The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Death Soup: Ghost Of A Chance

Submitted by MJ and Friends on December 30, 2008.

Score

5hits so far

32tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Patrick Swayze hitSep 14, 2009	Sep 14, 2009	57
9	Seve BallesterosMay 7, 2011	May 7, 2011	54
8	Ted Kennedy hitAug 25, 2009	Aug 25, 2009	77
7	Chemical AliJan 25, 2010	Jan 25, 2010	68
6	Bob Novak hitAug 18, 2009	Aug 18, 2009	78
5	Dominick Dunne hitAug 26, 2009	Aug 26, 2009	83
4	Jack RamsayApr 27, 2014	Apr 27, 2014	89
3	Griffin Bell hitJan 5, 2009	Jan 5, 2009	90
2	Steve JobsOct 5, 2011	Oct 5, 2011	56
1	Dear AbbyJan 16, 2013	Jan 16, 2013	94

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 1998

"Put a coupla pennies on Ol' Blue Eyes .... He's a goner."
No, that's no good. We gotta do better than that. How 'bout
"Start spreadin' the news -- he's dead."
No, that's lame. This death is big. This death is bigger than big. It's huge. We need something really fantastic, like
"The Chairman is as stiff as a board."
That sucks. Dammit, we've got to think harder!
"From Here To Eternity."
Awful.
"Shot down in May."
Pathetic. Wait a sec,
"He did it--"
No, no, that's worse than the Henny Youngman thing. Jesus, the pressure is killing us. Do you people have any idea what this is like? Seventy-five million of you bloodthirsty sons-of-bitches are gonna be checking into this site right here, just to see what we write about Frank, and you know what? Yeah, he was a big star and a boozer and a womanizer and a pig and everything, but we know you bastards, and you're vicious. You're gonna want us to go for the jugular on this one, and man, we just weren't ready. Yeah, yeah, we shoulda seen it coming, it's true, but, jeez, the guy's like a statue or something, you know? Somehow, we just couldn't imagine it really, actually happening. And now it's happened, and we're completely stuck. Shit. We're fucked. We've been waiting and waiting for them to plant this old fart and put us in the spotlight, and now that baby's trained right on us, and we don't know what the hell to do. Okay, hang on. We've just got to pull it together and give it our best shot. Okay. Let's take a deep breath. We can get through this. Alright. Here we go. Ready?
"He's been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet -- and now he's a corpse."
God, that's horrible. Sorry.