This list was submitted by USER00043 on Sunday, December 31st, 2000 at 5:10 PM PST for The 2001 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Al McGuire | January 26th, 2001 | 72 |
| 9 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
| 8 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 7 | Red Buttons | July 13th, 2006 | 87 |
| 6 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
| 5 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 4 | Dale Evans | February 7th, 2001 | 88 |
| 3 | Alistair Cooke | March 30th, 2004 | 95 |
| 2 | Ted Williams | July 5th, 2002 | ? |
| 1 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
| 14 points | 2 hits |
This guy was the greatest. Unlike any other televangelist, he came across as a psycho college professor, unkempt and ranting, possibly on drugs. Sometimes he played sax. Once, when he was upset about the paucity of donations, we watched him smoke an entire cigar, without saying a word, for twenty minutes. This was late-night UHF programming at its most riveting, folks, and Dr. Gene will be missed.
(d) February 21st, 2005