This list was submitted by USER00965 on Tuesday, June 1st, 1999 at 5:12 PM PDT for The June '99 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Evel Knievel | November 30th, 2007 | 69 |
9 | Not Famous | ||
8 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
7 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
6 | Akio Morita | October 3rd, 1999 | 78 |
5 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
4 | Pee Wee Reese | August 14th, 1999 | 81 |
3 | Johnny PayCheck | February 19th, 2003 | 64 |
2 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
1 | Maurice Richard | May 27th, 2000 | 78 |
10 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