This list was submitted by hodag21378 on Sunday, December 29th, 2019 at 9:40 AM PST for The 2020 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
9 | Pope Benedict XVI | December 31st, 2022 | 95 |
8 | Matthew Perry | October 28th, 2023 | 54 |
7 | Tommy Smothers | December 26th, 2023 | 86 |
6 | Little Richard | May 9th, 2020 | 87 |
5 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
4 | Henry Kissinger | November 29th, 2023 | 100 |
3 | Eddie Van Halen | October 6th, 2020 | 65 |
2 | Barbara Walters | December 30th, 2022 | 93 |
1 | Carl Reiner | June 29th, 2020 | 98 |
20 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