This list was submitted by Woody on Saturday, December 31st, 2005 at 1:38 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Karl Malden | July 1st, 2009 | 97 |
9 | W. Mark Felt | December 18th, 2008 | 95 |
8 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
7 | Mitch Miller | July 31st, 2010 | 99 |
6 | Art Linkletter | May 26th, 2010 | 97 |
5 | Dick Clark | April 18th, 2012 | 82 |
4 | Red Auerbach | October 28th, 2006 | 89 |
3 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
2 | Byron Nelson | September 26th, 2006 | 94 |
1 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
14 points | 3 hits |
This jazz and studio guitar great played on hundreds of recordings — including Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Julie London's "Cry Me A River," and many of the Coasters' hits — and was known for beig one of the weirdest dudes in the business.
(d) May 6th, 2004