This list was submitted by USER02524 on Friday, December 31st, 2010 at 7:25 PM PST for The 2011 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
This list is in the Gabrielle Giffords Memorial Boneyard Boneyard.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Harmon Killebrew | May 17th, 2011 | 74 |
9 | Gerry Rafferty | January 4th, 2011 | 63 |
8 | Ayatollah Khamenei | Alive | 85 |
7 | Dick Van Patten | June 23rd, 2015 | 86 |
6 | Aretha Franklin | August 16th, 2018 | 76 |
5 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
4 | Christopher Hitchens | December 15th, 2011 | 62 |
3 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
2 | Dick Cheney | Alive | 83 |
1 | Art Modell | September 6th, 2012 | 87 |
23 points | 3 hits |
Yes - he was a 24 time all-star selection, compiled 3630 hits, and is widely considered the best left fielder of all time, and is in the Hall of Fame. But for OUR money, the fact that he played the harmonica on Hee Haw in 1994 AND made an album of harmonica songs? THAT is what makes someone famous.
(d) January 19th, 2013