This list was submitted by USER00673 on Monday, February 3rd, 2003 at 2:45 AM PST for The 2003 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
9 | Barney Kessel | May 6th, 2004 | 80 |
8 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
7 | Johnny Longden | February 14th, 2003 | 96 |
6 | Art Carney | November 9th, 2003 | 85 |
5 | Skeeter Davis | September 19th, 2004 | 72 |
4 | Ronnie Hawkins | May 29th, 2022 | 87 |
3 | King Sihanouk | October 14th, 2012 | 89 |
2 | Sarah Brady | April 3rd, 2015 | 73 |
1 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | April 17th, 2014 | 87 |
23 points | 3 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