Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2023: N

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Nader, Ralph Born 27 February 1934  (Winsted, Connecticut, USA) Independent Presidential candidate, runs on green issues. Also works as an attorney. (THEME) Peace, Drugs, and Death (THEME) Saturday Night Dead

Nagazumi, Yasuko Born 4 April 1943  (Tokyo, Japan) Former actress, born 1943, known for The Protectors and You Only Live Twice. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Nakadai, Tatsuya Born 13 December 1932  (Tokyo, Japan) Japanese film actor wo collaborated with the likes of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi. (THEME) Dead Continent

Nakamatsu, Yoshiro Born 26 June 1928  (Japan) AKA Dr. NakaMats. Japanese inventor with over 4000 patents. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Nakano, Bull Born 8 January 1968  (Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan) real name Keiko Aoki, retired japanese golfer and wrestler, presumably not at the same time? Zero Hit's Wishlist

Namgyel, Khensur Lungri Born in Kham, Tibet  (exact date unknown) Tibetan Buddhist and 101st Gaden Tripa. (THEME) Clerically Dead

Nano, Fatos Born 16 September 1952  (Tirana, Albania) Albanian socialist politician who was the Prime Minister of Albania several times (THEME) Rolls Off The Tongue

Napoleon, Alix Princess Born 5 April 1926  (Marseille, France) Member of the Bonaparte family through marriage, considered the "Empress of France" by those who think the House of Bonaparte is still a thing. Death Is International (THEME) Vive la France... et la mort

Napolitano, Giorgio  Born 29 June 1925  (Naples, Italy) Died 22 September 2023  (Rome, Italy) Age at death: 98  (read death notice) Former president of Italy, the longest-reigning one. (THEME) Complications from a fall Corpsicles (THEME) Dead Leaders Diego (THEME) Hell to the Chief (THEME) Pazuzu 5 Points Peter Falk's Friends Plausible Passings of 2023 (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife See You In Heaven The End of the World As We Know It

Napolitano, Grace Born 12 April 1936  (Brownsville, Texas, USA) Member of the U.S. house of Representatives from California. (THEME) MAGA Hit List

Nappi, Valentina Born 6 November 1990  (Salerno, Italy) Italian porn star, brought into the industry by the legendary Rocco Siffredi. (THEME) Scrubber Out

Nas X, Lil Born 9 April 1999  (Lithia Springs, Georgia, USA) Aggressively gay on purpose, a US rapper who hit the jackpot with country-crossover hit Old Town Road (THEME) Rappers Delight

Nash, Graham Born 2 February 1942  (Blackpool, Lancashire, England) Singer and songwriter with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. (THEME) Peace, Drugs, and Death

Nassar, Larry Born 16 August 1963  (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA) One of America's most prolific sex offenders, molesting at least 251 youngsters during his time as doctor for the US Gymnastics team and at Michigan University. 5 Feet and 1 to Go Say Hi to Uncle George

Nater, Swen Born 14 January 1950  (Den Helder, The Netherlands) Dutch born basketball player, 2,11 meters. Only player to have led both the NBA and ABA in rebounding. 2024 Here No More

Naumann, Horst Born 17 November 1925  (Dresden, Germany) German actor. (THEME) Acting as in the Twenties

Naumets, Aleksey Born 11 February 1968  (place of birth unknown) Russian military commander serving as deputy chief of staff of the Airborne Forces. (THEME) The Ukrainian Actuary

Navalny, Alexei Born 4 June 1976  (Butyn, Soviet Union) Russian lawyer and political activist. Could be a shrewd choice considering what happened to fellow anti-Putinite Boris Nemtsov… (THEME) Just in Case Noah Reason and the Youth in Asia

Nefiodow, Leo Born in Germany  (exact date unknown) German expert on the theory of long waves. Died in 2022 only barely noticed, definitely no qualifying obit. Death Is International

Neil, Andrew Born 21 May 1949  (Paisley, Scotland) Former editor of the Sunday Times. Now plies his trade with the BBC, like so many of the TV insitiution's critics! (THEME) BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2023 Headstone Hunters

Neil, Vince Born 8 February 1961  (Hollywood, California, USA) Frontman of 80s Jack-Daniels-and-tits rockers Motley Crue. (THEME) Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today

Nelson, Russell M. Born 9 September 1924  (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) American religious leader and former surgeon who is the 17th and current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Champion Funeral Home  (THEME) Clerically Dead They Might All Die

Nelson, Willie Born 30 April 1933  (Fort Worth, Texas, USA) Country & Western guitarist and singer-songwriter. Wrote 'Crazy', which was a hit for Patsy Cline and 'Always On My Mind', made famous by Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys. Busted for cannabis possession in November 2010. (THEME) #1 Hits It's Grim Up North 5 Feet and 1 to Go A Bunch Of Punts BALDY FOREVER Champion Funeral Home (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Deader than a Dead Thing Deadies 8 Departures Board For whom the bell tolls (THEME) Great Gig In The Sky Encore Wisconsin Reaper Beater 2.0 It's A Grim World After All I've Been Dying To Play This Matt Hancock's Unwashed Cock Naked Florida Gravediggers (THEME) Nearly Dead Kennedys NoSoup4U! Permanent Kip Pistonbroke Poppin’ Clogs (THEME) Rockers who Rolled to the graveyard  Soylent Green Is You SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS Say Hi to Uncle George The Choir Invisibule Time for Me to Fly (THEME) Weird with a Beard

Nemere, Istvan Born 11 August 1944  (Pécs, Hungary) Hungarian writerand translator, written 744 published books as of November 1920. Pretty Noose

Nesbitt, Derren Born 19 May 1935  (London, England) Actor. One of the few surviving actors to play 'Number Two' in the classic 1960s tv series 'The Prisoner'. bry80cr

Ness, Jonathan Van Born 28 March 1987  (Quincy, Illinois, USA) One of the queer eyes for the straight guys, YAS queen! Finbarr Returns from the Dead

Nettles, John Born 11 October 1943  (St Austell, Cornwall, England) Actor, best known for his roles in 'Bergerac' and 'Midsomer Murders'. The Man In Black saw him as Octavius Caesar in 'Antony and Cleopatra' at the RSC don't you know! SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS

Nettleton, John  Born 5 February 1929  (London, England) Died 12 July 2023  () Age at death: 94  (read death notice) Veteran character actor, perhaps best known as the wise cabinet secretary Sir Arnold Robinson in 'Yes, Minister'. (THEME) The Retched pong of Brit sit-com

Neville, Gary Born 18 February 1975  (Bury, Greater Manchester, England) Former Manchester United and England right-back whose taken to football punditry like a duck to water... (THEME) Where are all the Garys and Simons?

Newell, David Born 24 November 1938  (O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, United States) American actor most notable for playing the deliveryman on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Rigor Mort Us

Newell, Gabe Born 3 November 1962  () American video game executive. (THEME) International Dying Festival

Newhart, Bob Born 5 September 1929  (Oak Park, Illinois, USA) Stand-up comedian. Did a much talked-about (but rarely seen these days) routine called 'The Driving Instructor'. 2nd time's a charm Bladerunner (THEME) Body with No Arms No Legs Floating in Ocean c. a. daver (THEME) Comedy Cremations Eternity Tours (THEME) Exiting The Stage Hearse of the Dead (THEME) Last Christmas (THEME) Laughing in the face of Death. Lights Out Naked Florida Gravediggers Pearly Gates Poppin’ Clogs SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS (THEME) Syndication Zombies The Death Toll is Catastrophic The Policies Of Benjamin Netanyahu The Spanners (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed!

Newman, Barry  Born 7 November 1938  (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Died 11 May 2023  (New York, New York, USA) Age at death: 92  (read death notice) American Actor with a breakthrough role as Kowalski in 'Vanishing Point'. Also the protagonist of 70s law series 'Petrocelli'. Oscar The Beast ZZ Topped: Heaven, Hell or Houston

Newman, John Born 16 June 1990  (Settle, Yorkshire, England) English pop singer with three #1 hits whose career is repeatedly interrupted by a benign brain tumour. Two Coins & A Punt

Newman, Nanette Born 29 May 1934  (Northampton, England) Winsome actress and children's author. Widow of film director Bryan Forbes. Women's Deaths Matter Too

Newmar, Julie Born 16 August 1933  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Actress, best remembered as Catwoman in the 1960s television version of Batman. A Submarine Torpedoes and Sinks The Love Boat NoSoup4U! (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel

Newth, Jonathan Born 6 March 1939  (Devon, England, United Kingdom) British theatre and TV actor with the usual bouquet of TV work, Softly Softly, Z-Cars, The Bill (THEME) Softly Softly Catchee Monkey(pox)

Newton, Wayne Born 3 April 1942  (Roanoke, Virginia, USA) Singer & entertainer, almost exclusively based in Las Vegas. (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin' (THEME) No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! ONE BAR GAS FIRE AND A TIN OF DOG FOOD

Ng, Charles Born 24 December 1960  (Hong Kong) Serial killer born in Hong Kong, but committed between 11 and 25 murders with his accomplice Leonard Lake in California. Sentenced to Death in 1999, so only able to provide points if he dies of other causes. (THEME) Miscreants

Nice, Natasha Born 28 July 1988  (Fontenay-sous-Bois, France) French porn starlet, previously known as "Natalie Nutsdeep". (THEME) Scrubber Out

Nicholl, Chris Born 12 October 1946  (Wilmslow, UK) Part of Northern Ireland's 1982 World Cup squad, later managed Southampton. (THEME) Waiting for Ugo

Nicholls, Sue Born 23 November 1943  (Walsall, UK) Has played Audrey Roberts in "Coronation Street" since 1979, and had a cancerous mole spotted by one eagle-eyed viewer in 2011. Down Under the Daisies

Nichols, Bobby Born 14 April 1936  (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) American golfer, who won the PGA Championship in 1964. (THEME) In The Hole! (THEME) The DOA Tour

Nichols, Ted Born 2 October 1928  (Missoula, Montana, USA) Composer, conductor, and arranger, created the Scooby Doo & Banana Splits themes (THEME) sid and marty coffin

Nicholson, Jack Born 22 April 1937  (Neptune, New Jersey, USA) Star of such films as 'Chinatown', 'About Schmidt' and the Michael Douglas-produced 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. Said to have retired from making films in 2013. BANGELS Death Nebula 3000 Equatic Doom God, It's Brutal Out Here Zombie Dance Party Headstone Hunters Julia Elston (THEME) Peace, Drugs, and Death Permanent Kip (THEME) Sad Last Days (THEME) Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel SAMSONS AND DELILAHS Two Coins & A Punt

Nicklaus, Jack Born 21 January 1940  (Columbus, Ohio, USA) Golfer, one of the all-time greats of the sport. (THEME) In The Hole! (THEME) The DOA Tour

Nicks, John Born 22 April 1929  (Brighton, England) British figure skating coach and former pair skater. (THEME) She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown

Nicks, Stevie Born 26 May 1948  (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) American singer, successful both as a solo artist and as part of Fleetwood Mac. I'll sleep when you're dead (THEME) Tik Tok… It’s Time

NIELSEN, Nive Born in Nuuk, Greenland  (exact date unknown) Singer-songwriter and surely the first person from Greenland ever to be nominated for the DDP? (THEME) DDP 2063

Nielson, Claire Born 8 April 1937  (Scotland) Scottish actress best recognised for the playing the wife of loud-mouthed American hotel guest Mr Hamilton in the TV classic 'Fawlty Towers'. Born 1937. The Douglas Bader Dance Troupe 2023

Nieto, Augie  Born in   (exact date unknown) Died 22 February 2023  (Orange County, California, USA) Age at death: 65  (read death notice) Founder of the Life Fitness equipment change, been battling ALS since 2005. Born 1958. Finbarr Returns from the Dead

Nightingale, Maxine Born 11 February 1952  (Wembley, UK) British R&B singer, hiits "Right back where we started from" and "Nightlife". Bucket Of Blood

Nighy, Bill Born 12 December 1949  (Caterham, Surrey, England) Acclaimed actor, star of 'Love Actually' amongst others. Was strongly rumoured to take the part of the 9th Doctor Who in 2005. Ultimately though, he featured five years later playing an art critic. Bieber's Believers (THEME) Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives?

Nikiforov, Evgeny Date and place of birth unknown Russian military general. (THEME) Just in Case

Nikitin, Vasily Born 25 November 1971  (Shargʻun, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union) Uzbek-Ukrainian political figure appointed the first "prime minister of the Luhansk People's Republic." (THEME) The Ukrainian Actuary

Nisbet, Scott Born 30 January 1968  (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Scottish football player most notable with the Glasgow Rangers Day in the Death

Noda, Tetsuya Born 5 March 1940  (Uki, Kumamoto, Japan) Widely considered to be Japan’s most important living print-artist, and one of the most successful contemporary print artists in the world. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey The Deadest Of The Dead

Nogami, Teruyo Born 24 May 1927  (Tokyo, Japan) Script supervisor and confidante to Akira Kurosawa for 40 years. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Nolan, Anne Born 12 November 1950  (Dublin, Ireland) Member of the increasingly cancer-struck Nolan family of singers Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk Going, Going, Gone (THEME) The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn

Nolan, Christopher Born 30 July 1970  (London, England) Arguably the most successful British film director currently working today. Hit films include 'The Dark Knight' and 'Inception'. (THEME) Dying of Pretentiousness

Nolan, Linda Born 23 February 1959  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Member of the Nolan Sisters, and a singer in her own right, occasional TV presenter as well. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying 2024? – no thank you! I’ll leave before Ah, the ol’ team Amanita virosa Ambulance chaser Are You Still Dying, Darling? ARSE-IN-HOLE A Submarine Torpedoes and Sinks The Love Boat BLIMEY! BROWN BANANAS Cancel My Appointments Aye, they're off the fags alright Carkers Convention 2023 Chelski Pensioners (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Cobbled on the Eve COMPOST CORNER Crofty's Coffin Crew I Like to Cease Beside the Seaside Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk DDP Tofoa Dead Ends Deader than a Dead Thing Dead Last? Dead Right! Deadpool Surprise Death Can Be Funny Deceased Hose Die Now....Die Now....Show Us You've Pegged Drop Dead Celebration  drunkasaskunk Eternity Tours Ethnic Cleansing Skate Dumpers Evil Grimace Expiry Date 2023 Faster Than A Dead Horse Fat Kids Always Win at Seesaw Faucheuse’s main list Feng Shui Pig Finbarr Returns from the Dead For whom the bell tolls Frail or cancerous Funeral Holmes Girlfriend In A Coma Going Green Grave Danger (THEME) Great Gig in the Sky Heaven or Hell? His and Hearse I'll sleep when you're dead And Now His Watch Is Ended I Told You I Was Ill I Will Not Die, it's the World that Will End! Jackie Treehorn Jellydead Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam JoeRam John Key's List Jumptheshark V 14.0 (now living in Derby) They're Loving Angels Instead Long Lived the Queen Lord Football's Usual List of Ill People Madonna's Hand Of Bod Weakend at Bernies Manuel's Stiffs Min Reaper The Misers Mr Shadrack’s Apparatus Noah Reason and the Youth in Asia  Old People Smell Of Piss Partridge As Reaper People I Think Might Die In 2023 United Pity da Foolz A Trophy For Atrophy Poppin’ Clogs Puzlman's Passing Picks Roasting Bodies In Redcar Soylent Green Is You  SeasideEssexXile Shame Thatcher Can't Die Twice Shaun of the Dead 69 Shovelful of Dirt Southerners Stiffs Star Dust Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Swimming in the Death Pool  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 Colnbrook Coroner The Crowdsourced Deathlist THE DEAD C**T SCROTS The Death Toll is Catastrophic The End of the World As We Know It Funeral Director 2023 The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard The Master of Unlocking the old lady There is no spoon The Rotting Corpses of the Undead (THEME) The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn  The Spanners The Walking Dead This Mortal Coil Thomas Jefferson Survives Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Die Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops Today's the day the maggots have their picnic To Kill A Gabor Sister Two Coins & A Punt (THEME) Unpersons (THEME) Well Done If You Got These at Home Women's Deaths Matter Too Wormer, he's a dead man! niedermier dead! marmalard dead! Worm Farmer You Could Have Waited, I've Just Put The Kettle On! You Have 1 Year To Die…Your Time Starts Now You Might Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper

Nolte, Nick Born 8 February 1941  (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) American actor - 'The Prince of Tides', 'Hotel Rwanda'. (THEME) Come on Karma, Where's the F@@king Justice (THEME) Weird with a Beard

Nonomura, Ryutaro Born 29 July 1966  (Osaka, Japan) Japanese politician who cried on TV when quizzed by journalists about his expenses (THEME) International Dying Festival

Norris, Chuck Born 10 March 1940  (Ryan, Oklahoma, USA) The straight-to-video actor and martial artist. 20 Random Guys Part 3 (THEME) Weird with a Beard

Norris, Terry  Born 9 June 1930  (Melbourne, Australia) Died 20 March 2023  () Age at death: 92  (read death notice) Australian stage, television and film actor, and politician. Waiting for the Hearse

North, Oliver Born 7 October 1943  (San Antonio, Texas, USA) Disgraced former Colonel of the US Marines, now a TV broadcaster. (THEME) Oh Ronnie, Where Art Thou...

Norton, Greg Born 13 March 1959  (Davenport, Iowa, USA) One third of 80s punk rockers Husker Du. You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them!

Norton, Jim Born 19 July 1968  (Bayonne, New Jersey, USA) American stand-up comedian and podcaster. Bucket Kickers 79

Norton (actor), Jim Born 4 January 1938  (Dublin, Ireland) Irish stage and occasional TV actor, won a Tony award for The Seafarer Time's-up Team

Norvelle, Duncan Born in Hoton, Leicestershire, England  (exact date unknown) Comedian who pedalled an uamusingly camp persona to briefly capture fame in the 1980s despite being married with 3 kids. Born 1958. (THEME) Well Done If You Got These at Home

Nott, John Born 1 February 1932  (Bideford, Devon, England) What most people remember of John Nott is an interview with Robin Day - Day asked Nott whether the public should believe the retiring MP's statements on defence cuts, since Day thought Nott was a "here today, gone tomorrow politician". Nott then stood up, (THEME) No More Expenses

Novak, Kim Born 13 February 1933  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Actress, best remembered for her role in 'Vertigo'. Falling Off The Perch I Couldn't Eat Another Bite Noz4news

Nujoma, Sam Born 12 May 1929  (Ongandjera, Namibia) First president of Namibia, from 1990-2005. (THEME) Complications from a fall (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife

Numan, Gary Born 8 March 1958  (London, England) Influential electro-rock musician who hit the big time in the late 1970s, suffered a career decline before being rehabilitated as a pioneer. (THEME) Where are all the Garys and Simons?

Nussbaum, Mike  Born 29 December 1923  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Died 23 December 2023  (Chicago, Il, USA) Age at death: 99  (read death notice) Actor who appeared in Field of Dreams and Men in Black. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people The Old Ones are the Pests The Spanners

Nylon, Judy Born in USA  (exact date unknown) Multidisciplinary American artist and former best pal of Patti Smith. Born 1948. Most Unique Picks 2023

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