Gonna Die Laughing — Stiffs.com

This list was submitted by dannykel on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 at 5:48 PM PST for The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.

Points	Celebrity	Date of Death	Age
10	Carl Reiner	June 29th, 2020	98
9	Mel Brooks	Alive	100
8	Bob Newhart	July 18th, 2024	94
7	Dick Van Dyke	Alive	100
6	Bill Cosby	Alive	89
5	Jerry Lee Lewis	October 28th, 2022	87
4	Ruth Buzzi	May 1st, 2025	88
3	Jerry Van Dyke	January 5th, 2018	86
2	Carol Burnett	Alive	93
1	Don Rickles	April 6th, 2017	90
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This jazz and studio guitar great played on hundreds of recordings � including Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Julie London's "Cry Me A River," and many of the Coasters' hits � and was known for beig one of the weirdest dudes in the business.

(d) May 6th, 2004