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The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen

Submitted by twinpete on December 27, 2003.

Score
4hits so far
21tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Lady Bird JohnsonJul 11, 2007 Jul 11, 2007 94
9 Max SchmelingFeb 2, 2005 Feb 2, 2005 99
8 Skeeter Davis hitSep 19, 2004 Sep 19, 2004 72
7 Fay Wray hitAug 8, 2004 Aug 8, 2004 96
6 Jim OttoMay 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 86
5 Billy GrahamFeb 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 99
4 Ronald Reagan hitJun 5, 2004 Jun 5, 2004 93
3 Art LinkletterMay 26, 2010 May 26, 2010 97
2 Tony Randall hitMay 17, 2004 May 17, 2004 84
1 Pervez MusharrafFeb 5, 2023 Feb 5, 2023 79

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 2023

The first man to drive 400, 500 and 600 miles an hour, in jet-powered cars he named Spirit of America. In 1964 he lost his parachutes at Bonneville, mowed down a telephone pole and landed in a brine pond, then climbed out and announced, “For my next trick, I’ll set myself on fire.” Cancer caught him at 86, the first thing in sixty years that went faster than he did.