The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Pick Off The Weak Ones

Submitted by Nice Sicko on December 15, 2011.

Score

5hits so far

27tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Joe Paterno hitJan 22, 2012	Jan 22, 2012	85
9	Billy GrahamFeb 21, 2018	Feb 21, 2018	99
8	Zsa Zsa GaborDec 18, 2016	Dec 18, 2016	99
7	Abdelbaset Al Megrahi hitMay 20, 2012	May 20, 2012	60
6	Pete FountainAug 6, 2016	Aug 6, 2016	86
5	Robin Gibb hitMay 20, 2012	May 20, 2012	62
4	Etta James hitJan 20, 2012	Jan 20, 2012	73
3	Ruth Bader GinsburgSep 18, 2020	Sep 18, 2020	87
2	Ronnie BiggsDec 18, 2013	Dec 18, 2013	84
1	Andy Williams hitSep 26, 2012	Sep 26, 2012	84

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.