This list was submitted by USER00293 on Thursday, December 17th, 1998 at 12:58 PM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Joe DiMaggio | March 8th, 1999 | 84 |
| 9 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 8 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
| 7 | David Brinkley | June 11th, 2003 | ? |
| 6 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
| 5 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 4 | Walter Cronkite | July 17th, 2009 | 92 |
| 3 | Rosa Parks | October 24th, 2005 | 92 |
| 2 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 1 | Julia Child | August 13th, 2004 | 91 |
| 10 points | 1 hit |
His high-protein, low-carbohydrate approach to weight loss differed radically from the conventional wisdom of the medical establishment, and was widely criticized as risky. Nevertheless, Atkins steadfastly maintained that his dietary recommendations would lead to nothing more dangerous than a diminished sense of balance. He died of injuries sustained when he fell and hit his head on the sidewalk.
(d) April 17th, 2003