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This list was submitted by Yule Log on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 1:09 PM PST for The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.

Points Celebrity Date of Death Age 
10Billy GrahamFebruary 21st, 201899
9 Zsa Zsa GaborDecember 18th, 201699
8Nancy ReaganMarch 6th, 201694
7Joe Paterno January 22nd, 201285
6Margaret ThatcherApril 8th, 201387
5Etta James January 20th, 201273
4Ernest Borgnine July 8th, 201295
3Wilford BrimleyAugust 1st, 202085
2Abe VigodaJanuary 26th, 201694
1Merle HaggardApril 6th, 201679
16 points 3 hits 
 

 

Guess the Stiff!

He invented Big League Chew. Remember that? Strands of bubble gum, that came in a pouch that made you feel like a real big time ball player chewing tobacco. Sure - they lost flavor in like 4 seconds, but that was a glorious 4 seconds. You felt yourself right up there on the mound, ready to deliver a smoking fastball right over the plate to win game 7 of the World Series. It was transformational. And Jim invented it.

Anyway, he's dead.

(d) July 10th, 2019