This list was submitted by Bird on Friday, December 30th, 2011 at 4:30 PM PST for The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Etta James | January 20th, 2012 | 73 |
| 9 | Abdelbaset Al Megrahi | May 20th, 2012 | 60 |
| 8 | Gary Carter | February 16th, 2012 | 57 |
| 7 | Hugo Chavez | March 5th, 2013 | 58 |
| 6 | Penny Marshall | December 18th, 2018 | 75 |
| 5 | Russell Means | October 22nd, 2012 | 72 |
| 4 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 3 | Patty Andrews | January 30th, 2013 | 94 |
| 2 | Luise Rainer | December 30th, 2014 | 104 |
| 1 | Run Run Shaw | January 6th, 2014 | 106 |
| 32 points | 4 hits |
Oscar-winning songwriter who also worked as a producer, arranger and keyboardist with people like The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Elvis Presley, Miles Davis, The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Captain Beefheart, Bobby Darin, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Ike & Tina Turner, Tammy Wynette, John Lee Hooker, Barbra Streisand, The Neville Brothers, Graham Parker, Jackie DeShannon, The Monkees, Marianne Faithfull, Sonny & Cher, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ricky Nelson, Willy DeVille, Doris Day and The Germs, so it's no surprise if you've never heard of him.
(d) August 25th, 2000