This list was submitted by vomit_god on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 11:49 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Barney Kessel | May 6th, 2004 | 80 |
| 9 | Art Carney | November 9th, 2003 | 85 |
| 8 | Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | August 24th, 2004 | 78 |
| 7 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
| 6 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
| 5 | Annette Funicello | April 8th, 2013 | 70 |
| 4 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 3 | Ron Santo | December 3rd, 2010 | 70 |
| 2 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 1 | Emperor Akihito | Alive | ? |
| 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