The 2010 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Time's Up 2

Submitted by USER00562 on December 24, 2009.

Score

1hit so far

8tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Loretta LynnOct 4, 2022	Oct 4, 2022	88
9	Harry MorganDec 7, 2011	Dec 7, 2011	96
8	Barbara Billingsley hitOct 16, 2010	Oct 16, 2010	94
7	Billy GrahamFeb 21, 2018	Feb 21, 2018	99
6	Gene Gene the Dancing MachineMar 13, 2015	Mar 13, 2015	82
5	Mickey RooneyApr 6, 2014	Apr 6, 2014	93
4	Ed KochJan 31, 2013	Jan 31, 2013	88
3	Bernard ShawSep 7, 2022	Sep 7, 2022	82
2	Bob CousyAlive	Alive	?
1	Gene HackmanFeb 17, 2025	Feb 17, 2025	95

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.