This list was submitted by USER02723 on Sunday, January 16th, 2000 at 9:45 AM PST for The 2000 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool.
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Lew Burdette | February 6th, 2007 | 80 |
9 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | April 17th, 2014 | 87 |
8 | John O'Connor | May 3rd, 2000 | 80 |
7 | Don Budge | January 26th, 2000 | 84 |
6 | Vittorio Gassman | June 29th, 2000 | 77 |
5 | Not Famous | ||
4 | Studs Terkel | October 31st, 2008 | 96 |
3 | Harry Secombe | April 11th, 2001 | 79 |
2 | Ian Dury | March 27th, 2000 | 57 |
1 | Tom Landry | February 12th, 2000 | 75 |
24 points | 5 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