This list was submitted by Ellexx on Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 at 8:16 AM PST for The 2018 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Yoko Ono | Alive | 91 |
9 | Hugh Downs | July 1st, 2020 | 99 |
8 | Aretha Franklin | August 16th, 2018 | 76 |
7 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
6 | Carol Channing | January 15th, 2019 | 97 |
5 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
4 | Bob Barker | August 26th, 2023 | 99 |
3 | Tony Bennett | July 21st, 2023 | 96 |
2 | Charlotte Rae | August 5th, 2018 | 92 |
1 | Berry Gordy | Alive | ? |
15 points | 3 hits |
He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.
(d) November 7th, 2020