This list was submitted by Nhirish Joe on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 6:50 PM PST for The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ayatollah Khamenei | Alive | 86 |
| 9 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
| 8 | Abdelbaset Al Megrahi | May 20th, 2012 | 60 |
| 7 | Superstar Billy Graham | May 17th, 2023 | 79 |
| 6 | Penny Marshall | December 18th, 2018 | 75 |
| 5 | Herbert Lom | September 27th, 2012 | 95 |
| 4 | Aretha Franklin | August 16th, 2018 | 76 |
| 3 | Eydie Gorme | August 10th, 2013 | 84 |
| 2 | Merle Haggard | April 6th, 2016 | 79 |
| 1 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
| 13 points | 2 hits |
He invented Big League Chew. Remember that? Strands of bubble gum, that came in a pouch that made you feel like a real big time ball player chewing tobacco. Sure - they lost flavor in like 4 seconds, but that was a glorious 4 seconds. You felt yourself right up there on the mound, ready to deliver a smoking fastball right over the plate to win game 7 of the World Series. It was transformational. And Jim invented it.
Anyway, he's dead.
(d) July 10th, 2019