This list was submitted by DePressED on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 7:25 PM 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 | Dominick Dunne | August 26th, 2009 | 83 |
7 | Chemical Ali | January 25th, 2010 | 68 |
6 | Johnny Otis | January 17th, 2012 | 90 |
5 | Anatoly Dobrynin | April 6th, 2010 | 90 |
4 | Griffin Bell | January 5th, 2009 | 90 |
3 | Bob Novak | August 18th, 2009 | 78 |
2 | Miep Gies | January 11th, 2010 | 100 |
1 | Claude Levi-Strauss | November 1st, 2009 | 100 |
35 points | 6 hits |
He invented Big League Chew. Remember that? Strands of bubble gum, that came in a pouch that made you feel like a real big time ball player chewing tobacco. Sure - they lost flavor in like 4 seconds, but that was a glorious 4 seconds. You felt yourself right up there on the mound, ready to deliver a smoking fastball right over the plate to win game 7 of the World Series. It was transformational. And Jim invented it.
Anyway, he's dead.
(d) July 10th, 2019