This list was submitted by USER01690 on Wednesday, March 5th, 2003 at 2:14 PM PST for The March '03 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
8 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
7 | Mitch Miller | July 31st, 2010 | 99 |
6 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
5 | Paul Tibbets | November 1st, 2007 | 92 |
4 | Walter Cronkite | July 17th, 2009 | 92 |
3 | David Brinkley | June 11th, 2003 | ? |
2 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
1 | Shelby Foote | June 27th, 2005 | 88 |
21 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