This list was submitted by USER03436 on Monday, December 18th, 2000 at 6:54 AM PST for The 2001 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | John Gotti | June 10th, 2002 | ? |
| 9 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
| 8 | Vaclav Havel | December 18th, 2011 | 75 |
| 7 | Larry Doby | June 18th, 2003 | 79 |
| 6 | Rosemary Kennedy | January 7th, 2005 | 86 |
| 5 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
| 3 | Leni Riefenstahl | September 8th, 2003 | 101 |
| 2 | Bill Shoemaker | October 12th, 2003 | 72 |
| 1 | Howard Smith | February 15th, 2002 | 87 |
| 0 points | 0 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