This list was submitted by USER01115 on Wednesday, February 27th, 2002 at 7:14 PM PST for The March '02 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | John Gotti | June 10th, 2002 | ? |
9 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
8 | Sid Caesar | February 12th, 2014 | 91 |
7 | Julie Harris | August 24th, 2013 | 87 |
6 | Roone Arledge | December 5th, 2002 | 71 |
5 | Sid Gillman | January 3rd, 2003 | 91 |
4 | Lionel Hampton | August 31st, 2002 | 94 |
3 | Ted Williams | July 5th, 2002 | ? |
2 | Eunice Shriver | August 11th, 2009 | 88 |
1 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
22 points | 3 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