This list was submitted by Chancedog on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 7:49 PM PST for The 2012 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Jake LaMotta | September 19th, 2017 | 96 |
9 | Dick Van Dyke | Alive | 99 |
8 | Robert Mugabe | September 5th, 2019 | 95 |
7 | Nelson Mandela | December 5th, 2013 | 95 |
6 | Yitzhak Shamir | June 30th, 2012 | 96 |
5 | Etta James | January 20th, 2012 | 73 |
4 | Robin Gibb | May 20th, 2012 | 62 |
3 | Tony Martin | July 30th, 2012 | 98 |
2 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
1 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
18 points | 4 hits |
He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.
(d) November 7th, 2020