This list was submitted by USER02640 on Friday, March 9th, 2001 at 6:01 AM PST for The March '01 Lee Jr..
Points | Celebrity | Date of Death | Age |
---|---|---|---|
10 | Bob Hope | July 27th, 2003 | 100 |
9 | Eunice Shriver | August 11th, 2009 | 88 |
8 | Eudora Welty | July 23rd, 2001 | ? |
7 | J.D. Salinger | January 27th, 2010 | 91 |
6 | Patricia Neal | August 8th, 2010 | 84 |
5 | Chuck Jones | February 22nd, 2002 | 89 |
4 | Glenn Ford | August 30th, 2006 | 90 |
3 | Hank Ketcham | June 1st, 2001 | ? |
2 | Mike Wallace | April 7th, 2012 | 93 |
1 | Leonardo DiCaprio | Alive | ? |
11 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