This list was submitted by Grim Rapper on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 5:16 AM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 8 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 7 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
| 6 | Tom Laughlin | December 12th, 2013 | 82 |
| 5 | Ronnie Hawkins | May 29th, 2022 | 87 |
| 4 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
| 3 | Gordon Lightfoot | May 1st, 2023 | 84 |
| 2 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
| 1 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
| 17 points | 3 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