The 2011 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Phil & Dons' Funeral Home #1

Submitted by Shoeguy on December 29, 2010.

Score

4hits so far

25tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Fidel CastroNov 25, 2016	Nov 25, 2016	90
9	Dolores Hope hitSep 19, 2011	Sep 19, 2011	102
8	Aretha FranklinAug 16, 2018	Aug 16, 2018	76
7	Anne Francis hitJan 2, 2011	Jan 2, 2011	80
6	Ferlin Husky hitMar 17, 2011	Mar 17, 2011	85
5	James GarnerJul 19, 2014	Jul 19, 2014	86
4	Luise RainerDec 30, 2014	Dec 30, 2014	104
3	Jack Kevorkian hitJun 3, 2011	Jun 3, 2011	83
2	Nancy ReaganMar 6, 2016	Mar 6, 2016	94
1	Ariel SharonJan 11, 2014	Jan 11, 2014	85

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.