This list was submitted by RJ Thurmont on Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 7:57 PM PST for The 2008 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Sammy Baugh | December 17th, 2008 | 94 |
9 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
8 | Jim Otto | Alive | ? |
7 | Preacher Roe | November 9th, 2008 | 92 |
6 | Lou Henson | July 25th, 2020 | 88 |
5 | Johnny Pesky | August 13th, 2012 | 92 |
4 | Bob Feller | December 15th, 2010 | 92 |
3 | Monte Irvin | January 11th, 2016 | 96 |
2 | Muhammad Ali | June 3rd, 2016 | 74 |
1 | Red Schoendienst | June 6th, 2018 | 95 |
17 points | 2 hits |
He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.
(d) November 7th, 2020