This list was submitted by thedeadmanshand on Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 at 8:55 AM PST for The 2020 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Alex Trebek | November 8th, 2020 | 80 |
9 | Kirk Douglas | February 5th, 2020 | 103 |
8 | Bob Barker | August 26th, 2023 | 99 |
7 | Olivia de Havilland | July 26th, 2020 | 104 |
6 | Vera Lynn | June 18th, 2020 | 103 |
5 | Beverly Cleary | March 25th, 2021 | 104 |
4 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | September 18th, 2020 | 87 |
3 | Jimmy Carter | December 29th, 2024 | 100 |
2 | Carl Reiner | June 29th, 2020 | 98 |
1 | Jerry Stiller | May 11th, 2020 | 92 |
39 points | 7 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