This list was submitted by USER01115 on Friday, December 31st, 2004 at 8:52 AM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 9 | James Brown | December 25th, 2006 | 73 |
| 8 | Mr. Blackwell | October 19th, 2008 | 86 |
| 7 | Deborah Kerr | October 16th, 2007 | 86 |
| 6 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
| 5 | Abe Vigoda | January 26th, 2016 | 94 |
| 4 | Liz Taylor | March 23rd, 2011 | 79 |
| 3 | George Kennan | March 17th, 2005 | 101 |
| 2 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
| 1 | Luther Vandross | July 1st, 2005 | 54 |
| 20 points | 4 hits |
He was decorated as a World War I flying ace, won an Academy Award for his screen adaptation of Pygmalion and also wrote 19 novels, but he'll be best remembered for the endearing relationship he shared with Beany.
(d) January 27th, 1997