This list was submitted by BairBones on Sunday, December 31st, 2006 at 5:40 PM PST for The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Michael Brecker | January 13th, 2007 | 57 |
| 9 | W. Mark Felt | December 18th, 2008 | 95 |
| 8 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
| 7 | Phil Lesh | October 25th, 2024 | 84 |
| 6 | Harold Pinter | December 24th, 2008 | 78 |
| 5 | John Forsythe | April 1st, 2010 | 92 |
| 4 | Ariel Sharon | January 11th, 2014 | 85 |
| 3 | Michael DeBakey | July 11th, 2008 | 99 |
| 2 | Ernest Gallo | March 6th, 2007 | 97 |
| 1 | Carlo Ponti | January 9th, 2007 | 94 |
| 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