This list was submitted by Destroyers on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 7:27 PM PST for The 2010 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ernie Harwell | May 4th, 2010 | 92 |
| 9 | Robert Byrd | June 28th, 2010 | 92 |
| 8 | Ronnie James Dio | May 16th, 2010 | 67 |
| 7 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
| 6 | Miep Gies | January 11th, 2010 | 100 |
| 5 | Dolores Hope | September 19th, 2011 | 102 |
| 4 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
| 3 | Herman Wouk | May 18th, 2019 | 103 |
| 2 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
| 1 | Efrem Zimbalist | May 2nd, 2014 | 95 |
| 40 points | 5 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