Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2021: J

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Jack, Paul Born 15 May 1965  (Malaya) Scottish footballer who played in two Scottish Cup finals with Airdrieonians. A Pelican In The Wilderness

Jackman, Hugh Born 12 October 1968  (Sydney, NSW, Australia) Australian actor who found success in Hollywood in the film 'X-Men' as Wolverine. Presented the Academy Awards in 2010. Oliver's Army (of The Dead)

JACKS, Terry Born 29 March 1944  (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Canadian singer-songwriter who enjoyed a massive hit single in 1974 with 'Seasons in the Sun', a loose interpretation of a Jacques Brel song. Soylent Green Is You Where's My Damn List?

JACKSON, (1956) Randy Born 23 June 1956  (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) Longest serving judge on American Idol. (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME

JACKSON, (1961) Randy Born 29 October 1961  (Gary, Indiana, USA) Singer, second youngest of the Jackson Clan. (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME

Jackson, Betty Born 24 June 1949  (Bacup, Lancashire, England) British fashion designer. Lost her leg aged six. ZZ Topped: Heaven, Hell or Houston

Jackson, Francis Born 2 October 1917  (Malton, Yorkshire, England) Organist and composer, Was Organist of York Minster from 1946-1982. Dead And Dusted 1 Weakend at Bernies (THEME) Old As Dirt

Jackson, Jesse Born 8 October 1941  (Greenville, South Carolina, USA) Controversial politician & civil rights activist, as well as a Baptist minister. (THEME) ALLITERATIVELY ALIVE NO MORE BREATHLESS IN SEATTLE BXBOY422 (THEME) Dying Donkeys

Jackson, Katherine Born 4 May 1930  (Barbour County, Alabama) Matriarch of the legendary Jackson family of musicians. (THEME) Cashier Number 91 please! Dead By Dawn Dead Ringers Guild of Master Reapers Zombie Dance Party Read 'em and Reap

Jackson, Philip Born 18 June 1948  (Retford, Nottinghamshire, England) Experienced character actor, probably best remembered as Chief Inspector James Japp in 'Agatha Christie's Poirot'. (THEME) Last of The Summer Winos

Jackson, Ray Born 12 December 1948  (Wallsend, United Kingdom) Joint lead singer of folk group Lindisfarne. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

Jackson, Victoria Born 2 August 1959  (Miami, Florida, USA) Regular cast member on Saturnday Night Live 1986-1992, then became a Conservative activist (THEME) Saturday Night Dead

Jackson, Wes Born 15 June 1936  (Topeka, Kansas, United States) Co-Founder of the Land Institute and participant on the World Future Council. That's very good because future is good. (THEME) Alternative in Death - The Right Deadlihood Award

Jacobi, Derek Born 22 October 1938  (Leytonstone, London, England) Actor, mostly on stage, but with notable TV & film credits as well. (THEME) Curtain: Poirot’s Last Deadpool (THEME) Dr Who's Next (THEME) Gay-Tes Of Heaven (THEME) in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks (THEME) Lullabye-bye of Broadway Oliver's Army (of The Dead) TOETAG4U

Jaffee, Al Born 13 March 1921  (Savannah, Georgia, USA) Cartoonist with MAD magazine since 1955. Features include the back cover fold-in and 'Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions'. Zombie Dance Party SOYLENT DREAMS

Jaffrey, Madhur Born 13 September 1933  (Delhi, India) Indian born actress, writer on food and traveling, and TV personality, she can do it all! 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

jagannathan, krishnammal Born 16 June 1926  (Tamil Nadu, India) Tamil social activist for the poor (THEME) Alternative in Death - The Right Deadlihood Award

Jagger, Mick Born 26 July 1943  (Dartford, Kent, England) Rubber-lipped lead singer of the Rolling Stones. (THEME) Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey Heaven Can't Wait (THEME) Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today VIRUS? WHAT VIRUS? CORONA'S A BEER! Krypton-Kid Mr C SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS SOYLENT DREAMS

James, Deborah Born 1 October 1981  () Cancer blogger known as the "BowelBabe", born c.1982. Bleaching the Bottom of the Barrel CHEMO SABEE The Conqueror Worm Sovereign-Reaper

JAMES, Polly Born 8 July 1941  (Blackburn, Lancashire, England) Actress best known as the archetypal "dolly bird" Beryl Hennesey in Carla Lane's 'The Liver Birds'. People Who Could Die 2021

Janis, Conrad Born 11 February 1928  (New York, New York, USA) Jazz musician & actor, played Mindy's laconic dad in 'Mork and Mindy'. (THEME) Dead Beats (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed!

Jannaati, Mohammad Ebrahim Born in Shahroud, Iran  (exact date unknown) Iranian cleric, born 1932, plucked from this Wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Maraji (THEME) Coffin-Clerics

Jannetty, Marty Born 3 February 1960  (Columbus, Georgia, USA) Wrestler in tag team partnership "The Rockers" with Shawn Michaels. (THEME) Grappling with Mortality

Jansen, Floor Born 21 February 1981  (Goirle, Netherlands) Lead singer of symphonic metal band Nightwish. (THEME) What A Voice on Her!

january, don Born 20 November 1929  (Plainview, Texas, USA) Retired golfer whose cheeky attempt to wait for a put that didn't quite make it to drop in by itself actually caused the rules of golf to be changed. Fascinating. (THEME) In The Hole!

Jara, Joan Born 31 December 1927  (England, UK) British-Chilean dancer, political, and the widow of 1973 coup victim and folksinger Victor Jara Captain Hemlock's Twenty

Jardine, Al Born 3 September 1942  (Lima, Ohio, USA) Founder member of 60s pop giants The Beach Boys. Trumps Disinfectant Chumps

Jarrett, Keith Born 8 May 1945  (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA) Spirited American jazz / classical music pianist and composer. Started at a young age in Miles Davis' band Heads in a Bag

Jason, David Born 2 February 1940  (Edmonton, London, England) Comedy actor, best known as Granville in 'Open All Hours' and Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in 'Only Fools and Horses'. Even after a decade, it's still hard not to smirk at his supposedly serious role as Detective Inspector Jack Frost in 'A Touch of Frost'. Better Off Dead Hunting Halos (THEME) in eternum+'s Wrinkly Dicks Life Is A Highway, And You Shall Crash The Honey Trap (THEME) Sitcom to Heaven The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury

Jayston, Michael Born 29 October 1935  (Nottingham, England) Velvet-voiced actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and tv programmes. (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE ZZ Topped: Heaven, Hell or Houston

Jean, Al Born 9 January 1961  (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Screenwriter for 'The Simpsons' among others. (THEME) Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Them

Jeavons, Colin Born 20 October 1929  (Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales) Actor who was a regular on TV until his retirement in 1994. Was the voice behind 1970s children's cartoon 'Barnaby the Bear'. Moribold Krakatoa's Playhour  Trojan Hearse Time's-up Team

jeffreys, sheila Born 13 May 1948  (United KIngdom) English political scientist, often veering into gender issues (THEME) Trans Girls Hit squad's hit list

Jelinek, Elfriede Born 20 October 1946  (Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria) Austrian feminist playwright & novelist. (THEME) Nobel Loserettes

Jenas, Jermaine Born 18 February 1983  (Nottingham, United Kingdom) British midfielder and now expert summariser Shot in the Dark

Jennings, Alex Born 10 May 1957  (Essex, United Kingdom) Decorated theatre actor with occasional roles in Film (THEME) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE

Jennings, Pat Born 12 June 1945  (Newry, Northern Ireland, United KIngdom) Northern Irish former goalkeeper with a lengthy career (THEME) Thanks for being a Sport

Jensen, Derrick Born 19 December 1960  (USA) American author, ecophilosopher, and radical environmentalist. (THEME) Trans Girls Hit squad's hit list

Jeremy, Ron Born 12 March 1953  (Long Island, New York, USA) Actor, almost exclusively in porn films. For whom the bell tolls (THEME) Space Wasters

Jett, Joan Born 22 September 1958  (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA) Founder member of the all-girl rock band The Runaways before scoring a US number 1 hit with 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' in 1982. (THEME) Super Squirrels (THEME) What A Voice on Her!

Jewison, Norman Born 21 July 1926  (Toronto, Canada) Canadian film director of such films as 'In the Heat of the Night' and 'Rollerball'. Pearly Gates Soylent Green Is You (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts There Goes Another One! :) Wayne Manor

Jim, Hillbilly Born 5 July 1952  (Scottsville, Kentucky, USA) Real name James Morris, American retired professional wrestler and now radio show host (THEME) Francis of Arse-Wrestleeasy 221

Jimirro, Jim Born 23 January 1937  (place of birth unknown) Co-Creator the Disney Channel, and other media ventures (THEME) Gris Gris

Jinping, Xi Born 15 June 1953  (Beijing, China) Current President of China. (THEME) Political Correctness Gone Mad

Jodorowsky, Alejandro Born 7 February 1929  (Tocopilla, Chile) Jewish Chilean filmmaker who made the cult western 'El Topo' in 1970. (THEME) American As Apple Pie

Joel, Billy Born 9 May 1949  (The Bronx, New York, USA) Born William Joseph Martin Joel. Rock singer whose hits include 'Uptown Girl', 'Piano Man' and 'We Didn't Start The Fire'. The Colnbrook Coroner

Johanson, Sue Born 16 March 1930  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Sex education lecturer, academic and speaker. (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts

John, Elton Born 25 March 1947  (Pinner, Middlesex, England) The most successful pop star of the 1970s, who has managed to remain more or less in the limelight ever since, despite (or perhaps because of) drug and alcohol problems, bust-ups with his lyricist Bernie Taupin, a turbulent love life and a lamentable dres (THEME) Gay-Tes Of Heaven Heads in a Bag (THEME) Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today Next Year Greta RIDING THE JESUS TRAIN SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS

Johnrose, Lenny Born 29 November 1969  (Preston, UK) Footballer, had multiple spells with Bury and Burnley. Going Underground CHEMO SABEE (THEME) Sudden Death

Johns, Glynis Born 5 October 1923  (Pretoria, South Africa) Husky-voiced actress (and dancer/singer), of Welsh origin, a popular actress in the 1950s. Amazonian Warrior Checking Out By Christmas DEAD SPOTTERS Eternity Tours GOODBYLADIES Grim McGraw (THEME) Jane's Antique Wrinklies LFN PLC Lidders Late Lamentables (THEME) Pazuzu XP (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel  Simply Dead SOYLENT DREAMS Spookygal Stairway To Heaven Swimming in the Death Pool The Anfield Iron The Crowdsourced Deathlist The Keys of Marinus the old lady There Goes Another One! :) Tick Tock Stopped Ticking  Windsor the Troll You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Johns, Jasper Born 15 May 1930  (Augusta, Georgia, USA) American abstract expressionist painter. (THEME) All Death Is Consolation Champion Funeral Home (THEME) Gay-Tes Of Heaven

Johnson, Boris Born 19 June 1964  (New York, New York, USA) Gaffe-prone but hugely endearing Mayor of London, an ex-Tory MP and former head of The Spectator magazine. Angela of Death  (THEME) Kennedy Driving School Lived so let's die (THEME) Trans Girls Hit squad's hit list

Johnson, Dewayne "Lee" Born in   (exact date unknown) Former groundskeeper who won a $289m lawsuit against Monsanto after getting terminal cancer from its product Roundup. Born c.1972. His and Hearse Grief Hijackers Read 'em and Reap Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information The Master of Unlocking The Walking Dead

Johnson, George "Johnny" Born 25 November 1921  (place of birth unknown) Member of the "Dambusters" mission in the Second World War. Born 1922. Dead And Dusted (THEME) God's Gonna Gettem I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix The Worm Your Honour Time's-up Team

Johnson, Holly Born 19 February 1960  (Khartoum, Sudan) African-born former front man of '80s Scouse popsters Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Was diagnosed with HIV in the late '80s, but treatment has kept it at bay ever since, and he continues to work in the music industry. Partridge As Reaper

Johnson, Johnny Born 20 July 1942  (Florida, USA) Frontman of Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon, a band with two top ten hits in the UK in the 1960s and 70s. He probably died a long time ago, off the radar and will not be eligible in 2022. (THEME) Gris Gris

Johnson, Magic Born 14 August 1959  (Lansing, Michigan, USA) HIV-positive former basketball player. 2021 Exit Draft Oliver's Army (of The Dead)

Johnson, Martha Born 18 December 1950  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Canadian singer and songwriter, now suffering from Parkinson's Disease. (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts

Johnson, Stanley Born 18 August 1940  (Penzance, England) Former MEP now far better known for inflicting his son Boris upon the world. Bennie and the Deaths The Long Awaited Return Of The Blackpool Jury

Johnson, Theodore Born in Jamaica  (exact date unknown) Jamaican serial killer. (THEME) Man-Erg

Johnson, Wilko Born 12 July 1947  (Canvey Island, Essex, England) Former lead guitarist and songwriter for pub rock legends Dr. Feelgood. (THEME) DDP Tofoa Former Picks in the Elderly Nursing Home (THEME) Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey The Forest Lawn Jockeys Mr C Partridge As Reaper William Hague's Special Friend You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On!

Johnston, Craig Born 25 June 1960  (Johannesburg, South Africa) Footballer who retired at 28 to look after his ailing sister and later went on to design the Predator boot. (THEME) Welcome To HeysHell

Johnston, Joe Born 13 May 1950  (Austin, Texas, USA) Movie director, behind 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' and 'Jumanji'. (THEME) Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Johnston, Sue Born 7 December 1943  (Warrington, UK) Actress famous as both Sheila in "Brookside" and Barbara in "The Royle Family". (THEME) Sitcom to Heaven

Jolie, Angelina Born 4 June 1975  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Lara Croft actress. Death Stinks Dolly’s Deadbeats (THEME) Sad Last Days

Jones, Alan Born 13 April 1941  (Oakey, Queensland, Australia) Australian rugby coach, a former player & current broadcaster. (THEME) Dick Smith's OzEDeath List

jones, alex Born 11 February 1974  (Dallas, Texas, USA) Perma-angry conspiracy theorist par excellance and owner of the site anyone even remotely politically aware secretly dips into, Infowars. Stop The Steal (THEME) The Talking Dead

Jones, Cliff Born 7 February 1935  (Swansea, Wales) Former Tottenham Hotspur winger, part of the legendary double winning side of 1961. The Deadest Of The Dead (THEME) THE FINAL WHISTLE

Jones, Gloria Born 19 October 1945  (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) Marc Bolan's lover who originally recorded Tainted Love, the "Queen of Northern Soul" 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying

Jones, Jeffrey Born 28 September 1946  (Buffalo, New York, USA) Actor, in a heap of films and TV shows. Also a registered sex offender. Song to the Siren

Jones, L. Q. Born 19 August 1927  (Jefferson County, Texas, USA) Actor who appeared in several Sam Peckinpah films. (THEME) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERNS FRONT

Jones, Marty Born 13 December 1953  (Oldham, UK) Legendary British wrestler, now training the next generation of UK grapplers. (THEME) Grappling with Mortality

JONES, Mick Born 26 June 1955  (London, England) Guitarist with legendary punk band The Clash. Latter formed Big Audio Dynamite and managed The Libertines, but we'll let him off for that! (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME

Jones, Paul Born 24 February 1942  (Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) Depending on your age, or preference, you'll either remember him for being the lead singer of Manfred Mann, the star of children's TV show 'Uncle Jack' or being a broadcaster on Radio 2. (THEME) Boom, Boom, Out go the lights

Jones, Quincy Born 14 March 1933  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Music composer, trumpeter, record producer & arranger, mainly of "feel-good" music. (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Trumps Disinfectant Chumps (THEME) Saturday Night Dead (THEME) SING YOUR LAST SONG FOR ME (THEME) That’s… Death!

Jones, Ron  Born 19 August 1934  (Aberdare, Wales) Died 30 December 2021  (United Kingdom) Age at death: 87  (read death notice) Welsh athlete who won the bronze in 4 x 100m relay at the 1962 European Championships. (THEME) ...and its goodnight from him

Jones, Sam J. Born 12 August 1954  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Actor who played the lead role in 1980's "Flash Gordon". The Forest Lawn Jockeys

jones, shirley Born 31 March 1934  (Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA) Oscar-winning actress and singer best known as Shirley, the matriarch of 'The Partridge Family' in the 1970s. (THEME) Awarded Oscarites

Jones, Tom Born 7 June 1940  (Pontypridd, Wales) Gravelly-voiced, hirsute Welsh singer, inexplicably attractive to ladies of a certain age. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' And they all died Bevs Bucket Kickers Boo! I'm Dead Krypton-Kid The Honey Trap (THEME) Stairway Tom Heaven

Jones (Foreigner), Mick Born in   (exact date unknown) Details to follow (THEME) ARTHUR'S THEME

Jones (singer), Jack Born 14 January 1938  (Hollywood, California, USA) Big band jazz-pop type, bit of a 1960s Buble. Sang the theme tune for "The Love Boat". (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin'

Jong-Un, Kim Born 8 January 1983  (Pyongyang, North Korea) Son of the late North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il and appointed successor to the dear leader after his death in December 2011. Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam (THEME) Political Correctness Gone Mad SHORTER OF BREATH, ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH The Buckley Mystic The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard (THEME) Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives?

Jonsson, Ulrika Born 16 August 1967  (Sollentuna, Sweden) Former model/weather girl who is now a TV presenter & agony aunt. Also famous for spectacularly bad choices of boyfriends. The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers

Jopling, Michael Born 10 December 1930  (place of birth unknown) Former Conservative MP and government minister. Was Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food form 1983-1987. Going Green (THEME) No More Expenses

Jordan, Jim Born 17 February 1964  (Troy, Ohio, USA) US House member who wrestles with sex crimes (THEME) The Right to Die

JOSEPH, Jackie Born 7 November 1933  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Actress, Little Shop of Horrors. BREATHLESS IN SEATTLE

Joseph, Lesley Born 14 October 1942  (London, England) Actress best known as the eternally randy Dorien Green in 'Birds of a Feather'. (THEME) Sitcom to Heaven

JOSLIN, Peter Born 26 March 1933  () Former Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police. (THEME) IT'S A COP-OUT 2021

Jospin, Lionel Born 12 July 1937  (Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France) Former French socialist PM. The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2021

Juan Carlos Of Spain, King Born 5 January 1938  (Rome, Italy) King of Spain since 1975. Spookygal The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard Windsor the Troll

Judd, John Born 23 February 1947  (England) Actor who appeared in Scum and A Bridge Too Far. (THEME) The Unprofessionals

Judd, Naomi Born 11 January 1946  (Ashland, Kentucky, USA) Country music singer & songwriter, mother of actress Ashley Judd. Zombie Dance Party

Jugnauth, Anerood  Born 29 March 1930  (Palma, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius) Died 2 June 2021  (Floréal, Mauritius) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Current president of Mauritius, a role he has occupied since 2003. There Goes Another One! :)

Julian, Ivan Born 26 June 1955  (Washington DC, USA) Punk guitarist who worked with The Clash. The B-Team

Juncker, Jean-Claude Born 9 December 1954  (Redange, Luxembourg) President of the European Commission and hate figure for very angry people with Union Jack avatars on Twitter. You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! (THEME) Kennedy Driving School

Jung-hyeon, Shin Born 4 January 1938  (South Korea) The South Korean Godfather of Rock. The One's That Won't Go Away

Moon, Jae-In Born 24 January 1953  (Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea) President of South Korea since 2017. (THEME) Political Correctness Gone Mad

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