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The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Gonna Die Laughing

Submitted by dannykel on December 31, 2016.

Score
1hit so far
1tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Carl ReinerJun 29, 2020 Jun 29, 2020 98
9 Mel BrooksAlive Alive 100
8 Bob NewhartJul 18, 2024 Jul 18, 2024 94
7 Dick Van DykeAlive Alive 100
6 Bill CosbyAlive Alive 89
5 Jerry Lee LewisOct 28, 2022 Oct 28, 2022 87
4 Ruth BuzziMay 1, 2025 May 1, 2025 88
3 Jerry Van DykeJan 5, 2018 Jan 5, 2018 86
2 Carol BurnettAlive Alive 93
1 Don Rickles hitApr 6, 2017 Apr 6, 2017 90

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 1999

Oldest member of the Academie Francaise, and the author of dozens of books on Catholic philosophy, he was also said to have the ear of Pope Nicholas IV, back in the late 13th century.