This list was submitted by goddammit on Monday, December 31st, 2018 at 8:52 PM PST for The 2019 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Queen Elizabeth II | Alive | 96 |
9 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
8 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
7 | Bart Starr | May 26th, 2019 | 85 |
6 | Artie Lange | Alive | 54 |
5 | Betty White | December 31st, 2021 | 99 |
4 | Jimmy Carter | Alive | 97 |
3 | Hosni Mubarak | February 25th, 2020 | 91 |
2 | Dick Van Dyke | Alive | 96 |
1 | Tony Bennett | Alive | 96 |
7 points | 1 hit |
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