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The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Yody

Submitted by USER00616 on January 8, 1999.

Score
0hits so far
0tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Bob HopeJul 27, 2003 Jul 27, 2003 100
9 Milton BerleMar 27, 2002 Mar 27, 2002 93
8 Saul BellowApr 5, 2005 Apr 5, 2005 89
7 Ingmar BergmanJul 30, 2007 Jul 30, 2007 89
6 Liz TaylorMar 23, 2011 Mar 23, 2011 79
5 Jack PaarJan 27, 2004 Jan 27, 2004 85
4 Strom ThurmondJun 26, 2003 Jun 26, 2003 100
3 Peggy LeeJan 21, 2002 Jan 21, 2002 81
2 Art LinkletterMay 26, 2010 May 26, 2010 97
1 Lionel HamptonAug 31, 2002 Aug 31, 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 2001

There once was a poet named Corso
who had a bad gland in his torso.
But, before cancer nailed him,
beat critics once hailed him
as, like, Kerouac, only more so.