This list was submitted by DGD on Thursday, December 21st, 2006 at 6:21 AM PST for The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 9 | Jack Kevorkian | June 3rd, 2011 | 83 |
| 8 | Tammy Messner | July 20th, 2007 | 65 |
| 7 | Dan Fogelberg | December 16th, 2007 | 56 |
| 6 | Art Buchwald | January 17th, 2007 | 81 |
| 5 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
| 4 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
| 3 | . Suharto | January 27th, 2008 | 86 |
| 2 | Ariel Sharon | January 11th, 2014 | 85 |
| 1 | Dick Van Patten | June 23rd, 2015 | 86 |
| 21 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