This list was submitted by USER00751 on Friday, December 31st, 1999 at 9:11 AM PST for The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
| 9 | Don Budge | January 26th, 2000 | 84 |
| 8 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 7 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
| 6 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 5 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 4 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 3 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
| 1 | John Gielgud | May 21st, 2000 | 96 |
| 10 points | 2 hits |
This jazz and studio guitar great played on hundreds of recordings — including Phil Spector's "River Deep-Mountain High" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Julie London's "Cry Me A River," and many of the Coasters' hits — and was known for beig one of the weirdest dudes in the business.
(d) May 6th, 2004