This list was submitted by Bird on Monday, December 31st, 2012 at 2:45 PM PST for The 2013 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Van Cliburn | February 27th, 2013 | 78 |
| 9 | Ray Price | December 16th, 2013 | 87 |
| 8 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
| 7 | Bonnie Franklin | March 1st, 2013 | 69 |
| 6 | Hugo Chavez | March 5th, 2013 | 58 |
| 5 | Prince Philip | April 9th, 2021 | 99 |
| 4 | Mikhail Kalashnikov | December 23rd, 2013 | 94 |
| 3 | Nelson Mandela | December 5th, 2013 | 95 |
| 2 | Vincent Bugliosi | June 8th, 2015 | 80 |
| 1 | Helen Thomas | July 20th, 2013 | 92 |
| 40 points | 7 hits |
This guy was the greatest. Unlike any other televangelist, he came across as a psycho college professor, unkempt and ranting, possibly on drugs. Sometimes he played sax. Once, when he was upset about the paucity of donations, we watched him smoke an entire cigar, without saying a word, for twenty minutes. This was late-night UHF programming at its most riveting, folks, and Dr. Gene will be missed.
(d) February 21st, 2005