Iraq) Iraqi former professional wrestler Bucket Of Blood

Alkin, John Born 17 January 1947  (Rugby, United Kingdom) British TV actor, most notably in The Sweeney. Then opened up a spiritual healing clinic, hopefully there's a lot of spirit involved. (THEME) Sweeney Todd Dying Squad

allam, assem Born 1 August 1939  (Egypt) Egyptian-british businessman, the owner of Hull City Living in a Box

Allardyce, Sam Born 19 October 1954  (Dudley, West Midlands, England) Gum-chewing, headpiece wearing, bung-taking (Allegedly - at the DDP lawyer's request) football manager, who likes his teams to play dirty, unattractive football. Formerly at Bolton & Newcastle United. Heaven Can't Wait (THEME) Thanks for being a Sport

Allen, Bobby Born 28 December 1943  (Daytona, Florida, USA) American racecar driver, owner of Shark Racing. pedro's catacomb ensemble

Allen, Lily Born 2 May 1985  (Hammersmith, London, England) Pop singer who owes her fame to myspace.com. That and the fact that her dad happens to be TV personality Keith Allen. Next Year Greta

Allen, Rae Born 3 July 1926  (New York City, New York, USA) Broadway thetre actress who eventually moved into film and TV roles (THEME) Quasimodo Predicted All This

ALLEN, Richard V. Born 1 January 1936  (Collingswood, New Jersey, USA) US National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 until 1982. (THEME) Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou...

Allen, Tim Born 13 June 1953  (Denver, Colorado, USA) The Toolman, moved from 80s stand up to 90 sitcom to being the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story films. (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

Allen, Woody Born 1 December 1935  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Comedy film actor/writer/director, born Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Gotham Knight  Dead Is Dead Death Stinks Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Huddled Masses (THEME) No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!!  Squid's Stiffs

Allén, Sture Born 31 December 1928  (Gothenburg, Sweden) Professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg. Death Is International

Allison, Jerry Born 31 August 1939  (Hillsboro, Texas, USA) Drummer for The Crickets, who co-wrote "Peggy Sue" with Buddy Holly. (THEME) The Year the Music Died

Almada, Martín Born 30 January 1937  (Puerto Sastre, Paraguay) Paraguayan recipient of the "Right Livelihood Award" for his fight against the Stroessner regime (THEME) Alternative in Death - The Right Deadlihood Award

al-Masri, Abu Hamza Born 15 April 1958  (Alexandria, Egypt) Blind, one-armed and loopy Muslim cleric, currently in jail for inciting racial hatred. (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

al-Nu'man, Aziz Saleh Born 1 July 1943  (Nasiriyah, Iraq) Former Iraqi Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - still on the run Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Alou, Felipe Born 12 May 1935  (Haina, Dominican Republic) The first Dominican to play regular in Major League Baseball, as well as a three-time All Star. (THEME) Perfect 10

Alpert, Herb Born 31 March 1935  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Trumpeter and record company executive. The A in A&M Records and the man responsible for (or should that be "guilty of"?) signing The Carpenters. Black Penguins of Doom Dead Is Dead

Al-Qaradawi, Yusuf Born 9 September 1926  (Safat Turab, Egypt) Controversial Islamic cleric and historian. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

al-Qurashi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi Born in Tal Afar, Iraq  (exact date unknown) Current Head of ISIS after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, born 1976. Carkers Convention 2021

Al-Sabah, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Born 25 June 1937  (Kuwait City, Kuwait) Emir of Kuwait since 2020 (THEME) LEAD, FOLLOW AND DIE THIS YEAR

Al-Senussi, Ahmed Born in Masrsa Matrouh, Egypt  (exact date unknown) Libyan member of the Senussi House. Alternative Observations 2021

al-Sistani, Sayyid Ali al-Husayni Born 4 August 1928  (Mashhad, Iran) The Grand Ayatollah of Iraq, foremost Iraqi cleric of the Shia tradition (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

al-Tikriti, Hussein Rashid Date and place of birth unknown Former head of the Republican Guard and member of Saddam Hussein's family. Currently awaiting execution for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Anfal trial. Born in 1939 or '40. Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Altwegg, Jeannette  Born 8 September 1930  (Bombay, India) Died 18 June 2021  (Switzerland) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) British figure skater. Won Winter Olympic Gold at Oslo in 1952. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

Alves, Rodrigo Born 30 July 1983  (Sao Paulo, Brazil) The "Human Ken Doll" who has spent £500,000 on cosmetic procedures. Looks like a burns victim. Error 404s (THEME) Unpersons

al-Waizi, Shams al-din Born in Khadimiya, Baghdad, Iraq  (exact date unknown) Iraqi cleric, born 1936-1937, probably plucked from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Iraqi_ayatollahs (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

al-Zawahiri, Ayman Born 19 June 1951  (Maadi, Egypt) One of bin Laden's deputies in Al-Qaeda, about whom recent whereabouts are sketchy. Miscreants

Ames, Ed Born 9 July 1927  (Malden, Massachusetts, USA) Singer & actor. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT

Amge, Jyoti Born 18 December 1993  (Nagpur, India) The World's smallest woman as of December 2011. Pazuzu Juniores

Amir, Yigal Born 23 May 1970  (Herzliya, Israel) The man who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. Miscreants

Amiss, Dennis Born 7 April 1943  (Birmingham, UK) Batsman who has the highest ODI average of any England cricketer to have played more than five times. Also one of only two cricketers to have hit a century in both their first and last ODIs. (THEME) M6 Toll(ed)

Amoli, Abdollah Javadi Born 5 May 1933  (Amol, Iran) Iranian cleric, plucked from this Wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Maraji (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

Anastasios of Albania, Archbishop Born 4 November 1929  (Piraeus, Greece) Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. Alternative Observations 2021

Anders, William Born 17 October 1933  (Hong Kong) One of the first three men to leave Earth's orbit, and also the first person to recite a Bible verse in space. (THEME) Apollogies For Still Living The Flying Comedy Government

Anderson, Criscilla Born 25 March 1980  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Wife of Coffey Anderson. Bennington & Speight's Aerial Silk Workshop Dead Ends Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Fade to Black Finbarr Returns from the Dead David Quantick's Showbiz Pals Grave Danger Jumptheshark V 12.0 (now living in Derby) SeasideEssexXile Stone Dead Cert Wormer, he's a dead man! niedermier dead! marmalard dead!

ANDERSON, Ian Born 10 August 1947  (Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) Lead singer of prog rockers Jethro Tull. Not at All Well Noz4news

Anderson, Joe Born 24 January 1958  (Liverpool, United Kingdom) Directly elected Liverpool mayor who, as of the date of this text, has suspended the execution of his office under allegations of bribery and witness intimidation The corpse list

Anderson, John Born 28 November 1931  (Glasgow, Scotland) Gladiators referee/TV personality. John, you will go on my first whistle. Grim Reaper, you will go on my second... Error 404s I'll sleep when you're dead Mike Oxard's Showbiz 20

Anderson, Ken Born 15 February 1949  (Batavia, Ilinois, USA) Quarterback who spent 15 years with the Cincinnati Bengals. Ground Floor of the Bungalow

Anderson, Louie Born 23 March 1953  (Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA) American stand-up comedian and gameshow host, won an Emmy in 2016 for his performance in "Baskets". (THEME) Laughter Kills

Anderson, Richard Dean Born 23 January 1950  (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) MacGyver, also on the TV adaptation of Stargate, but mostly MacGyver You're Dead Now, So Shut Up!

ANDERSON, Tom Born 8 November 1970  () Founder of social networking site Myspace. What do you mean you've never heard of it? (THEME) Stairway Tom Heaven

Anderson, Willie Born 24 February 1947  (Liverpool, UK) Former Aston Villa winger, place in the history books probably comes down to him being the first ever substitute brought on by Manchester United (replacing George Best in the 1965 Charity Shield). (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

andersson, harriet Born 14 February 1932  (Stockholm, Sweden) Ingmar Bergman-film actress. (THEME) Ikea Nokia Lego

anderton, james Born 24 May 1932  (Wigan, Lancashire, England) God-fearing former chief constable of the Greater Manchester Police. (THEME) IT'S A COP-OUT 2021

ANDRE, Carl Born 16 September 1935  (Quincy, Massachusetts, USA) Minimalist artist of firebricks fame. (THEME) All Death Is Consolation

Andre, Peter Born 27 February 1973  (Harrow, London, England) Cheesy pop singer of 'Mysterious Girl' fame. Was married to someone even cheesier, than him - Jordan. Kicking down heavens door

Andre, Soeur Born 11 February 1904  (Ales, France) Oldest living French citizen as of the start of 2018. (THEME) Gray Panthers (THEME) One Century Is Enough, Madam!

Andress, Ursula Born 19 March 1936  (Ostermundigen, Switzerland) Actress & sex symbol, best known for her sultry performance in Dr. No. Let Us Embalm You (THEME) Sad Last Days (THEME) Time Travellers, Astronauts and Spies

Andrew, Prince Born 19 February 1960  (London, England) Second son of Queen Elizabeth and fourth in line to the throne. Participated in the Falklands conflict and was married to Sarah Ferguson from 1986 to 1996. Angela of Death Death Stinks Dolly’s Deadbeats You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! (THEME) Kennedy Driving School Oliver's Army (of The Dead) The corpse list

Andrews, Julie Born 1 October 1935  (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England) Actress - star of 'The Sound of Music'. Bourne to Die Gotham Knight Dead And Dusted 1 (THEME) Dial D for Deadpool (THEME) Last Christmas (THEME) Lullabye-bye of Broadway So Long Farewell (THEME) There is nothing like a dame (and the Women who gives them it) When your times up

Angelo, Bobby Born 24 July 1941  (Hamden, England) English singer from the 1960s. Dead By Dawn

Angelos, Peter Born 4 July 1929  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) US trial lawyer who now owns the Baltimore Orioles Salmon Mousse

Angelyne, (actress/singer) Born 20 June 1958  (Radomsko, Poland) Model, self-proclaimed actress and most popular blonde in Los Angeles. Nearly nothing is known about her. Seems to be born in Poland or Idaho (where's the difference?). We only know her favourite car: a pink Chevrolet. Born either 1958 or 1938! Error 404s

Anger, Kenneth Born 3 February 1927  (Santa Monica, California, USA) Underground filmmaker and author. Wrote the bestselling 'Hollywood Babylon' in 1959. Death Nebula 3000

Aniston, Nicole Born 9 September 1987  (San Diego, California, USA) Popular adult actress. Filmed her first anal scene in 2017, apparently. (THEME) Scrubber Out

Anka, Paul Born 30 July 1941  (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Singer songwriter and lyricist of one of the most famous songs of all time, 'My Way', based on a French tune called 'Comme d'habitude'. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' (THEME) Pauls & Neils  Quebec's Predictions SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS

ANNESLEY, Hugh Born 22 June 1939  (Dublin, Rep of Ireland) Police officer who served as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary from 1989 to 1996. (THEME) IT'S A COP-OUT 2021

Anoa'i, Samu Born 29 March 1963  (San Francisco, California, USA) Wrestler, member of the widespread Samoan wrestling family. Perhaps still best remembered as one-half of early 90s tag team The Headshrinkers. (THEME) Chokeslam from Hell…To Hell

Ant, Adam Born 3 November 1954  (London, England) New Romantic singer - a pin-up in his heyday, but now old, overweight and suffering from depression. Was detained under the Mental Health Act in 2002 after throwing a car alternator through a pub window. Mr. Whits Wonders (THEME) Super Squirrels

Anthony, Piers Born 6 August 1934  (Oxford, UK) Fantasy novellist, behind the long-lasting Xanth series. (THEME) Bibliogryphon's Bookworm Food

ANTHONY, Ray Born 20 January 1922  (Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, USA) Bandleader, best known for his songs, 'Hokey Pokey' and 'Bunny Hop'. Going Green Naked Florida Gravediggers

Aparicio, Luis Born 29 April 1934  (Maracaibo, Venezuela) First Venezuelan inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, regarded as one of the greatest shortstops in the sport's history. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

APATOW, Maude Born 15 December 1997  (Los Banos, California, USA) Actress, best known for her roles as the daughter to her real-life mother's characters in movies, including 'This Is 40'. (THEME) Rolls Off The Tongue

APFEL, Iris Born 29 August 1921  (New York City, New York, USA) Interior designer and fashionista. Dinner Reservation for 20

Apilado, Ruth Born 30 April 1908  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Centenarian editor, novelist and activist. Quite possibly the oldest living person famous for something other than age ever. Died in August without a quaifying obit. (THEME) Gray Panthers (THEME) One Century Is Enough, Madam!

Apostol, Eugenia Born 29 September 1925  (Sorsogon, Philippines) Publisher, whose political publications helped cause the downfall of two Filipino presidents. (THEME) Dead Continent

Aragonés, Sergio Born 6 September 1937  (Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain) Spanish-born Mexican cartoonist for Mad magazine. Wayne Manor

Arau, Alfonso Born 11 January 1932  (Mexico City, Mexico) Actor: The Wild Bunch, Romancing the Stone. (THEME) Si Team

arber, werner Born 3 June 1929  (Granichen, Switzerland) Swiss scientist. Shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Death Is International

Archer, Jeffrey Born 15 April 1940  (London, England) Habitual liar, novelist and former Conservative Party deputy chairman. Convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice in 2001. (THEME) Old Lags and Old Slags

Arends, Jack Born in USA  (exact date unknown) Terminally ill Washington State Elector. Born 1956. Died in July without a qualifying onit. Bennington & Speight's Aerial Silk Workshop Carkers Convention 2021 And Now His Watch Is Ended The Whipping Posts

argerich, martha Born 5 June 1941  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Acclaimed pianist. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Aristarain, Adolfo Born 19 October 1943  (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Screenwriter and film director. (THEME) Si Team

Arkin, Alan Born 26 March 1934  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Actor, in films from the mid-60s onwards. (THEME) Awarded Oscarites Death Nebula 3000 (THEME) Last Christmas

Armatrading, Joan Born 9 December 1950  (Basseterre, Saint Kitts) Singer-songwriter best known for her hits 'Love and Affection' and 'Drop the Pilot'. An alleged affair with Blue Peter's Valerie Singleton is the stuff of myth and legend. (THEME) Dead Beats

Armfield, Diana Born 11 June 1920  (Ringwood, England) Landscape artist. BROWN BANANAS

Armstrong, Alun Born 17 July 1946  (Durham, England) One of the more regarded actors of his generation, traversing from A Bridge Too Far, to Adrian Mole, to Penny Dreadful, with nearly everything inbetween. Your Beating Hearts Shall Stop

Armstrong, Lance Born 18 September 1971  (Plano, Texas, USA) Former cyclist, 7 times winner of the Tour de France, who overcame brain, lung and testicular cancer. It was revealed in 2012 that he was a systematic drugs cheat all along and now enters into sporting infamy. 2021 Exit Draft YOUREOUT

Arnett, Peter Born 13 November 1934  (Riverton, New Zealand) Journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for his reports from Vietnam. Worked for CNN from 1981-1999. (THEME) Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party

Arnold, Frances Born 25 July 1956  (Edgewood, Pennsylvania, USA) Nobel Prize winning chemist in 2018 for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes, apparently. (THEME) Nobel Loserettes

arobieke, akinwale Born 15 July 1961  (Crumpsall, United Kingdom) British criminal with grabby hands (THEME) Dey Do Die Don't Dey Doh

Arpaio, Joe Born 14 June 1932  (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA) Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. A controversial figure, accused of abusing his powers. Became famous for accusing Barack Obama for having forged his birth certificate during his first election 2008. Sounds a bit like a Jealous Joey. (THEME) Space Wasters

Arrabal, Fernando Born 11 August 1932  (Melilla, Spain) Spanish-French modernist novelist, poet and film director. Most Unique Picks 2021

Arrowsmith, Pat Born 2 March 1930  (Royal Leamington Spa, England ) Peace campaigner, co-founder of the CND, organiser of the Aldermaston March and former parliamentary candidate. Here's Who You Could Have Won

Asher, Peter Born 22 June 1944  (London, England) Peter from music act Peter and Gordon fame. (THEME) The Survivors

Ashley, April  Born 25 April 1935  (Liverpool, England) Died 27 December 2021  (California, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Transsexual former model (born George Jamieson), who was once married to a Lord. (THEME) Dey Do Die Don't Dey Doh  Error 404s

Ashtiani, Sakineh Mohammadi Born in Tabrir, Iran  (exact date unknown) Iranian Azeri woman sentenced to death for adultery, in legal limbo for many years now. This pick will not count if it is death by execution, making this pick fairly useless. Born 1967 Wep 2.0 - World's Eternity Prophet Reloaded

Ashurst, Len  Born 10 March 1939  (Liverpool, England) Died 25 September 2021  (Whitburn, United Kingdom) Age at death: 82  (read death notice) Former Sunderland defender and later manager. Black Penguins of Doom

Asner, Ed  Born 15 November 1929  (Kansas City, Kansas, USA) Died 29 August 2021  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) US actor, who has mostly appeared in TV programmes such as 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'. Recently provided the voice of old curmudgeon Carl in Pixar animated tearfest 'Up'. (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT  Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Grim McGraw From Here to Eternity Zombie Dance Party (THEME) Laughter Kills Weakend at Bernies Mr. Whits Wonders Swimming in the Death Pool (THEME) Syndication Zombies TOETAG4U

Aso, Taro Born 20 September 1940  (IIzuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) Prime minister of Japan 2008/09 and member of their olympic shooting team in 1976 (THEME) Political Correctness Gone Mad

Aspel, Michael Born 12 January 1933  (London, England) Host of 'This Is Your Life' and 'Antiques Roadshow'. Bourne to Die BROWN BANANAS Sad News FC The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2021

Assange, Julian Born 3 July 1971  (Townsville, Queensland, Australia) Controversial Australian journalist and internet activist, whose WikiLeaks website regularly release confidential documents and communications from the U.S. and other governments. Arrested in December 2010. Bennie and the Deaths

Astin, John Born 30 March 1930  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Actor - starred as Gomez Addams in 'The Addams Family', and has mainly appeared in TV comedies since. (THEME) Cashier Number 91 please! DEAD SPOTTERS Evil Grimace Pool Ghoul RIDING THE JESUS TRAIN (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel Sorry God, I Thought You Were Kenny Rogers Survived 22, ironically (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed!

Astiz, Alfredo Born 8 November 1951  (Argentina) Notorious torturer The Angel of Death under the Videla dictatorship. Predictor's Predictions (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

Astley, Rick Born 6 February 1966  (Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England) Shy and retiring singer who had phenomenal success with the hit single 'Never Gonna Give You Up', the biggest selling UK single of 1987. Later became a phenomenon of a different kind as that single became part of an internet meme known as 'Rickrolling'. (THEME) sid and marty coffin

Astrid of Norway, Princess Born 12 February 1932  (Villa Solbakken, Oslo, Norway) Older sister of Norway's King Harald. Also in the line of succession to the British throne. (THEME) Ikea Nokia Lego

atkins, eileen Born 16 June 1934  (London, England) BAFTA and Olivier award-winning actress and writer. Infamously chatted up by actor Colin Farrell at the age of 69. (THEME) Curtain: Poirot’s Last Deadpool (THEME) M6 Toll(ed) (THEME) There is nothing like a dame (and the Women who gives them it) (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE

Atkins, Ronnie Born 16 November 1964  (Vejle, Denmark) Pretty Maids singer, suffering from lung cancer. Cancerous Hatred Fade to Black Going Underground Southerners Stiffs The Sound of the Underground

Atkinson, Big Ron Born 18 March 1939  (Liverpool, England) Former League football player, manager and now TV pundit. Renowned for his eclectic style of commentary, which involves saying things like "'There's a few tired limbs in the blue legs" and "van Nistelrooy, predating as usual...". (THEME) The Reality Is Death (THEME) Unpersons

ATKINSON, Rowan Born 6 January 1955  (Consett, County Durham, England) Comedian, best known as 'Mr. Bean' and 'Blackadder'. The Honey Trap

Atlas, Tony Born 23 April 1954  (Roanoke, Virginia, USA) Wrestler who won the WWF Tag Team titles with the late Rocky Johnson. (THEME) Chokeslam from Hell…To Hell

Attagutsiak, Qapik Born 11 June 1920  (Nunavut, Canada) Last known surviving contributor to the war effort in Inuit communities during World War II (THEME) One Century Is Enough, Madam!

Attenborough, David Born 8 May 1926  (London, England) Broadcaster, author, naturalist and also ex-Controller of BBC2. Brother of Sir Richard. Abracadaver And they all died Boo! I'm Dead Worm Fodder Circling the Drain Crofty's Coffin Crew Dead And Dusted Deader than a Dead Thing Dead Last? Dead Right! Deadwig Don't Eat The Figs Down Under the Daisies (THEME) CRT to DOA Hunting Halos Hydrangea I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader Wisconsin Reaper Beater 1.0 NoSoup4U! Only Fools and Corpses Partridge As Reaper Fucked n' Dumped Pull my finger So Long Farewell Spookygal 2 Stiffer Steaks Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information The Anfield Iron The Choir Invisibule The Colnbrook Coroner (THEME) Trebek’s Final Jeopardy Season When your times up Your Beating Hearts Shall Stop

Atwood, Margaret Born 18 November 1939  (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Author and poet. Wrote the 'The Handmaid's Tale'. (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts So Long Farewell

AUBER, Brigitte Born 27 April 1928  (Paris, France) French actress. (THEME) Dial D for Deadpool  Moribold Krakatoa's Playhour

Aubret, Isabelle Born 7 April 1938  (Lille, France) French singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with 'Un premier amour' (A First Love). Amazonian Warrior

Auerbach, Frank Born in Berlin, Germany  (exact date unknown) German-born British artist. A bit like Lucien Freud, really. Born 1931. (THEME) All Death Is Consolation

August, Bille Born 9 November 1948  (Brede, Denmark) Danish film director. (THEME) Ikea Nokia Lego

Avant, Myron Born 26 April 1978  (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Singer far more successful in his native America. Amanita virosa (THEME) SING YOUR LAST SONG FOR ME

Averbakh, Yuri Born 8 February 1922  (Kaluga, Russia) Current oldest living chess grandmaster. Death Is International Grobler's Stiff Ones (THEME) Russian Box Players

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