This list was submitted by Digger O Dell 10 on Friday, December 30th, 2016 at 12:50 PM PST for The 2017 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Herman Wouk | May 18th, 2019 | 103 |
9 | Vera Miles | Alive | 95 |
8 | Roberta McCain | October 12th, 2020 | 108 |
7 | Jerry Lee Lewis | October 28th, 2022 | 87 |
6 | Teri Garr | October 29th, 2024 | 79 |
5 | Billy Graham | February 21st, 2018 | 99 |
4 | Pope Benedict XVI | December 31st, 2022 | 95 |
3 | Ethel Kennedy | October 10th, 2024 | 96 |
2 | John Gavin | February 9th, 2018 | 86 |
1 | Barbara Hale | January 27th, 2017 | 94 |
1 point | 1 hit |
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