This list was submitted by Jim on Saturday, January 3rd, 2004 at 1:06 PM PST for The 2004 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Johnny Oates | December 24th, 2004 | 58 |
9 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
8 | Barney Kessel | May 6th, 2004 | 80 |
7 | Max Schmeling | February 2nd, 2005 | 99 |
6 | Fay Wray | August 8th, 2004 | 96 |
5 | George Kennan | March 17th, 2005 | 101 |
4 | Philip Johnson | January 25th, 2005 | 98 |
3 | Estee Lauder | April 24th, 2004 | 97 |
2 | Eddy Arnold | May 8th, 2008 | 89 |
1 | Hans Bethe | March 6th, 2005 | 98 |
27 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