A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen

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This list was submitted by twinpete on Saturday, December 27th, 2003 at 8:03 AM PST for The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.

Points Celebrity Date of Death Age 
10Lady Bird JohnsonJuly 11th, 200794
9Max SchmelingFebruary 2nd, 200599
8Skeeter Davis September 19th, 200472
7Fay Wray August 8th, 200496
6Jim OttoMay 19th, 202486
5Billy GrahamFebruary 21st, 201899
4Ronald Reagan June 5th, 200493
3Art LinkletterMay 26th, 201097
2Tony Randall May 17th, 200484
1Pervez MusharrafFebruary 5th, 202379
21 points 4 hits 
 

 

Guess the Stiff!

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