This list was submitted by USER01832 on Sunday, December 31st, 2006 at 4:01 PM PST for The 2007 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Tammy Messner | July 20th, 2007 | 65 |
9 | Ariel Sharon | January 11th, 2014 | 85 |
8 | Fidel Castro | November 25th, 2016 | 90 |
7 | King Sihanouk | October 14th, 2012 | 89 |
6 | Estelle Getty | July 22nd, 2008 | 84 |
5 | Farrah Fawcett | June 25th, 2009 | 62 |
4 | Miep Gies | January 11th, 2010 | 100 |
3 | Brooke Astor | August 13th, 2007 | 105 |
2 | Lady Bird Johnson | July 11th, 2007 | 94 |
1 | Ernest Gallo | March 6th, 2007 | 97 |
16 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