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 |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
9 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
8 | Nancy Reagan | March 6th, 2016 | 94 |
7 | Joe Paterno | January 22nd, 2012 | 85 |
6 | Margaret Thatcher | April 8th, 2013 | 87 |
5 | Etta James | January 20th, 2012 | 73 |
4 | Ernest Borgnine | July 8th, 2012 | 95 |
3 | Wilford Brimley | August 1st, 2020 | 85 |
2 | Abe Vigoda | January 26th, 2016 | 94 |
1 | Merle Haggard | April 6th, 2016 | 79 |
16 points | 3 hits |
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