This list was submitted by GUNSLINGER on Sunday, December 30th, 2001 at 3:52 PM PST for The 2002 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hayes | September 18th, 2002 | 59 |
9 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
8 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
7 | Wilford Brimley | August 1st, 2020 | 85 |
6 | Dudley Moore | March 27th, 2002 | 66 |
5 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
4 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
3 | William F. Buckley Jr. | February 27th, 2008 | 82 |
2 | Herman Talmadge | March 21st, 2002 | 88 |
1 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
23 points | 4 hits |
The fact that the singing governor made it to 101 convinces us that the key to longevity is to declare someone or something to be your sunshine (preferably your only sunshine) and then to repeatedly implore to no one in particular that said sunshine not be taken away.
(d) November 5th, 2000