This list was submitted by goddammit on Sunday, December 31st, 2000 at 8:48 PM PST for The 2001 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
8 | Al McGuire | January 26th, 2001 | 72 |
7 | Jesse Helms | July 4th, 2008 | 86 |
6 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
5 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
4 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
3 | Whitey Ford | October 8th, 2020 | 91 |
2 | Snoop Dogg | Alive | 53 |
1 | Red Buttons | July 13th, 2006 | 87 |
8 points | 1 hit |
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