The bald ex-Marine refereed more than 100 title fights, opened each one with “Let’s get it on!” and ended one by disqualifying Mike Tyson for eating part of Evander Holyfield’s ear. He was also Reno’s district attorney, a judge, a TV judge and the claymation referee on Celebrity Deathmatch, which is how a dead pool would like to remember him. A stroke slowed him in 2002; time finally rang the bell at 85.

Famous

Yes, confirmed June 24, 2002

Games played

Game	Lists
The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	1
The 2015 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	1
The 2014 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	2
The May 2013 Lee Jr.	2
The 2013 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	1
The Georges Dumézil Three Bagger	1
The Tony Canadeo Three Bagger	1
The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	2
The 2011 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	3
The 2010 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	3
The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	5
The 2008 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	4
The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	1
The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	3
The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	5
The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	1
The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool	2
The October '02 Lee Jr.	2