This list was submitted by USER00522 on Sunday, January 3rd, 1999 at 11:57 PM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Joe DiMaggio | March 8th, 1999 | 84 |
| 9 | Johnny PayCheck | February 19th, 2003 | 64 |
| 8 | King Hussein | February 7th, 1999 | 63 |
| 7 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
| 6 | Senor Wences | April 20th, 1999 | 103 |
| 5 | Captain Beefheart | December 17th, 2010 | 69 |
| 4 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 3 | Peggy Lee | January 21st, 2002 | 81 |
| 2 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
| 1 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 24 points | 3 hits |
The Commissioner met him on New Years Eve 1999 in Palm Springs. It went like this: Commish: Hello Mr. Rooney - great show. Rooney: Who are you? Commish: The brother in law of your band leader. Rooney: Oh. And he walked away.
(d) April 6th, 2014