This list was submitted by The Shadow on Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 9:50 AM PST for The 2022 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Jimmy Carter | December 29th, 2024 | 100 |
9 | Barbara Walters | December 30th, 2022 | 93 |
8 | Olivia Newton-John | August 8th, 2022 | 73 |
7 | Roger Angell | May 20th, 2022 | 101 |
6 | Bob Barker | August 26th, 2023 | 99 |
5 | Betty White | December 31st, 2021 | 99 |
4 | Larry Storch | July 8th, 2022 | 99 |
3 | Willie Mays | June 18th, 2024 | 93 |
2 | Shannen Doherty | July 13th, 2024 | 53 |
1 | Al Jaffee | April 10th, 2023 | 102 |
28 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