This list was submitted by USER02723 on Sunday, January 16th, 2000 at 9:45 AM PST for The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Lew Burdette | February 6th, 2007 | 80 |
9 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | April 17th, 2014 | 87 |
8 | John O'Connor | May 3rd, 2000 | 80 |
7 | Don Budge | January 26th, 2000 | 84 |
6 | Vittorio Gassman | June 29th, 2000 | 77 |
5 | Not Famous | ||
4 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
3 | Harry Secombe | April 11th, 2001 | 79 |
2 | Ian Dury | March 27th, 2000 | 57 |
1 | Tom Landry | February 12th, 2000 | 75 |
24 points | 5 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