This list was submitted by Elster000 on Saturday, December 31st, 2022 at 11:00 AM PST for The 2023 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Al Jaffee | April 10th, 2023 | 102 |
9 | Harry Belafonte | April 25th, 2023 | 96 |
8 | Henry Kissinger | November 29th, 2023 | 100 |
7 | Bob Barker | August 26th, 2023 | 99 |
6 | Jimmy Carter | Alive | 100 |
5 | Alan Greenspan | Alive | 98 |
4 | Norman Lear | December 5th, 2023 | ? |
3 | Mel Brooks | Alive | 98 |
2 | Tony Bennett | July 21st, 2023 | 96 |
1 | Sonny Rollins | Alive | ? |
40 points | 6 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