This list was submitted by USER02703 on Saturday, January 13th, 2001 at 4:47 AM PST for The 2001 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 9 | John Mills | April 23rd, 2005 | 97 |
| 8 | Al Hirschfeld | January 20th, 2003 | 99 |
| 7 | Harry Secombe | April 11th, 2001 | 79 |
| 6 | Eddy Arnold | May 8th, 2008 | 89 |
| 5 | Dale Evans | February 7th, 2001 | 88 |
| 4 | Buddy Ebsen | July 6th, 2003 | 95 |
| 3 | Carlo Ponti | January 9th, 2007 | 94 |
| 2 | Alistair Cooke | March 30th, 2004 | 95 |
| 1 | Chuck Jones | February 22nd, 2002 | 89 |
| 12 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