This list was submitted by Death Bastard on Wednesday, December 28th, 2005 at 7:20 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
9 | Augusto Pinochet | December 10th, 2006 | 91 |
8 | Edmund Hillary | January 11th, 2008 | 88 |
7 | Don Ho | April 14th, 2007 | 76 |
6 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
5 | Joseph Ferguson | Alive | 74 |
4 | Byron Nelson | September 26th, 2006 | 94 |
3 | Ralph Houk | July 21st, 2010 | 90 |
2 | Dick Cheney | Alive | 83 |
1 | Coretta King | January 30th, 2006 | 78 |
20 points | 4 hits |
His high-protein, low-carbohydrate approach to weight loss differed radically from the conventional wisdom of the medical establishment, and was widely criticized as risky. Nevertheless, Atkins steadfastly maintained that his dietary recommendations would lead to nothing more dangerous than a diminished sense of balance. He died of injuries sustained when he fell and hit his head on the sidewalk.
(d) April 17th, 2003