This list was submitted by USER01832 on Saturday, December 31st, 2005 at 4:15 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Lou Rawls | January 6th, 2006 | 72 |
| 9 | Ariel Sharon | January 11th, 2014 | 85 |
| 8 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
| 7 | Ernest Borgnine | July 8th, 2012 | 95 |
| 6 | Annette Funicello | April 8th, 2013 | 70 |
| 5 | Sherwood Schwartz | July 12th, 2011 | 94 |
| 4 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 3 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
| 2 | Abu al-Zarqawi | June 8th, 2006 | 39 |
| 1 | Lloyd Bentsen | May 23rd, 2006 | 77 |
| 13 points | 3 hits |
This guy was the greatest. Unlike any other televangelist, he came across as a psycho college professor, unkempt and ranting, possibly on drugs. Sometimes he played sax. Once, when he was upset about the paucity of donations, we watched him smoke an entire cigar, without saying a word, for twenty minutes. This was late-night UHF programming at its most riveting, folks, and Dr. Gene will be missed.
(d) February 21st, 2005