This list was submitted by Barker J. Wagtail on Saturday, December 31st, 2005 at 12:15 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
| 9 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
| 8 | Abu al-Zarqawi | June 8th, 2006 | 39 |
| 7 | John Galbraith | April 29th, 2006 | 97 |
| 6 | Michael DeBakey | July 11th, 2008 | 99 |
| 5 | Estelle Getty | July 22nd, 2008 | 84 |
| 4 | Claude Levi-Strauss | November 1st, 2009 | 100 |
| 3 | Maurice Papon | February 17th, 2007 | 96 |
| 2 | Gordon Parks | March 7th, 2006 | 93 |
| 1 | Ernest Gallo | March 6th, 2007 | 97 |
| 17 points | 3 hits |
Though hailed the world over as "The King of the Trumpet," it's less widely known that in his home town of New Orleans, he was called "that fat, boring guy."
(d) April 27th, 1999