This list was submitted by Chicago Jake on Wednesday, December 30th, 1998 at 4:32 PM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Anthony Quinn | June 3rd, 2001 | 86 |
8 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
7 | Senor Wences | April 20th, 1999 | 103 |
6 | Al Lewis | February 3rd, 2006 | 82 |
5 | Desmond Llewelyn | December 19th, 1999 | 85 |
4 | Hume Cronyn | June 15th, 2003 | 91 |
3 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
2 | Not Famous | ||
1 | Sam Snead | May 23rd, 2002 | 89 |
12 points | 2 hits |
He was Ireland's version of Jack Kevorkian, claiming to have helped some 50 people to die, and swearing he would kill himself. He went to Thailand to fulfill his promise, but returned upon discovering that euthanasia is illegal there too. Then he died in his sleep. What a schmuck.
(d) December 17th, 1998