This list was submitted by robbo on Wednesday, December 18th, 2002 at 8:38 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
9 | Mitch Miller | July 31st, 2010 | 99 |
8 | Ossie Davis | February 4th, 2005 | 87 |
7 | Not Famous | ||
6 | Hume Cronyn | June 15th, 2003 | 91 |
5 | Art Linkletter | May 26th, 2010 | 97 |
4 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
3 | James Whitmore | February 6th, 2009 | 87 |
2 | Martin Milner | September 6th, 2015 | 83 |
1 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | August 3rd, 2008 | 89 |
6 points | 1 hit |
Yes - he was a 24 time all-star selection, compiled 3630 hits, and is widely considered the best left fielder of all time, and is in the Hall of Fame. But for OUR money, the fact that he played the harmonica on Hee Haw in 1994 AND made an album of harmonica songs? THAT is what makes someone famous.
(d) January 19th, 2013