This list was submitted by Knockin on Heavens Door on Thursday, December 20th, 2001 at 6:01 AM PST for The 2002 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
| Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Osama bin Laden | May 2nd, 2011 | 54 |
| 9 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
| 8 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
| 7 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
| 6 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
| 5 | Ted Williams | July 5th, 2002 | ? |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth II | September 8th, 2022 | 96 |
| 3 | Rodney Dangerfield | October 5th, 2004 | 82 |
| 2 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
| 1 | Ted Koppel | Alive | 86 |
| 13 points | 2 hits |
He was Ireland's version of Jack Kevorkian, claiming to have helped some 50 people to die, and swearing he would kill himself. He went to Thailand to fulfill his promise, but returned upon discovering that euthanasia is illegal there too. Then he died in his sleep. What a schmuck.
(d) December 17th, 1998