This list was submitted by USER02681 on Thursday, April 11th, 2002 at 2:58 PM PDT for The March '02 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Lester Maddox | June 25th, 2003 | 87 |
9 | Patsy Ramsey | June 24th, 2006 | 49 |
8 | John Gotti | June 10th, 2002 | ? |
7 | Richard Pryor | December 10th, 2005 | 65 |
6 | . Suharto | January 27th, 2008 | 86 |
5 | George Kennan | March 17th, 2005 | 101 |
4 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | March 30th, 2002 | 94 |
3 | Geraldine Ferraro | March 26th, 2011 | 75 |
2 | Benny Carter | July 12th, 2003 | 95 |
1 | Roone Arledge | December 5th, 2002 | 71 |
12 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