This list was submitted by USER01430 on Friday, December 27th, 2002 at 5:20 AM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 9 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 8 | Whitney Houston | February 11th, 2012 | 48 |
| 7 | Eminem | Alive | 53 |
| 6 | Don Knotts | February 24th, 2006 | 81 |
| 5 | Buddy Hackett | June 30th, 2003 | 78 |
| 4 | Shirley Temple | February 10th, 2014 | 85 |
| 3 | Tom Bosley | October 19th, 2010 | 83 |
| 2 | Tony Randall | May 17th, 2004 | 84 |
| 1 | Walter Cronkite | July 17th, 2009 | 92 |
| 14 points | 2 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