This list was submitted by USER01531 on Sunday, March 30th, 2003 at 9:30 PM PST for The March '03 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Warren Zevon | September 7th, 2003 | 56 |
9 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
8 | Ronnie Hawkins | May 29th, 2022 | 87 |
7 | Carol Shields | July 16th, 2003 | 68 |
6 | Barney Kessel | May 6th, 2004 | 80 |
5 | Augusto Pinochet | December 10th, 2006 | 91 |
4 | James Doohan | July 20th, 2005 | 85 |
3 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
2 | Madame Chiang Kai-Shek | October 23rd, 2003 | 106 |
1 | Eddie Albert | May 26th, 2005 | 99 |
16 points | 2 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