This list was submitted by Drop Dead on Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 at 5:40 PM PST for The 2016 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | George H.W. Bush | November 30th, 2018 | 94 |
| 9 | Jerry Lee Lewis | October 28th, 2022 | 87 |
| 8 | Hugh Downs | July 1st, 2020 | 99 |
| 7 | Muhammad Ali | June 3rd, 2016 | 74 |
| 6 | Liza Minnelli | Alive | 79 |
| 5 | Buddy Ryan | June 28th, 2016 | 85 |
| 4 | Doris Day | May 13th, 2019 | 97 |
| 3 | Monte Irvin | January 11th, 2016 | 96 |
| 2 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
| 1 | Hugh Hefner | September 27th, 2017 | 91 |
| 17 points | 4 hits |
While he has long been held in high regard in classical music circles, it was not until he started recording with his backup band, The Blowfish, that Yehudi's career really got cranking.
(d) March 12th, 1999