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The 2020 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool

Snitches Get Niches

Submitted by Uncle Stiffy on December 31, 2019.

Score
4hits so far
31tiebreaker points
Paidin the game

The picks

PtsCelebrityDiedAge
10 Kirk Douglas hitFeb 5, 2020 Feb 5, 2020 103
9 Teri GarrOct 29, 2024 Oct 29, 2024 79
8 Roberta McCain hitOct 12, 2020 Oct 12, 2020 108
7 Vera Lynn hitJun 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 103
6 Olivia de Havilland hitJul 26, 2020 Jul 26, 2020 104
5 Prince PhilipApr 9, 2021 Apr 9, 2021 99
4 Betty WhiteDec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 99
3 Bob BarkerAug 26, 2023 Aug 26, 2023 99
2 Bob DoleDec 5, 2021 Dec 5, 2021 98
1 Jimmy CarterDec 29, 2024 Dec 29, 2024 100

Hits count only when the death falls inside the game. Points break ties: #1 on the list is worth 10, #10 is worth 1.

Guess the stiff · died 2024

Before she was Whitney’s mother she was the voice behind everybody else, singing backup for Elvis and Aretha with the Sweet Inspirations and on half the soul records of the 1960s. She won two Grammys, ran the choir at New Hope Baptist in Newark for decades, and outlived her daughter, her granddaughter and everyone who ever told her to sing a little quieter. Alzheimer’s finally got her at 91. The backup singer gets top billing at last.