This list was submitted by CaveynCHI on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 at 7:01 AM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Eddie Albert | May 26th, 2005 | 99 |
| 9 | Mickey Rooney | April 6th, 2014 | 93 |
| 8 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
| 7 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 6 | Juan Antonio Samaranch | April 21st, 2010 | 89 |
| 5 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
| 4 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
| 3 | Liz Taylor | March 23rd, 2011 | 79 |
| 2 | Estelle Getty | July 22nd, 2008 | 84 |
| 1 | Howard Metzenbaum | March 12th, 2008 | 90 |
| 17 points | 2 hits |
He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.
(d) November 7th, 2020