This list was submitted by USER03284 for The 1998 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
8 | Allen Funt | September 5th, 1999 | 84 |
7 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
6 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
5 | Mel Torme | June 5th, 1999 | ? |
4 | Barry Goldwater | May 29th, 1998 | 89 |
3 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
2 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
1 | Frank Sinatra | May 14th, 1998 | 82 |
5 points | 2 hits |
Reportedly, he was so popular in the '40s that charging Japanese troops yelled, "To hell with Roosevelt, to hell with Babe Ruth, to hell with Roy Acuff!" Yeah, sure.
(d) November 23rd, 1992