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The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Death By Pinocle 2012 List 1

Submitted by oregontrail on December 31, 2011.

Score
4hits so far
25tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Etta James hitJan 20, 2012 Jan 20, 2012 73
9 Abdelbaset Al Megrahi hitMay 20, 2012 May 20, 2012 60
8 Zsa Zsa GaborDec 18, 2016 Dec 18, 2016 99
7 Ariel SharonJan 11, 2014 Jan 11, 2014 85
6 Margaret ThatcherApr 8, 2013 Apr 8, 2013 87
5 King Sihanouk hitOct 14, 2012 Oct 14, 2012 89
4 Prince PhilipApr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 99
3 Nancy ReaganMar 6, 2016 Mar 6, 2016 94
2 Dick CheneyNov 3, 2025 Nov 3, 2025 84
1 Yitzhak Shamir hitJun 30, 2012 Jun 30, 2012 96

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 2024

Before she was Whitney’s mother she was the voice behind everybody else, singing backup for Elvis and Aretha with the Sweet Inspirations and on half the soul records of the 1960s. She won two Grammys, ran the choir at New Hope Baptist in Newark for decades, and outlived her daughter, her granddaughter and everyone who ever told her to sing a little quieter. Alzheimer’s finally got her at 91. The backup singer gets top billing at last.