This list was submitted by The Ig on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 at 3:31 PM PST for The 2021 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Rush Limbaugh | February 17th, 2021 | 70 |
9 | Prince Philip | April 9th, 2021 | 99 |
8 | Pope Benedict XVI | December 31st, 2022 | 95 |
7 | Tommy Lasorda | January 7th, 2021 | 93 |
6 | Larry King | January 23rd, 2021 | 87 |
5 | George Shultz | February 6th, 2021 | 100 |
4 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
3 | Olivia Newton-John | August 8th, 2022 | 73 |
2 | Jimmy Carter | December 29th, 2024 | 100 |
1 | Norman Lear | December 5th, 2023 | ? |
41 points | 6 hits |
He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.
(d) November 7th, 2020