This list was submitted by Bird on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 12:04 PM PST for The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Patrick Swayze | September 14th, 2009 | 57 |
| 9 | Ted Kennedy | August 25th, 2009 | 77 |
| 8 | Eunice Shriver | August 11th, 2009 | 88 |
| 7 | Steve Jobs | October 5th, 2011 | 56 |
| 6 | John Forsythe | April 1st, 2010 | 92 |
| 5 | Ariel Sharon | January 11th, 2014 | 85 |
| 4 | Merle Haggard | April 6th, 2016 | 79 |
| 3 | Chemical Ali | January 25th, 2010 | 68 |
| 2 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
| 1 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
| 27 points | 3 hits |
The saxophonist-singer-composer was renowned for his political clout, as well as for having hundreds of wives and girlfriends. Do you get the feeling that music is a much bigger deal over in Africa than it is here?
(d) August 2nd, 1997