This list was submitted by Margo Channing on Friday, December 29th, 2017 at 10:19 AM PST for The 2018 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Beverly Cleary | March 25th, 2021 | 104 |
| 9 | George H.W. Bush | November 30th, 2018 | 94 |
| 8 | Prince Philip | April 9th, 2021 | 99 |
| 7 | Honor Blackman | April 5th, 2020 | 94 |
| 6 | Dick Van Dyke | Alive | 100 |
| 5 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
| 4 | John McCain | August 25th, 2018 | 81 |
| 3 | Bob Barker | August 26th, 2023 | 99 |
| 2 | Hal Holbrook | January 23rd, 2021 | 95 |
| 1 | Carol Channing | January 15th, 2019 | 97 |
| 13 points | 2 hits |
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