The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Hope I Am Wrong About You

Submitted by RonnieHotPants on December 30, 2002.

Score

5hits so far

33tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Strom Thurmond hitJun 26, 2003	Jun 26, 2003	100
9	Bob Hope hitJul 27, 2003	Jul 27, 2003	100
8	Lester Maddox hitJun 25, 2003	Jun 25, 2003	87
7	Zsa Zsa GaborDec 18, 2016	Dec 18, 2016	99
6	Rodney DangerfieldOct 5, 2004	Oct 5, 2004	82
5	Marge SchottMar 2, 2004	Mar 2, 2004	75
4	Katharine Hepburn hitJun 29, 2003	Jun 29, 2003	96
3	Billy GrahamFeb 21, 2018	Feb 21, 2018	99
2	Johnny Cash hitSep 12, 2003	Sep 12, 2003	71
1	Ronald ReaganJun 5, 2004	Jun 5, 2004	93

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 1998

"Put a coupla pennies on Ol' Blue Eyes .... He's a goner."
No, that's no good. We gotta do better than that. How 'bout
"Start spreadin' the news -- he's dead."
No, that's lame. This death is big. This death is bigger than big. It's huge. We need something really fantastic, like
"The Chairman is as stiff as a board."
That sucks. Dammit, we've got to think harder!
"From Here To Eternity."
Awful.
"Shot down in May."
Pathetic. Wait a sec,
"He did it--"
No, no, that's worse than the Henny Youngman thing. Jesus, the pressure is killing us. Do you people have any idea what this is like? Seventy-five million of you bloodthirsty sons-of-bitches are gonna be checking into this site right here, just to see what we write about Frank, and you know what? Yeah, he was a big star and a boozer and a womanizer and a pig and everything, but we know you bastards, and you're vicious. You're gonna want us to go for the jugular on this one, and man, we just weren't ready. Yeah, yeah, we shoulda seen it coming, it's true, but, jeez, the guy's like a statue or something, you know? Somehow, we just couldn't imagine it really, actually happening. And now it's happened, and we're completely stuck. Shit. We're fucked. We've been waiting and waiting for them to plant this old fart and put us in the spotlight, and now that baby's trained right on us, and we don't know what the hell to do. Okay, hang on. We've just got to pull it together and give it our best shot. Okay. Let's take a deep breath. We can get through this. Alright. Here we go. Ready?
"He's been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet -- and now he's a corpse."
God, that's horrible. Sorry.