The 2011 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Are We Dead Yet?

Submitted by goodwin73 on December 29, 2010.

Score

2hits so far

8tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Aretha FranklinAug 16, 2018	Aug 16, 2018	76
9	Penny MarshallDec 18, 2018	Dec 18, 2018	75
8	Doris Day May 13, 2019	May 13, 2019	97
7	Eydie GormeAug 10, 2013	Aug 10, 2013	84
6	Billy GrahamFeb 21, 2018	Feb 21, 2018	99
5	Dolores Hope hitSep 19, 2011	Sep 19, 2011	102
4	Gore VidalJul 31, 2012	Jul 31, 2012	86
3	Kim Jong-il hitDec 18, 2011	Dec 18, 2011	70
2	Zsa Zsa GaborDec 18, 2016	Dec 18, 2016	99
1	Joe PaternoJan 22, 2012	Jan 22, 2012	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.