This list was submitted by USER00533 on Monday, January 4th, 1999 at 1:50 AM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Joe DiMaggio | March 8th, 1999 | 84 |
| 9 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 8 | Johnny Cash | September 12th, 2003 | 71 |
| 7 | Durward Kirby | March 15th, 2000 | 87 |
| 6 | Not Famous | ||
| 5 | Skitch Henderson | November 1st, 2005 | 87 |
| 4 | Joe Piscopo | Alive | ? |
| 3 | Desmond Llewelyn | December 19th, 1999 | 85 |
| 2 | Larry Flynt | February 10th, 2021 | 78 |
| 1 | Ian Dury | March 27th, 2000 | 57 |
| 13 points | 2 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