This list was submitted by ed head on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 11:24 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
9 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
8 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
7 | Joe Eszterhas | Alive | ? |
6 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
5 | Barry White | July 4th, 2003 | 58 |
4 | Harold Pinter | December 24th, 2008 | 78 |
3 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
2 | Sam Wyche | January 5th, 2020 | 75 |
1 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
31 points | 5 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