This list was submitted by MBalmed on Friday, August 31st, 2001 at 7:22 PM PDT for The September '01 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
8 | Fay Wray | August 8th, 2004 | 96 |
7 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
6 | Dick Gregory | August 19th, 2017 | 84 |
5 | Peggy Lee | January 21st, 2002 | 81 |
4 | Katharine Hepburn | June 29th, 2003 | 96 |
3 | Gene Wilder | August 29th, 2016 | 83 |
2 | Not Famous | ||
1 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
5 points | 1 hit |
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