This list was submitted by pasquinade on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 at 5:34 PM PST for The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Vera Lynn | June 18th, 2020 | 103 |
9 | Carol Channing | January 15th, 2019 | 97 |
8 | Chuck Berry | March 18th, 2017 | 90 |
7 | Loretta Lynn | October 4th, 2022 | 88 |
6 | Doris Day | May 13th, 2019 | 97 |
5 | Harry Belafonte | April 25th, 2023 | 96 |
4 | Tony Bennett | July 21st, 2023 | 96 |
3 | Glen Campbell | August 8th, 2017 | 81 |
2 | Aretha Franklin | August 16th, 2018 | 76 |
1 | Olivia Newton-John | August 8th, 2022 | 73 |
11 points | 2 hits |
In his amazing 27-year career, he knocked out more opponents than any other boxer (141), and was the only man to face both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. Sure, he lost this battle, but look how much softening up it took before Death could count him out.
(d) December 9th, 1998