This list was submitted by USER02144 on Saturday, December 31st, 2005 at 10:33 PM PST for The 2006 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
9 | Dan Fogelberg | December 16th, 2007 | 56 |
8 | Oriana Fallaci | September 15th, 2006 | 77 |
7 | Ronnie Hawkins | May 29th, 2022 | 87 |
6 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
5 | Augusto Pinochet | December 10th, 2006 | 91 |
4 | Louis Rukeyser | May 2nd, 2006 | 73 |
3 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
2 | Claude Levi-Strauss | November 1st, 2009 | 100 |
1 | John Galbraith | April 29th, 2006 | 97 |
18 points | 4 hits |
His high-protein, low-carbohydrate approach to weight loss differed radically from the conventional wisdom of the medical establishment, and was widely criticized as risky. Nevertheless, Atkins steadfastly maintained that his dietary recommendations would lead to nothing more dangerous than a diminished sense of balance. He died of injuries sustained when he fell and hit his head on the sidewalk.
(d) April 17th, 2003