This list was submitted by USER03262 for The 1998 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Linda Schele | April 18th, 1998 | 55 |
| 9 | Rosa Parks | October 24th, 2005 | 92 |
| 8 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 7 | Richard Harris | October 25th, 2002 | 72 |
| 6 | Garrison Keillor | Alive | ? |
| 5 | Buddy Ebsen | July 6th, 2003 | 95 |
| 4 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 3 | . Suharto | January 27th, 2008 | 86 |
| 2 | Frank Sinatra | May 14th, 1998 | 82 |
| 1 | James Earl Ray | April 23rd, 1998 | 70 |
| 13 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