This list was submitted by Bones McCoy on Friday, December 31st, 2010 at 4:38 PM PST for The 2011 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Run Run Shaw | January 6th, 2014 | 106 |
9 | Dolores Hope | September 19th, 2011 | 102 |
8 | Joe Simon | December 14th, 2011 | 98 |
7 | Luise Rainer | December 30th, 2014 | 104 |
6 | Aretha Franklin | August 16th, 2018 | 76 |
5 | Abe Vigoda | January 26th, 2016 | 94 |
4 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
3 | Betty Ford | July 8th, 2011 | 93 |
2 | Gerry Rafferty | January 4th, 2011 | 63 |
1 | Joe Paterno | January 22nd, 2012 | 85 |
22 points | 4 hits |
He was Ireland's version of Jack Kevorkian, claiming to have helped some 50 people to die, and swearing he would kill himself. He went to Thailand to fulfill his promise, but returned upon discovering that euthanasia is illegal there too. Then he died in his sleep. What a schmuck.
(d) December 17th, 1998