Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2024: V

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Vacano, Jost Born 15 March 1934  (Osnabrück, Germany) German cinematographer at the side of Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, and behind the camera of Das Boot (THEME) Perfect 10

Vaccaro, Brenda Born 18 November 1939  (New York, USA) American stage, television, and film actress who won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Once is not Enough. Also had the pleasure of being Michael Douglas's partner for 7 years well before Catherine Zeta Jones was on the scene (THEME) Last Christmas

Vaccaro, Sonny Born 23 September 1939  (place of birth unknown) American sports markerting executive for Nike who signed Michael Jordan. (THEME) Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies

Vachon, Paul  Born 7 October 1937  (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Died 29 February 2024  () Age at death: 86  (read death notice) Pro-wrestler and member of the famous Vachon wrestling family. Ben-Hur and Messala Were Lovers (THEME) Rushing to Tim Horton's for Maple Donuts The House of Extravaganza

Valente, Caterina  Born 14 January 1931  (Paris, France) Died 9 September 2024  (Lugano, Switzerland) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Italian singer and guitar player. (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers (THEME) Vive la France... et la mort

Valentine, Greg Born 20 September 1951  (Seattle, Washington, USA) Professional wrestler known as "The Hammer". Father Johnny was also a wrestler. (THEME) Grappling with Mortality

Valentine-Morton, Marc Born in Hove, East Sussex, UK  (exact date unknown) Opera singer from Brighton (Hove, actually) Banana's Bruises

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) CLOG POPPERS Death Stinks (THEME) Facing the Music Huddled Masses Mourning Glory (THEME) Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead Squid's Stiffs (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers

van Acker, Luc Born 6 October 1961  (Tienen, Belgium) Belgian singer. (THEME) Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You)

van Agt, Dries  Born 2 February 1931  (Geldrop, Netherlands) Died 5 February 2024  (Nijmegen, Netherlands) Age at death: 93  (read death notice) Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977-82. (THEME) Dead Leaders  The Policies Of Benjamin Netanyahu

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) Everybody's Dead, Dave

Van Doren, Mamie Born 6 February 1931  (Rowena, South Dakota, USA) Actress & former sex symbol. Zombie Dance Party (THEME) Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille

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'. 2024 No More (THEME) Aaron Aardvark's Alliteration Association Ah, the ol’ team Always Look On The Bright Side And they all died Arkham Asylum Joker Be No More in 2024 ..better to burn out... Bladerunner Blasphemous Rumours 'B' BLIMEY! Boo! I'm dead Worm Fodder Bromsgrove Deathtrove Aye, they're off the fags alright (THEME) Comedy Cremations Couldn't Think of a Team Name Curtains for Carter Dai YaB'stards Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk (THEME) D Ceased Deader than a Dead Thing  Deadies 10 Dead Last? Dead Right!  DEAD LOSS Deadpool Surprise Death Stinks Deaths R Us  Deathlist.net Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic Death Stalks United Death to the Future Departures Board (theme) Di, just Die! Don't Eat The Figs Down Bad Down Under Death Merchants Dropping Like Flies Dying to Win Eternity Tours Every Death You Take (THEME) Exiting The Stage Falling Off The Perch Fat Kids Always Win at Seesaw Final Curtain Call Girlfriend in a Coma…. Its really Serious! Ground Floor of the Bungalow Heaven Can't Wait His and Hearse I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader Wisconsin Reaper Beater 3.0 I've Been Dying To Play This Jellydead VIRUS? WHAT VIRUS? CORONA'S A BEER! JoeRam (THEME) Just One More Death  Kissinger of Death They're Loving Angels Instead Hi-Fat Worm Food (THEME) Laughing in the face of Death. Let 'er RIP Lidders Late Lamentables Living in a Box Weakend at Bernies (THEME) Meddling Kids and their Dead Dog  Mort Mortem Omnibus Mr & Mrs Drummerboy Mr Shadrack’s Apparatus Naked Florida Gravediggers (THEME) Nature's Way (THEME) Nearly Dead Kennedys Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia (THEME) Norman Lear and All His Friends NoSoup4U! (THEME) Old As Dirt ONE BAR GAS FIRE AND A TIN OF DOG FOOD Partridge As Reaper Powder Picks Em Off Prowlers Goners '24 Pull my finger  Puzlman's Passing Picks SeasideEssexXile Shame Thatcher Can't Die Twice SHORTER OF BREATH, ONE DAY CLOSER TO DEATH (THEME) Slippery Soap Spectre of Death Stiff Competition Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Swimming in the Death Pool Tentoesup The Anfield Iron Colnbrook Coroner The Crowdsourced Deathlist (THEME) The Dead Kennedys The Dead Parrot The Long Awaited Return Of The Welsh Jury The nice one needs an outlet  The Old Ones are the Pests The Spanners Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops Tolex (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! Twilight of the Ghosts (THEME) Who's laughing now? Who Turned out the lights? Wot The Deuce Zipline Zombie Nation

Van Dyke, Leroy Born 4 October 1929  (Mora, Missouri, USA) Country singer who hit the charts with 'Walk On By' (not the Burt Bacharach song) in 1962. (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers

van Gaal, Louis Born 8 August 1951  (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Former football player and manager. Coach of AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Dutch National team. Imelda's Terrahawks Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill You Have 1 Year To Die…Your Time Starts Now

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) Desert Island Deaths (THEME) Sung Their Last Song

Van Patten, Joyce Born 9 March 1934  (New York City, New York, USA) Actress, sister of Dick Van Patten and once married to Martin Balsam. (THEME) Just One More Death

Vanderpump, Lisa Born 15 September 1963  (Dulwich, London, England) Originally a big-screen actress, found a home for herself in scripted-reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and spinoffs. Powder Picks Em Off

Vanoni, Ornella Born 22 September 1934  (Milan, Italy) Italian Pop Singer, active since 1960, repopularised by her 1970 song L'Appuntamento appearing in film. (THEME) Drop Dead Diva

Vardinogiannis, Vardis  Born 4 December 1933  (Episkopi, Greece) Died 12 November 2024  (Athens, Greece) Age at death: 90  (read death notice) Greek billionaire in the oil and shipping industries. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

Vargas Llosa, Mario Born 28 March 1936  (Arequipa, Peru) Peruvian novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. (THEME) Nobel Notables

Vavrick-O'Brien, Kathy Born 6 January 1955  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA) A notable figure in the Survivor cosmos, won immunity across two different seasons (THEME) The Elders of Reality TV

Veber, Francis Born 28 July 1937  (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) Leading French director and screenwriter, including the original versions of "The Bird Cage" and "Dinner for Schmucks". Most Unique Picks 2024

Vee, Jimmy Born 3 February 1959  (Scotland) Actor and stunt performer. Has played various monsters & aliens in Doctor Who and succeeded Kenny Baker as R2-D2. (THEME) Arthur's Theme: Jimmy White and the 19 Dwarfs

Veliotes, Nicholas A. Born 28 October 1928  (Oakland CA, USA) Former US diplomat, ambassador to Jordan (1978-81) and Egypt (1984-86). Gooseberry Crumble

Veloso, Caetano Born 7 August 1942  (Bahia, Brazil) Singer and political activist, at the forefront of the anti-junta Tropicalismo movement in the 60s. (THEME) Thank You For The Music

Vendetta, Dayna Born in   (exact date unknown) Porn star. (THEME) Scrubber Out

Venegas, Alex Born 16 July 2001  (place of birth unknown) Internet personality and "rapper," one half of the Island Boys. (THEME) Red Ink Pen

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) Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2024

Vere Cole, Tristan de Born 16 March 1935  (Redruth, Cornwall, England) Director with the BBC whose credits include 'Doctor Who' and the first episode of 'Emmerdale'. The former Royal Navy Officer is also one of painter Augustus John's illegitimate children. (THEME) The Gallifrey Regeneration Game

Verhoeven, Paul Born 18 July 1938  (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch film director, no relation to the German Paul Verhoeven. Known for blending social satire with Hollywood action, which sometimes goes a little over the average cinemagoer's heads (Robocop, Starship Troopers). Zero Hit's Wishlist

Vernon, Anne Born 7 January 1924  (Saint-Denis, France) French film actress. (THEME) Fill the Century or die! (THEME) Perfect 10

Vettriano, Jack Born 17 November 1951  (Methil, Fife, Scotland) Painter best known for 'The Singing Butler'. Time's-up Team

Vilas, Guillermo Born 17 August 1952  (Mar del Plata, Argentina) Title-winning Argentine tennis player, who couldn't quite outshine contemporaries Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors Zero Hit's Wishlist

Villagran, Carlos Born 12 January 1944  (Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico) Mexican actor best known for playing "Quico" in "El Chavo del 8" (THEME) Hispanics and Lati-no's Worst of Deathlist 2023

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

Vinge, Vernor  Born 2 October 1944  (Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA) Died 20 March 2024  (La Jolla, CA, USA) Age at death: 79  (read death notice) American scientist and sci-fi author who anticipated the cyberspace (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' Free Fallers' Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam (THEME) Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies Soylent Green Is You (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers

Viorst, Judith Born 2 February 1931  (Newark, New Jersey, USA) Children's author best known for Murphy's law 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'. I Like to Cease Beside the Seaside

Viren, Lasse Born 22 July 1949  (Myrskylä, Finland) Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics (THEME) Thanks for being a Sport

Virgil, (wrestler)  Born 7 April 1951  (Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA) Died 28 February 2024  (Canonsburg, PA, USA) Age at death: 72  (read death notice) Born Michael Jones, former professional wrestler and actor. (THEME) Grappling with Mortality

Visconti, Tony Born 24 April 1944  (Brooklyn, New York, USA) Record producer, played bass on David Bowie's Man Who Sold the World. (THEME) Quinn -v- Curtis

Vitale, Dick Born 9 June 1939  (Passaic, New Jersey, USA) Prolific US basketball sportscaster known for his exuberant commentary. 5 Feet and 1 to Go Captain Hemlock's Twenty Deceased Hose (theme) Di, just Die! Down Bad Jellydead The Misers Say Hi to Uncle George Tentoesup

Vithoulkas, George Born 25 July 1932  (Athens, Greece) Greek homeopathic practitioner and teacher. (THEME) Alternative in Death - The Right Deadlihood Award

Vivar, Edgar Born 28 December 1948  (Mexico Ciy, Mexico) Mexican comedy actor, famous for sketch show Chespirito and sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. Lost a lot of weight (165lbs/75kg) through a gastric bypass in 2008, and since has been an advocate for healthy living. Worst of Deathlist 2023

Vivino, Floyd Born 19 October 1951  (Paterson, New Jersey, USA) Twisted children's entertainer on US TV also known as "Uncle Floyd" (THEME) Rolls Off The Tongue

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. Doodar dead good 20

Volman, Mark Born 19 April 1947  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Big-haired singer with the Turtles and later, The Mothers of Invention. ..better to burn out... Free Fallers'

von Dohnanyi, Christoph Born 8 September 1929  (Berlin, Germany) German conductor, spent over two decades with the Cleveland Orchestra. (THEME) The Fat Lady's singing...

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 Exu's Exiteers

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

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