This list was submitted by Footwedge on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 at 4:08 PM PST for The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
9 | George H.W. Bush | November 30th, 2018 | 94 |
8 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
7 | Don Imus | December 27th, 2019 | 79 |
6 | Roberta McCain | October 12th, 2020 | 108 |
5 | Prince Philip | April 9th, 2021 | 99 |
4 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | September 18th, 2020 | 87 |
3 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
2 | Bruce Dern | Alive | ? |
1 | Irwin Corey | February 6th, 2017 | 102 |
1 point | 1 hit |
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