Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2025: 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 (THEME) Stay Golden

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

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

Vallejo, Boris Born 8 January 1941  (Lima, Peru) Peruvian painter famed for SF novel covers. Pedro's catacomb collective

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)'. It's Grim Up North Blodreina Casket Ready (THEME) CLOG POPPERS Death Becomes Them Eternity Tours Faster Than A Dead Horse Graceful Deaths Grave Danger Huddled Masses Lard Bazaar Long Story Short… It's Over! Names are for friends, so I don’t need one Noz4news Oh, What a Beautiful Mournin' (THEME) Old as Dirt 2 Owt to stop me Coffin See You In Heaven (THEME) Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead Stay safe friends! (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers The End of the World As We Know It Thomas Jefferson Survives You Might Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper

Van Allsburg, Chris Born 18 June 1949  (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) Famed American children's author who wrote and illustrated Jumanji and The Polar Express. (THEME) Foreword by The Grim Reaper

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 Der Beek, James Born 8 March 1977  (Cheshire, CT, USA) Actor best known for Dawson's Creek A Pelican In The Wilderness BREATHLESS IN SEATTLE Freaky Farleys Going Underground G-O-T-T-O-G-O! Harry Rotter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1 You're Dead Now, So Shut Up! Hearse of the Dead Once Again (THEME) Jaydead (THEME) Nature's Way Grief Hijackers Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix (THEME) Saturday Night Dead Stop the Steal...ing of My Felonies Senor Trump Team Terminal The End of the World As We Know It The Walking Dead

Van Doren, Mamie Born 6 February 1931  (Rowena, South Dakota, USA) Actress & former sex symbol. (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'. It's Grim Up North 2025 Not Alive 2025 Not Your Year 3rd times the charm (THEME) 99 Not Out! (THEME) Aaron Aardvark's Alliteration Association Ah, the ol’ team Always Look On The Bright Side  And they all died ..better to burn out... Bladerunner Blasphemous Rumours 'A' BLIMEY! Blodreina Bought the Peanut Farm Worm Fodder (THEME) Comedy Cremations Couldn't Think of a Team Name Crofty's Coffin Crew Culled Rush Centenary Cemetery Curtains for Carter Dai YaB'stards Darling Did You Forget to Take A Breath? Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk (THEME) D Ceased Dead but not buried  Deader than a Dead Thing DEADIES 11 Dead Last? Dead Right!  DEAD LOSS Deadpool Surprise Death Stinks Deathlist.net  Death Stalks United Departures Board Di's Dies Don't Eat The Figs "Down Under" Death Merchants Dropping Like Flies (THEME) Empty Chairs at Empty Tables  Eternity Tours Falling Off The Perch (THEME) Fatal Exceptions  Fat Kids Always Win at Seasaw (THEME) Fill the Century or die!  Final Curtain Call Fiona's Frail & Cancerous Pool Flat White and Flat Line Goneville Harry Rotter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1 Heaven Can't Wait Hunting Halos I Cannot Believe They're Not Deader I Know That Ain't Who I Think It Is Wisconsin Reaper Beater 3.0 (THEME) It's a Small World I've Been Dying To Play This Jellydead VIRUS? WHAT VIRUS? CORONA'S A BEER! JoeRam Jumptheshark (THEME) Just One More Death  Kop-ing it They're Loving Angels Instead (THEME) Laughing in the face of Death. Lidders Late Lamentables Living in a Box LL's Pool Manchester Pity Mancunian Medley Mortem Omnibus Mr & Mrs Drummerboy  Naked Florida Gravediggers (THEME) Nature's Way  Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia (THEME) Norman Lear and All His Friends NoSoup4U! Oh, What a Beautiful Mournin' (THEME) Old As Dirt (THEME) Old as Dirt 2 Owt to stop me Coffin Partridge As Reaper Permanent Kip 2024 Peter Falk's Friends Phantom's Pick 'n' Mix  Piston Broke  Plausible Passings of 2025 Pool Ghoul Powder Picks Em Off Prowlers Goners '25 Pull my finger  Puzlman's Passing Picks RIP It Up and Start Again Sad News FC SeasideEssexXile See You In Heaven (THEME) Slippery Soap Spectre of Death (THEME) Stay Golden  Stephen Hawking's Football Boots Stiff Competition Still_Drunkasaskunk Stop the Steal...ing of My Felonies Senor Trump Sweeney Todd's Nutritional Information Tentoesup The Anfield Iron Colnbrook Coroner The Crowdsourced Deathlist Still Life (THEME) The Dead Kennedys Trojan Hearse The End of the World As We Know It The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard The Long Awaited Return Of The Welsh Jury The Old Ones are the Pests The Spanners Times up! Tiny and Ellie's Pick of the Drops (THEME) Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! 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. I've Been Dying To Play This (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. (THEME) God's Gonna Gettem Jimmy Savile's Paedo FunHouse and Grill The Sunday Supplement's Premature Review of 2025 You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them! You Have 1 Year To Die…Your Time Starts Now

van Hoeydonck, Paul  Born 8 October 1925  (Antwerp, Belgium) Died 3 May 2025  (Wijnegem, Belgium) Age at death: 99  (read death notice) Artist behind the 'Fallen Astronaut' statue in tribute to deceased astronauts and cosmonauts which was placed on the Moon in 1971. (THEME) Fill the Century or die!

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

Van Rensberg, Jimmy Born 24 October 1931  (Johannesburg, South Africa) Snooker player and South African Professional Champion of 1984. (THEME) snooker loopy c*NTS are we

Vanoni, Ornella  Born 22 September 1934  (Milan, Italy) Died 21 November 2025  (Milan, Italy) Age at death: 91  (read death notice) Italian Pop Singer, active since 1960, repopularised by her 1970 song L'Appuntamento appearing in film. (THEME) Drop Dead Diva

Vanous, Lucky Born 11 April 1961  (Lincoln, Nebraska, United States) American model best known for being the face of Diet Coke in 1994 Blueberry Crumble

Vargas, Ieda Maria Born 31 December 1944  (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Brazilian Miss Universe. (THEME) Miss DEAD

Vargas Llosa, Mario  Born 28 March 1936  (Arequipa, Peru) Died 13 April 2025  (Lima, Peru) Age at death: 89  (read death notice) Preuvian novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. (THEME) Nobel Notables

Vassiliou, George Born 20 May 1931  (Famagusta, Cyprus) He was the third President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. (THEME) Complications from a fall

Vayrynen, Paavo Born 2 September 1946  (Kemin maalaiskunta, Finland) Member of the Finnish parliament from 1970 to 2019, except for four years (2014-2018) when he was an MEP. Was Deputy PM of Finland from 1983-1987. The Marvelous Pneumonia Squad

Vaz, Zinha Born 4 October 1952  (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau) Bissau-Guinean politician and women's rights activist Blueberry Crumble

Vazquez Rivera, Carmen Born 15 February 1922  (Cidra, Puerto Rico) Puertan Rican USAA and USAF officer and nurse during WW2 and the Korean War. (THEME) Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people

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

Velazquez, Carlos Born 14 July 1925  (Argentina) Argentine pentathlete. (THEME) Fill the Century or die!

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

Veneman, Ann Born 29 June 1949  (Modesto, California, USA) American attorney who served as US Secretary of Agriculture before becoming UNICEF executive director. (THEME) The Cabinet of the Grim Reaper

Venetiaan, Ronald Born 18 June 1936  (Paramaribo, Suriname) Twice President of Suriname. (THEME) ...and its goodnight from him

Ventham, Wanda Born 5 August 1935  (Brighton, East Sussex, England) Veteran actress and mother of 'Sherlock' star Benedict Cumberbatch. (THEME) The Gallifrey Regeneration Game

Ventura, Jesse Born 15 July 1951  (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) Professional wrestler turned politician. (THEME) Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2025

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

Vered, Ora Date and place of birth unknown Miss Israel 1952. Born 1934. (THEME) Miss DEAD

Vereen, Ben Born 10 October 1946  (Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA) American actor, dancer and singer. He gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, and Pippin, for which he won the 1973 Tony Award for B Wanted Dead, Not Alive

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

Vermeil, Dick Born 30 October 1936  (Calistoga, California, USA) US football coach. (THEME) Traded to the Saints

Vernon, Anne Born 7 January 1924  (Saint-Denis, France) French film actress. (THEME) Perfect 10 Upside Down Planet

Vettriano, Jack  Born 17 November 1951  (Methil, Fife, Scotland) Died 1 March 2025  (Nice, France) Age at death: 73  (read death notice) Painter best known for 'The Singing Butler'. Time's-up Team

Vigneault, Gilles Born in Natashquan, Quebec, Canada  (exact date unknown) Canadian poet and songwriter noted for his strong support of Quebec nationhood. (THEME) Stars on Hice

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

Villella, Edward Born 1 October 1936  (New York City, USA) Ballet dancer and choreographer of the New York Ballet. Boxed a bit at school. (THEME) The Dead Kennedys

Vincent, Kit Date and place of birth unknown Documentary film maker, who's documented his own terminal illness. Born around 1999, grew up in Bournemouth. Banana's Bruises

Vinge, Joan D. Born 2 April 1948  (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) Sci-fi writer behind the "Snow Queen" series of books. (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' Now That's What I Call Emeli Sande's In Memoriam (THEME) Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies (THEME) St. Peter’s Warblers

Virata, Cesar Born 12 December 1930  (Kawit, Cavite, Philippine Islands) Fourth Prime Minister of the Philippines before losing power following the People Power Revolution, which deposed Marcos. The Marvelous Pneumonia Squad

Virgo, John Born 3 March 1946  (Salford, Lancashire, England) Snooker player, turned TV commentator & presenter. (THEME) snooker loopy c*NTS are we

Viskontas, Indre Born in Toronto, Canada  (exact date unknown) Neuroscientist and soprano (THEME) The Big Brain Theory

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 Jellydead Weakend at Bernies Say Hi to Uncle George Tentoesup You've got a Shiva In The Dark

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

Vitous, Miroslav Born 6 December 1947  (Prague, Czechoslavakia) Czech bassist (double and guitar), founder member of Weather Report (THEME) Nice!

Vivino, Floyd Born 19 October 1951  (Paterson, NJ, USA) "Uncle Floyd", comedy TV host (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. Dead Is Dead The Good, The Bad and Cliff Richard

Volman, Mark  Born 19 April 1947  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Died 5 September 2025  (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Age at death: 78  (read death notice) Big-haired singer with the Turtles and later, The Mothers of Invention. ..better to burn out... (THEME) Mmmmmmmm Drop

von Daniken, Erich Born 14 April 1935  (Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland) Author & UFO/alien fan. (THEME) Dead... Or are they?

von Dohnanyi, Christoph  Born 8 September 1929  (Berlin, Germany) Died 6 September 2025  (Munich, Germany) Age at death: 95  (read death notice) 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 Bought the Peanut Farm Eddie's Parade of Darkness and Despair Exu's Exiteers (THEME) God's Gonna Gettem

von Hentig, Hartmut Born 23 September 1925  (Poznań, Poland) German educational scientist and publicist. (THEME) Fill the Century or die!

Von Trotta, Margarethe Born 21 February 1942  (Berlin, Germany) German film director, a preeminent figure in New German Cinema. Most Unique Picks 2024

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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