This list was submitted by me first on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 at 8:01 AM PST for The 2008 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Tony Snow | July 12th, 2008 | 53 |
| 9 | Arthur Clarke | March 19th, 2008 | 90 |
| 8 | John Paul Stevens | July 16th, 2019 | 99 |
| 7 | Mickey Rooney | April 6th, 2014 | 93 |
| 6 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
| 5 | Mitch Miller | July 31st, 2010 | 99 |
| 4 | Dino de Laurentiis | November 11th, 2010 | 91 |
| 3 | Yma Sumac | November 1st, 2008 | 86 |
| 2 | Eli Wallach | June 24th, 2014 | 98 |
| 1 | Art Linkletter | May 26th, 2010 | 97 |
| 28 points | 4 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