This list was submitted by BearOfNH on Tuesday, December 29th, 1998 at 10:46 AM PST for The 1999 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Joe DiMaggio | March 8th, 1999 | 84 |
9 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
8 | Peggy Lee | January 21st, 2002 | 81 |
7 | Boris Yeltsin | April 23rd, 2007 | 76 |
6 | Idi Amin | August 16th, 2003 | 78 |
5 | Eugene McCarthy | December 10th, 2005 | 89 |
4 | King Fahd | July 31st, 2005 | 84 |
3 | Fay Wray | August 8th, 2004 | 96 |
2 | Senor Wences | April 20th, 1999 | 103 |
1 | Vaclav Havel | December 18th, 2011 | 75 |
12 points | 2 hits |
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