This list was submitted by Susie Sicko on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 12:13 AM PST for The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ted Kennedy | August 25th, 2009 | 77 |
| 9 | Patrick Swayze | September 14th, 2009 | 57 |
| 8 | Robert Byrd | June 28th, 2010 | 92 |
| 7 | King Sihanouk | October 14th, 2012 | 89 |
| 6 | Merle Haggard | April 6th, 2016 | 79 |
| 5 | John Forsythe | April 1st, 2010 | 92 |
| 4 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
| 3 | Pete Domenici | September 13th, 2017 | 85 |
| 2 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | May 7th, 2011 | 54 |
| 19 points | 2 hits |
She was the first black woman to star in a TV show (in 1968) in a non-servant role. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She worked with women at the LA Mission for decades. And she survived breast cancer. All of that is incredibly impressive, but there's just no getting around it: that is a RIDICULOUS way to spell Diane.
(d) October 4th, 2019