The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

PB: Going from IS to WAS

Submitted by pbear on December 30, 2006.

Score

2hits so far

16tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Fidel CastroNov 25, 2016	Nov 25, 2016	90
9	Luciano Pavarotti hitSep 6, 2007	Sep 6, 2007	71
8	Richard WidmarkMar 24, 2008	Mar 24, 2008	93
7	Paul Tibbets hitNov 1, 2007	Nov 1, 2007	92
6	Harry MorganDec 7, 2011	Dec 7, 2011	96
5	Herman WoukMay 18, 2019	May 18, 2019	103
4	Les PaulAug 13, 2009	Aug 13, 2009	94
3	David RockefellerMar 20, 2017	Mar 20, 2017	101
2	Frank CadyJun 10, 2012	Jun 10, 2012	96
1	Yitzhak ShamirJun 30, 2012	Jun 30, 2012	96

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 1998

"Put a coupla pennies on Ol' Blue Eyes .... He's a goner."
No, that's no good. We gotta do better than that. How 'bout
"Start spreadin' the news -- he's dead."
No, that's lame. This death is big. This death is bigger than big. It's huge. We need something really fantastic, like
"The Chairman is as stiff as a board."
That sucks. Dammit, we've got to think harder!
"From Here To Eternity."
Awful.
"Shot down in May."
Pathetic. Wait a sec,
"He did it--"
No, no, that's worse than the Henny Youngman thing. Jesus, the pressure is killing us. Do you people have any idea what this is like? Seventy-five million of you bloodthirsty sons-of-bitches are gonna be checking into this site right here, just to see what we write about Frank, and you know what? Yeah, he was a big star and a boozer and a womanizer and a pig and everything, but we know you bastards, and you're vicious. You're gonna want us to go for the jugular on this one, and man, we just weren't ready. Yeah, yeah, we shoulda seen it coming, it's true, but, jeez, the guy's like a statue or something, you know? Somehow, we just couldn't imagine it really, actually happening. And now it's happened, and we're completely stuck. Shit. We're fucked. We've been waiting and waiting for them to plant this old fart and put us in the spotlight, and now that baby's trained right on us, and we don't know what the hell to do. Okay, hang on. We've just got to pull it together and give it our best shot. Okay. Let's take a deep breath. We can get through this. Alright. Here we go. Ready?
"He's been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet -- and now he's a corpse."
God, that's horrible. Sorry.