This list was submitted by MJ and Friends on Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 at 5:50 PM PST for The 2015 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | George H.W. Bush | November 30th, 2018 | 94 |
9 | Stuart Scott | January 4th, 2015 | 49 |
8 | Valerie Harper | August 30th, 2019 | 80 |
7 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | December 18th, 2016 | 99 |
6 | Sam Simon | March 8th, 2015 | 59 |
5 | Gordie Howe | June 10th, 2016 | 88 |
4 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
3 | Little Jimmy Dickens | January 2nd, 2015 | 94 |
2 | Muhammad Ali | June 3rd, 2016 | 74 |
1 | Pope Benedict XVI | December 31st, 2022 | 95 |
18 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