This list was submitted by 000002 on Friday, December 31st, 2004 at 2:22 PM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | William Rehnquist | September 3rd, 2005 | 80 |
9 | Willie Pep | November 5th, 2006 | 84 |
8 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
7 | Rosa Parks | October 24th, 2005 | 92 |
6 | Robert Tisch | November 15th, 2005 | 79 |
5 | Dan Fogelberg | December 16th, 2007 | 56 |
4 | James Doohan | July 20th, 2005 | 85 |
3 | Not Famous | ||
2 | Eddie Robinson | April 3rd, 2007 | 88 |
1 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
35 points | 5 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