This list was submitted by Bird on Monday, December 31st, 2012 at 7:04 PM PST for The 2013 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Van Cliburn | February 27th, 2013 | 78 |
9 | Hugo Chavez | March 5th, 2013 | 58 |
8 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
7 | Ray Price | December 16th, 2013 | 87 |
6 | Bonnie Franklin | March 1st, 2013 | 69 |
5 | Margaret Thatcher | April 8th, 2013 | 87 |
4 | Hosni Mubarak | February 25th, 2020 | 91 |
3 | Robert Mugabe | September 5th, 2019 | 95 |
2 | Luise Rainer | December 30th, 2014 | 104 |
1 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
38 points | 6 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