This list was submitted by Ghost of Stiffs Past on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 8:44 AM PST for The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Etta James | January 20th, 2012 | 73 |
9 | Ben Gazzara | February 3rd, 2012 | 81 |
8 | William Janklow | January 12th, 2012 | 72 |
7 | Luise Rainer | December 30th, 2014 | 104 |
6 | Mike Wallace | April 7th, 2012 | 93 |
5 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | July 30th, 2013 | 98 |
4 | Tony Martin | July 30th, 2012 | 98 |
3 | Maria von Trapp | February 18th, 2014 | 99 |
2 | Hugo Chavez | March 5th, 2013 | 58 |
1 | Gary Carter | February 16th, 2012 | 57 |
38 points | 6 hits |
In his amazing 27-year career, he knocked out more opponents than any other boxer (141), and was the only man to face both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. Sure, he lost this battle, but look how much softening up it took before Death could count him out.
(d) December 9th, 1998