This list was submitted by USER01013 on Thursday, December 30th, 2004 at 5:15 PM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Red Auerbach | October 28th, 2006 | 89 |
9 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
8 | William Rehnquist | September 3rd, 2005 | 80 |
7 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
6 | Max Schmeling | February 2nd, 2005 | 99 |
5 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
4 | Sandra Dee | February 20th, 2005 | 62 |
3 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
2 | Al Lewis | February 3rd, 2006 | 82 |
1 | Eddie Albert | May 26th, 2005 | 99 |
26 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