This list was submitted by USER00780 on Wednesday, December 15th, 1999 at 8:40 PM PST for The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Ted Williams | July 5th, 2002 | ? |
9 | Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | August 24th, 2004 | 78 |
8 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
7 | Charles Schulz | February 12th, 2000 | 77 |
6 | Ian Dury | March 27th, 2000 | 57 |
5 | Leni Riefenstahl | September 8th, 2003 | 101 |
4 | Vaclav Havel | December 18th, 2011 | 75 |
3 | Tom Landry | February 12th, 2000 | 75 |
2 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
1 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
16 points | 3 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