This list was submitted by Frankie Pentangeli on Saturday, December 31st, 2005 at 8:20 AM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Richard Widmark | March 24th, 2008 | 93 |
9 | Byron Nelson | September 26th, 2006 | 94 |
8 | Harry Morgan | December 7th, 2011 | 96 |
7 | Annette Funicello | April 8th, 2013 | 70 |
6 | Phil Rizzuto | August 13th, 2007 | 89 |
5 | Walter Cronkite | July 17th, 2009 | 92 |
4 | Koko Taylor | June 3rd, 2009 | 80 |
3 | Eduard Shevardnadze | July 7th, 2014 | 86 |
2 | Esther Williams | June 6th, 2013 | 91 |
1 | Michelangelo Antonioni | July 30th, 2007 | 94 |
9 points | 1 hit |
He sang to over 220 million people over his lifetime, worked with Billy Graham for over 50 years, and recorded over 500 vocal solos on more than 70 albums. And yet - we had no idea who the fuck he was until we looked him up. Go figure.
(d) April 16th, 2013