This list was submitted by Jon00060 on Tuesday, October 6th, 1998 at 6:50 PM PDT for The October '98 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Evel Knievel | November 30th, 2007 | 69 |
9 | Not Famous | ||
8 | Vaclav Havel | December 18th, 2011 | 75 |
7 | Gene Sarazen | May 13th, 1999 | 97 |
6 | Sam Snead | May 23rd, 2002 | 89 |
5 | Byron Nelson | September 26th, 2006 | 94 |
4 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
3 | King Hussein | February 7th, 1999 | 63 |
2 | Morton Downey | March 12th, 2001 | 57 |
1 | Louis Farrakhan | Alive | 90 |
3 points | 1 hit |
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