This list was submitted by In the Box Looking Up on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 10:57 AM PST for The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
| 9 | Steve Jobs | October 5th, 2011 | 56 |
| 8 | Claude Levi-Strauss | November 1st, 2009 | 100 |
| 7 | Dick Clark | April 18th, 2012 | 82 |
| 6 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 5 | Eunice Shriver | August 11th, 2009 | 88 |
| 4 | Ted Kennedy | August 25th, 2009 | 77 |
| 3 | Ernest Borgnine | July 8th, 2012 | 95 |
| 2 | Patrick Swayze | September 14th, 2009 | 57 |
| 1 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
| 19 points | 4 hits |
The fact that the singing governor made it to 101 convinces us that the key to longevity is to declare someone or something to be your sunshine (preferably your only sunshine) and then to repeatedly implore to no one in particular that said sunshine not be taken away.
(d) November 5th, 2000