This list was submitted by Wednesday on Friday, December 30th, 2005 at 8:35 AM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | John Galbraith | April 29th, 2006 | 97 |
9 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
8 | Mickey Rooney | April 6th, 2014 | 93 |
7 | Saddam Hussein | December 29th, 2006 | 69 |
6 | Al Lewis | February 3rd, 2006 | 82 |
5 | Jack LaLanne | January 23rd, 2011 | 96 |
4 | Robert Byrd | June 28th, 2010 | 92 |
3 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
2 | Dave Brubeck | December 5th, 2012 | 91 |
1 | Helen Thomas | July 20th, 2013 | 92 |
23 points | 3 hits |
While he has long been held in high regard in classical music circles, it was not until he started recording with his backup band, The Blowfish, that Yehudi's career really got cranking.
(d) March 12th, 1999