Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2023: Z

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Zadora, Pia Born 4 May 1954  (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) Child star actress, who later went into modelling and singing. Moldy Oldies

Zagallo, Mario Born 9 August 1931  (Maceio, Brazil) Former player and coach for the Brazilian national team, winning the World Cup as a player in 1958 and 1962 and again as manager in 1970. A Pelican In The Wilderness Death Becomes Them

Zaldostanov, Alexander Born 19 January 1963  (Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) Ukrainian leader of the Night Wolves motorcycle club and Putin supporter. (THEME) The Ukrainian Actuary

Zamfir, Teodor Born in Romania  (exact date unknown) Romanian entrepeneur who played a small role in ushering the end of the Ceausescu dictatorship by, of all things, illegally importing Chuck Norris action flicks. Apricot Crumble

Zanardi, Alex Born 23 October 1966  (Bologna, Italy) Accident prone but resilient former F1 driver who lost both legs after a crash in an Indy Car race and then won 4 gold medals in paralympics before suffering another serious accident and then a fire in his house. (THEME) Thanks for being a Sport

Zane, Frank Born 28 June 1942  (Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA) Bodybuilder and a former Mr. Olympia, one of the very few to beat Ahnuld in a bodybuilding contest. Apricot Crumble

Zanini, Marcel Born 9 September 1923  (Istanbul, Turkey) French jazz musician. Died in January and only obited in french sources. (THEME) Vive la France... et la mort

Zavorotnyuk, Anastasia Born 3 April 1971  (Astrakhan, Russia) Russian soap actress. John Key's List

Zazeela, Marian Born 15 May 1940  (New York City, New York, USA) American experimental artist, wife of La Monte Young (THEME) All Death Is Consolation

Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Born 25 January 1978  (Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)) Former comedian now president of Ukraine leading country in a war/special military operation against Russia Death Becomes Them I'll sleep when you're dead Much Ado About Snuffing Oscar The Beast Puzlman's Passing Picks The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard Tumbling Dice

Zeman, Milos Born 28 September 1944  (Kolin, Czechoslovakia) Current President of the Czech Republic since 2013. (THEME) Baby Kissers Taking a Big Sleep Corpsicles (THEME) Decomposing Blubber Going Green Grobler's Stiff Ones (THEME) House Of Soon To Be With The Lord Jellydead John Key's List Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix Powder Picks Em Off Beat the Cost of Living Crisis with One Simple Trick! Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops Zipline

Zendaya, (actress) Born 1 September 1996  (Oakland, California, USA) American actress and singer starring in Euphoria, Marvel's Spider-Man and Denis Villeneuve's Dune series. (THEME) The 27 Club

Zhan, Zhang Born 2 September 1983  (Xianyang, Shaanxi, China) Chinese citizen journalist imprisoned by her government for reporting on the COVID outbreak there. The Grim Actuary

Zia, Khaleda Born in Jalpaiguri, Bengal Presidency, British India  (exact date unknown) Former PM of Bangladesh. Born 1945. Alternative Observations 2023 John Key's List (THEME) Ruling The Afterlife The Grim Actuary Worm Farmer

Ziani, Mohamed Benomar Born 1 January 1938  (Rabat, Morocco) Moroccan Aita and Chaabi musician. (THEME) Not Gone Yet, But Still Forgotten

Zidi, Claude Born 25 July 1934  (Paris, France) French film director, focusing mainly on broad, burlesque comedies. (THEME) Perfect 10

Ziegler, Philip  Born 24 December 1929  (Ringwood, Hampshire, England) Died 22 February 2023  () Age at death: 93  (read death notice) British biographer and historian. (THEME) Dying of Pretentiousness

Zimbardo, Philip Born 23 March 1933  (New York City, New York, USA) Psychologist, perhaps best known for conducting the Stanford Prison Experiment, in which he assigned a group of students the roles of guard and prisoner and observed extreme reactions on both ends. Powder Picks Em Off

Zimmer, Robert  Born 5 November 1947  (New York, USA) Died 23 May 2023  (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Age at death: 75  (read death notice) American mathematician and academic administrator known for the Zimmer Program Banana's Peel Slippers

Zoetemelk, Joop Born 3 December 1946  (Rijpwetering, Netherlands) Cyclist, winner of the 1980 Tour de France. (THEME) On yer bike!

Zoff, Dino Born 28 February 1942  (Mariano del Friuli, Italy) Legendary Italian international goalkeeper. Captained the Azzurri to the World Cup in 1982 at the age of 40. 6 Feet (Down) Under

ZUN, (composer) Born 18 March 1977  (Hakuba, Nagano, Japan) Creator of basically everything in the Touhou Project series of games, the songs and characters are very common in MADs (THEME) International Dying Festival

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