This list was submitted by Moraxian on Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 at 11:18 AM PST for The 2016 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
9 | Pope Benedict XVI | December 31st, 2022 | 95 |
8 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
7 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
6 | Monty Hall | September 30th, 2017 | 96 |
5 | Ara Parseghian | August 2nd, 2017 | 94 |
4 | Jim Nabors | November 30th, 2017 | 87 |
3 | Shimon Peres | September 27th, 2016 | 93 |
2 | Rod Carew | Alive | ? |
1 | Pete Fountain | August 6th, 2016 | 86 |
14 points | 3 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