This list was submitted by RD02 on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 9:49 AM PST for The 2009 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ted Kennedy | August 25th, 2009 | 77 |
| 9 | Bob Novak | August 18th, 2009 | 78 |
| 8 | Patrick Swayze | September 14th, 2009 | 57 |
| 7 | Paul Harvey | February 28th, 2009 | 90 |
| 6 | Chemical Ali | January 25th, 2010 | 68 |
| 5 | James Garner | July 19th, 2014 | 86 |
| 4 | Merle Haggard | April 6th, 2016 | 79 |
| 3 | Susan Atkins | September 25th, 2009 | 61 |
| 2 | Peter Falk | June 23rd, 2011 | 83 |
| 1 | Sargent Shriver | January 18th, 2011 | 95 |
| 37 points | 5 hits |
The amazing thing is that after having candied yams, butter beans, corn bread and gravy and blueberry cobbler every night for supper, he still lived to be 84.
(d) February 19th, 1998