This list was submitted by USER01776 on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 5:15 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
8 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
7 | Johnny Cash | September 12th, 2003 | 71 |
6 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
5 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
4 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
3 | David Brinkley | June 11th, 2003 | ? |
2 | Max Schmeling | February 2nd, 2005 | 99 |
1 | Tony Hillerman | October 26th, 2008 | 83 |
28 points | 4 hits |
He was Ireland's version of Jack Kevorkian, claiming to have helped some 50 people to die, and swearing he would kill himself. He went to Thailand to fulfill his promise, but returned upon discovering that euthanasia is illegal there too. Then he died in his sleep. What a schmuck.
(d) December 17th, 1998