Celebrity picks for Derby Dead Pool 2025: Y

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Yadav, Ramji Lal Born 5 May 1922  (India) Former Lok Sabha member (THEME) Fiona's 1922

YAGHMAEI, Kourosh Born 3 December 1946  (Shahrud, Semnan, Iran) Iranian rock musician whose career was undermined by the Iranian Revolution of 1979. (THEME) Thank You For The Music

Yamada, Yoji Born 13 September 1931  (Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan) Japanese film director, best known for his 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' film series. Dr Shipman's waiting room

Yamamoto, Koho Born 14 April 1922  (Alviso, CA, USA) Artist known for her Sumi-e artwork, a Japanese brushwork style using black ink (THEME) Fiona's 1922

Yamashita, Yosuke Born 26 February 1942  (Tokyo, Japan) Japanese jazz pianist & composer. (THEME) Easy Peasy Japanesey

Yang, Chen-Ning Born 1 October 1922  (Hefei, Anhui, China) Chinese born American physicist. (THEME) Fiona's 1922

Yankovic, Weird Al Born 23 October 1959  (Downety, California, USA) Spoofing artist and funny guy. (THEME) Can't Think of a Music Pun

Yannacone, Victor Date and place of birth unknown American environmental attorney that fought for Vietnam veterans against the effects of Agent Orange. (THEME) Lt. Colonel Kilgore's Ultimate Surf Party

Yarrow, Peter  Born 31 May 1938  (New York City, New York, USA) Died 7 January 2025  (New York City, USA) Age at death: 86  (read death notice) The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary, and co-writer of their hit 'Puff, the Magic Dragon'. Had a not-so-magic moment in 1970 when he was arrested for taking "immoral and improper liberties" with a 14-year-old girl. 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying 2026? No thank you! (THEME) 20 Crooners Croakin'  ARSE-IN-HOLE Banana's Peel Slippers Ben-Hur and Messala Were Lovers Bennington & Speight's Aerial Silk Workshop  BLIMEY! Carkers Convention 2025 The Love Boat Culled Rush Centenary Cemetery  Day in the Death  DDP Tofoa Dead Ends Dead Wait Death Nebula 3000 Deceased Hose Diego  Droller Coaster Dropping Like Flies  drunkasaskunk Eternity Tours Ethnic Cleansing Skate Dumpers Evil Grimace Expiry Date - 2025 Fade to Black Faster Than A Dead Horse La Faucheuse David Quantick's Showbiz Pals Free Fallers' Goneville Haben die Spaten Hearse of the Dead Once Again Sorry For Your Trouble  It's A Grim World After All I Will Not Die, it's the World that Will End! LL's Pool LW's Czech Out (THEME) LW's Latest Hit Manuel's Stiffs Mass Hole Cemetery The Misers Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Slaughter Newlydeads Octopus of Odstock Once You Go Black Pan Breed Plan B from Outer Space Plausible Passings of 2025 A Trophy For Atrophy Roasting Bodies In Redcar Salmon Mousse SAMSONS AND DELILAHS (THEME) Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead  Shaun of the Dead 69 Skibidi Toilet Smart Beta (THEME) Space Wasters Statik Charge Stay safe friends!  Stiff Competition Still_Drunkasaskunk Substitution Bench and Star Players Summer in Transylvania Heading Nowhere The Sunday Supplement's Premature Review of 2025 The Crowdsourced Deathlist Still Life The Living End the old lady The Policies Of Benjamin Netanyahu The Sound of the Underground They Might All Die Thomas Jefferson Survives To Kill A Gabor Sister You've got a Shiva In The Dark  Zipline

Yasargil, Gazi Born 6 July 1925  (Lice, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey) Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon who developed devices to treat epilepsy and brain tumours. (THEME) Fill the Century or die! The Deadest Of The Dead

Yeaten, Benjamin Born 28 February 1969  (Tiaplay, Nimba County, Liberia) Liberian Militia leader and war criminal; one of Charles Taylor's mob. Following Taylor's overthrow in 2003, Yeaten fled, murdering his fiancée before he left. In exile he became a mercenary. Last known to be living in Togo. (THEME) militant leaders

Yerxa, Ron Born 18 May 1947  (United States) American Film Producer, e.g. Little Miss Sunshine and Nebraska (THEME) ...and its goodnight from him

Yonath, Ada Born 22 June 1939  (Jerusalem, Israel) First female Israeli to win the Nobel Prize, in 2009. (THEME) Nobel Loserettes

Yongchaiyudh, Chavalit Born 15 May 1932  (Nonthaburi, Krung Thep, Siam) Former Thai Army Commander-in-Chief and Supreme commander Thai Armed Forces. Served a short term as Prime Minister of Thailand, resigneing amidst the Asian finanial crisis of 1997. Still politically active in his 90s. Baby Kissers Taking a Big Sleep (THEME) Dead Leaders Pan Breed The Marvelous Pneumonia Squad

Yong-nam, Kim Born 4 February 1928  (Pyongyang, North Korea) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. Some believe that he's the one that really runs the show in this most most rogue of rogue states... (THEME) Dead Continent

Yong-rim, Choe Born 20 November 1930  (Ryanggang, North Korea) Former premier of North Korea. Baby Kissers Taking a Big Sleep

Yoon, Suk Yeol Born 18 December 1960  (Seoul, South Korea) Current president of South Korea Peter Falk's Friends

York, Michael Born 27 March 1942  (Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England) Classy actor, star of 'Cabaret', 'Logan's Run' and the Austin Powers trilogy. (THEME) Apology Accepted Dead Last? Dead Right! (THEME) Empty Chairs at Empty Tables The Sunday Supplement's Premature Review of 2025

Young, (singer) Neil Born 12 November 1945  (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Legendary singer-songwriter (“Southern Man”, “Rockin’ in the Free World”), 1/4th of CSNY, still recording music in his mid-70s. (THEME) Buying Max Yasgur's Farm (THEME) Peace, Love, and Death You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them! Zombie Nation

Young, Andrew Born 12 March 1932  (New Orleans, LA, USA) Civil rights activist, once a friend and ally of Martin Luther King Jr, before moving into politics. Former US Representative for Georgia (1973-77), US Ambassador to the UN (1977-79), and Mayor of Atlanta (1982-90) (THEME) Good Trouble (THEME) Six Feet Under the Dome

Young, Avalon Born 16 July 1994  (San Diego, California, USA) American Idol contestant. Diana Rots

Young, Jesse Colin  Born 22 November 1941  (Queens, New York, USA) Died 16 March 2025  (Aiken, South Carolina, USA) Age at death: 83  (read death notice) Founding member of The youngbloods. Later solo. In 2012 diagnosed with Chronic Lyme disease. (THEME) Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey

Young, La Monte Born 14 October 1935  (Bern, Idaho, USA) American avant garde musician, one of the originators of drone music. (THEME) Musical chairs

Young (actor), Paul Born 3 July 1944  (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scottish TV and radio actor who was in the cast of Still Game for 17 years Time's-up Team

Young MC, (rapper) Born 10 May 1967  (Neasden, London, England) Rapper who had a massive hit with "Bust a Move", born Marvin Young. (THEME) Players in The Player

Young-ok, Kim Born 5 December 1937  (Incheon, South Korea) South Korean actress. (THEME) Dead Continent

Youyou, Tu Born 30 December 1930  (Ningbo, China) Nobel Prize-winning Chinese chemist and educator. (THEME) Nobel Loserettes  (THEME) Nobel Notables

Youzhny, Mikhail Born 25 June 1982  (Moscow, Russia) Russian tennis player (THEME) The Big Brain Theory

Yulin, Harris Born 5 November 1937  (Los Angeles, California, USA) Prolific movie and TV actor who has been in everything, Buffy, X-files, Star Trek, Veep, Frasier, etc… (THEME) Goodnight, Seattle

Yunus, Muhammad Born 28 June 1940  (Hathazari, Bengal Province, British India) Bangladeshi economist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank. (THEME) Good Trouble

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