This list was submitted by Minnesota Neil on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 2:29 AM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 9 | Carlo Ponti | January 9th, 2007 | 94 |
| 8 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 7 | Kevin McCarthy | September 11th, 2010 | 96 |
| 6 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
| 5 | John Galbraith | April 29th, 2006 | 97 |
| 4 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
| 3 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
| 2 | Ravi Shankar | December 11th, 2012 | 92 |
| 1 | Eugene McCarthy | December 10th, 2005 | 89 |
| 18 points | 2 hits |
The fact that the singing governor made it to 101 convinces us that the key to longevity is to declare someone or something to be your sunshine (preferably your only sunshine) and then to repeatedly implore to no one in particular that said sunshine not be taken away.
(d) November 5th, 2000