This list was submitted by Mr Wonderful on Friday, December 30th, 2005 at 6:26 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Earl Butz | February 2nd, 2008 | 98 |
9 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
8 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
7 | Abe Vigoda | January 26th, 2016 | 94 |
6 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
5 | Hamid Karzai | Alive | ? |
4 | Pervez Musharraf | Alive | ? |
3 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
2 | Oral Roberts | December 15th, 2009 | 91 |
1 | C. Everett Koop | February 25th, 2013 | 96 |
8 points | 1 hit |
Yes - he was a 24 time all-star selection, compiled 3630 hits, and is widely considered the best left fielder of all time, and is in the Hall of Fame. But for OUR money, the fact that he played the harmonica on Hee Haw in 1994 AND made an album of harmonica songs? THAT is what makes someone famous.
(d) January 19th, 2013