#40 Gallagher
Stand-up comedian Gallagher was famous for his Sledge-O-Matic routine, in which he would smash various food items, most notably a watermelon, with a sledgehammer. He first gained notoriety with a string of successful stand-up specials in the ‘80s and then kept going for years after that.
Gallagher was one of over a hundred hopefuls in the 2003 recall election for California governor, which Arnold Schwarzenegger ultimately won. In 2019, he went on a farewell tour called ‘The Last Smash.’ Gallagher died at the age of 76 years old on November 11th.