This list was submitted by Rigor on Monday, December 30th, 2002 at 1:51 PM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Buddy Ebsen | July 6th, 2003 | 95 |
8 | Ronald Reagan | June 5th, 2004 | 93 |
7 | Strom Thurmond | June 26th, 2003 | 100 |
6 | Johnny Cash | September 12th, 2003 | 71 |
5 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
4 | Osama bin Laden | May 2nd, 2011 | 54 |
3 | Saddam Hussein | December 29th, 2006 | 69 |
2 | Teri Garr | October 29th, 2024 | 79 |
1 | Arthur Clarke | March 19th, 2008 | 90 |
32 points | 4 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