This list was submitted by Dollar Bill on Friday, December 31st, 2004 at 5:52 PM PST for The 2005 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Pope John Paul II | April 2nd, 2005 | 84 |
9 | William Rehnquist | September 3rd, 2005 | 80 |
8 | Ronnie Biggs | December 18th, 2013 | 84 |
7 | Max Schmeling | February 2nd, 2005 | 99 |
6 | John Wooden | June 4th, 2010 | 99 |
5 | Byron Nelson | September 26th, 2006 | 94 |
4 | Sammy Baugh | December 17th, 2008 | 94 |
3 | Gerald Ford | December 26th, 2006 | 93 |
2 | Red Auerbach | October 28th, 2006 | 89 |
1 | Phil Rizzuto | August 13th, 2007 | 89 |
26 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