This list was submitted by USER00807 on Monday, December 27th, 1999 at 4:40 PM PST for The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
8 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
7 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
6 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
5 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
4 | Eugene McCarthy | December 10th, 2005 | 89 |
3 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
2 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
1 | Salman Rushdie | Alive | ? |
0 points | 0 hits |
His high-protein, low-carbohydrate approach to weight loss differed radically from the conventional wisdom of the medical establishment, and was widely criticized as risky. Nevertheless, Atkins steadfastly maintained that his dietary recommendations would lead to nothing more dangerous than a diminished sense of balance. He died of injuries sustained when he fell and hit his head on the sidewalk.
(d) April 17th, 2003