This list was submitted by bruinmom on Monday, December 28th, 1998 at 10:52 AM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Joe DiMaggio | March 8th, 1999 | 84 |
9 | Johnny PayCheck | February 19th, 2003 | 64 |
8 | Johnny Cash | September 12th, 2003 | 71 |
7 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
6 | Sarah Knauss | December 30th, 1999 | 119 |
5 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
4 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
3 | Buddy Ebsen | July 6th, 2003 | 95 |
2 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
1 | Milton Berle | March 27th, 2002 | 93 |
16 points | 2 hits |
He sang to over 220 million people over his lifetime, worked with Billy Graham for over 50 years, and recorded over 500 vocal solos on more than 70 albums. And yet - we had no idea who the fuck he was until we looked him up. Go figure.
(d) April 16th, 2013