This list was submitted by USER02847 for The 1998 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Not Famous | ||
9 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
8 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
7 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
6 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
5 | Milton Berle | March 27th, 2002 | 93 |
4 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
3 | Frank Sinatra | May 14th, 1998 | 82 |
2 | James Earl Ray | April 23rd, 1998 | 70 |
1 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
5 points | 2 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