This list was submitted by USER03269 for The 1998 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 9 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 8 | Gene Sarazen | May 13th, 1999 | 97 |
| 7 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
| 6 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 5 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
| 4 | Coretta King | January 30th, 2006 | 78 |
| 3 | Frank Sinatra | May 14th, 1998 | 82 |
| 2 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 1 | James Earl Ray | April 23rd, 1998 | 70 |
| 4 points | 2 hits |
The saxophonist-singer-composer was renowned for his political clout, as well as for having hundreds of wives and girlfriends. Do you get the feeling that music is a much bigger deal over in Africa than it is here?
(d) August 2nd, 1997