The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

THE 7FOOTER

Submitted by shorty7ft on January 3, 1999.

Score

3hits so far

18tiebreaker points

Paidin the game

The picks

Pts	Celebrity	Died	Age
10	Joe DiMaggio hitMar 8, 1999	Mar 8, 1999	84
9	Strom ThurmondJun 26, 2003	Jun 26, 2003	100
8	Barbara CartlandMay 21, 2000	May 21, 2000	98
7	Bob HopeJul 27, 2003	Jul 27, 2003	100
6	Clayton Moore hitDec 28, 1999	Dec 28, 1999	85
5	Ronald ReaganJun 5, 2004	Jun 5, 2004	93
4	Milton BerleMar 27, 2002	Mar 27, 2002	93
3	John WoodenJun 4, 2010	Jun 4, 2010	99
2	Ellen Corby hitApr 14, 1999	Apr 14, 1999	87
1	Elizabeth Bowes-LyonMar 30, 2002	Mar 30, 2002	94

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 1998

"Put a coupla pennies on Ol' Blue Eyes .... He's a goner."
No, that's no good. We gotta do better than that. How 'bout
"Start spreadin' the news -- he's dead."
No, that's lame. This death is big. This death is bigger than big. It's huge. We need something really fantastic, like
"The Chairman is as stiff as a board."
That sucks. Dammit, we've got to think harder!
"From Here To Eternity."
Awful.
"Shot down in May."
Pathetic. Wait a sec,
"He did it--"
No, no, that's worse than the Henny Youngman thing. Jesus, the pressure is killing us. Do you people have any idea what this is like? Seventy-five million of you bloodthirsty sons-of-bitches are gonna be checking into this site right here, just to see what we write about Frank, and you know what? Yeah, he was a big star and a boozer and a womanizer and a pig and everything, but we know you bastards, and you're vicious. You're gonna want us to go for the jugular on this one, and man, we just weren't ready. Yeah, yeah, we shoulda seen it coming, it's true, but, jeez, the guy's like a statue or something, you know? Somehow, we just couldn't imagine it really, actually happening. And now it's happened, and we're completely stuck. Shit. We're fucked. We've been waiting and waiting for them to plant this old fart and put us in the spotlight, and now that baby's trained right on us, and we don't know what the hell to do. Okay, hang on. We've just got to pull it together and give it our best shot. Okay. Let's take a deep breath. We can get through this. Alright. Here we go. Ready?
"He's been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet -- and now he's a corpse."
God, that's horrible. Sorry.