This list was submitted by John 3:16 on Tuesday, December 31st, 2002 at 8:00 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
9 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
8 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
7 | Le Duc Anh | April 22nd, 2019 | 98 |
6 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
5 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
4 | Tom Laughlin | December 12th, 2013 | 82 |
3 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
2 | King Fahd | July 31st, 2005 | 84 |
1 | Sheb Wooley | September 16th, 2003 | 82 |
29 points | 5 hits |
Georgia's irrepressible segregationist, who defied the 1964 Civil Rights Act by chasing three black students from his restaurant with a gun. Given twenty days to desegregate, Maddox chose instead to close and sell the place, for which they made him Governor. Later, after his political career waned, he attempted to update his image by launching a nightclub comedy act with a black ex-con he had pardoned while in office. They were billed as "The Governor and the Dishwasher." We're not making this up.
(d) June 25th, 2003