This list was submitted by DEEJ on Monday, December 27th, 2004 at 7:53 PM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Saddam Hussein | December 29th, 2006 | 69 |
| 9 | Osama bin Laden | May 2nd, 2011 | 54 |
| 8 | Muhammad Ali | June 3rd, 2016 | 74 |
| 7 | Joe Paterno | January 22nd, 2012 | 85 |
| 6 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
| 5 | Tom Hayden | October 23rd, 2016 | 76 |
| 4 | Lew Burdette | February 6th, 2007 | 80 |
| 3 | Billy Preston | June 6th, 2006 | 59 |
| 2 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
| 1 | Scott McKenzie | August 19th, 2012 | 73 |
| 0 points | 0 hits |
This jazz and studio guitar great played on hundreds of recordings — including Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Julie London's "Cry Me A River," and many of the Coasters' hits — and was known for beig one of the weirdest dudes in the business.
(d) May 6th, 2004