This list was submitted by Better Off Dead on Sunday, December 31st, 2017 at 7:57 PM PST for The 2018 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | John McCain | August 25th, 2018 | 81 |
9 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
8 | Sumner Redstone | August 11th, 2020 | 97 |
7 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
6 | Charlotte Rae | August 5th, 2018 | 92 |
5 | Herman Wouk | May 18th, 2019 | 103 |
4 | Vera Lynn | June 18th, 2020 | 103 |
3 | Barbara Barrie | Alive | ? |
2 | Marty Allen | February 12th, 2018 | 95 |
1 | Jan-Michael Vincent | February 10th, 2019 | 74 |
25 points | 4 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