This list was submitted by Cash From Cancer on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 5:54 PM PST for The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
| 9 | Ted Kennedy | August 25th, 2009 | 77 |
| 8 | Patrick Swayze | September 14th, 2009 | 57 |
| 7 | Jerry Lewis | August 20th, 2017 | 91 |
| 6 | Jerry Lee Lewis | October 28th, 2022 | 87 |
| 5 | Louis Farrakhan | Alive | 92 |
| 4 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Edwards | December 7th, 2010 | 61 |
| 2 | Nelson Mandela | December 5th, 2013 | 95 |
| 1 | Roger Ebert | April 4th, 2013 | 70 |
| 17 points | 2 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