This list was submitted by McMurdoMan on Monday, December 31st, 2018 at 6:46 AM PST for The 2019 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | I.M. Pei | May 16th, 2019 | 102 |
9 | Marv Levy | Alive | 99 |
8 | Hugh Downs | July 1st, 2020 | 99 |
7 | Beverly Cleary | March 25th, 2021 | 104 |
6 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
5 | Bob Dole | December 5th, 2021 | 98 |
4 | Jim Otto | May 19th, 2024 | 86 |
3 | John Paul Stevens | July 16th, 2019 | 99 |
2 | Robert Conrad | February 8th, 2020 | 89 |
1 | Brooks Robinson | September 26th, 2023 | 86 |
13 points | 2 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