This list was submitted by McMurdoMan on Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 3:30 PM PST for The 2008 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Michael DeBakey | July 11th, 2008 | 99 |
9 | Oral Roberts | December 15th, 2009 | 91 |
8 | Van Johnson | December 12th, 2008 | 92 |
7 | Nelson Mandela | December 5th, 2013 | 95 |
6 | Claude Levi-Strauss | November 1st, 2009 | 100 |
5 | Ray Bradbury | June 6th, 2012 | 91 |
4 | Arthur Clarke | March 19th, 2008 | 90 |
3 | Ron Santo | December 3rd, 2010 | 70 |
2 | Maximilian Schell | February 1st, 2014 | 83 |
1 | Julie Harris | August 24th, 2013 | 87 |
22 points | 3 hits |
In his amazing 27-year career, he knocked out more opponents than any other boxer (141), and was the only man to face both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. Sure, he lost this battle, but look how much softening up it took before Death could count him out.
(d) December 9th, 1998