This list was submitted by Pining for the Fjords on Sunday, December 31st, 2006 at 2:50 PM PST for The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 9 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
| 8 | Blake Edwards | December 16th, 2010 | 88 |
| 7 | W. Mark Felt | December 18th, 2008 | 95 |
| 6 | Estelle Getty | July 22nd, 2008 | 84 |
| 5 | Eunice Shriver | August 11th, 2009 | 88 |
| 4 | Roger Ebert | April 4th, 2013 | 70 |
| 3 | Ray Bradbury | June 6th, 2012 | 91 |
| 2 | J.D. Salinger | January 27th, 2010 | 91 |
| 1 | Norman Mailer | November 10th, 2007 | 84 |
| 10 points | 2 hits |
Though hailed the world over as "The King of the Trumpet," it's less widely known that in his home town of New Orleans, he was called "that fat, boring guy."
(d) April 27th, 1999