2012 Stiffs and Stats

After declaring Gillian the 2010 and 2011 overall winner, Thanksgiving Day dead pool players picked out celebrities who they think will die within the year. Members of our Thanksgiving gathering are not really the 'rules type' so we keep it simple:

a) the person must be a celebrity "now" and not become a celebrity because of their death.

b) the person cannot be a death row inmate.

c) you cannot kill anyone on your list.

d) the celebrity cannot be dead before you post your picks.

e) the celebrity must be human (no animals).

f) cannot already be diagnosed with a terminal illness.

g) points are awarded by subtracting the age of the dead celebrity from 100 (50 year old gets you 50 points, 80 year old gets you 20 points, etc.).

2012 Death Pool Selections:

Aaron Veum: Lawrence Taylor, former Giants linebacker.
Aaron Lehman: Hugh "Hef" Hefner. Also Aaron's 2010 pick.
Al Jarlsberg: 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Amanda Lehman: Shirley MacLaine, American film and theater actress.
Andrew Veum: Flamboyant fitness guru, Richard Simmons. Also, 2010 pick.
Angel Lehman: No pick.
Ashley, Josh Prochnow's girlfriend: Looking as if he's been left Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin.
Brooke Schoenfeld: Rosie O'Donnell, comedian? Brooke, I really hope you win!!
Chad Ulrich: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State "retired" football coach.
Chessney Lee: No pick.
Diego Sullivan: 56th Secretary of State of the United States, Henry Kissinger.
Gary Zibell: King Bashar al- Assad, Syrian President
Gillian Franceschi-DeGoot: Michael Lohan, father of Lindsay.
Jan Jarlsberg: Rita Moreno, 81 year old actress, singer, dancer
Jenna Fieser: No pick.
Joe Leto: Hopin' he's..Knock, Knock, Knockin on Heavens Door this year-Bob Dillon.
Josh Prochnow: Steve-O, Jackass star.
Karen Ehrke: Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Poliz.
Katie Zibell: Mary Kate Olsen, actress, fashon designer and anorexia survivor (?).
Laura Zibell: No Reservations about Anthony Bourdain.
Margie Ulrich: Train wreck of a celebrity, Lindsay Lohan.
Monica Veum: Nancy Pelosi. Why do you hate her so much? Also picked in 2010.
Robby Veum: Joseph "Joe" Jackson. Father of Michael Jackson.
Robby Zibell: James Earl Jones.."Robby, I'm not your father...". Darth Vater voice...
Roman Leto: Arnold Schwarzenegger, male whore, bodybuilder, actor, and politician.
Travis Ulrich: He's cuckoo over this years pick, Danny DeVito.
Trevor Leto: Ashley Olsen, media shy but still an outstanding selection.
Tyler Rowe: No pick.

Kee