This list was submitted by USER03206 for The 1998 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Coretta King | January 30th, 2006 | 78 |
| 9 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
| 8 | Frank Sinatra | May 14th, 1998 | 82 |
| 7 | James Earl Ray | April 23rd, 1998 | 70 |
| 6 | Barry Goldwater | May 29th, 1998 | 89 |
| 5 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 4 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
| 2 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 1 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 21 points | 3 hits |
She was the first black woman to star in a TV show (in 1968) in a non-servant role. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She worked with women at the LA Mission for decades. And she survived breast cancer. All of that is incredibly impressive, but there's just no getting around it: that is a RIDICULOUS way to spell Diane.
(d) October 4th, 2019