This list was submitted by wsprotte on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 7:43 PM PST for The 2010 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
9 | Miep Gies | January 11th, 2010 | 100 |
8 | Bob Feller | December 15th, 2010 | 92 |
7 | Peter Falk | June 23rd, 2011 | 83 |
6 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
5 | Red Schoendienst | June 6th, 2018 | 95 |
4 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
3 | Ralph Houk | July 21st, 2010 | 90 |
2 | Ernie Harwell | May 4th, 2010 | 92 |
1 | Mitch Miller | July 31st, 2010 | 99 |
33 points | 6 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