The Armchair Messiah

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This list was submitted by USER01743 on Wednesday, December 31st, 2003 at 4:03 PM PST for The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.

Points Celebrity Date of Death Age 
10Fay Wray August 8th, 200496
9Mitch MillerJuly 31st, 201099
8Leon AskinJune 3rd, 200597
7Johnny Oates December 24th, 200458
6Max SchmelingFebruary 2nd, 200599
5Ronnie HawkinsMay 29th, 202287
4Barney Kessel May 6th, 200480
3Lady Bird JohnsonJuly 11th, 200794
2Pope John Paul IIApril 2nd, 200584
1Ronald Reagan June 5th, 200493
22 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