Re: Your 8th Annual Celebrity Death Pool. 2012 Edition.
 

Agreed. He wasn't in a lot of great movies (other than "The Sting",), but he always elevated whatever role he played. I just saw "Home for the Holidays" a few weeks ago (one of our Thanksgiving viewing staples, along with "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"). Not a classic movie, but fairly entertaining, and as always, he was terrific in it.

At long last I can take him off my list
 

Re: At long last I can take him off my list
 

I'm sorry, but this is a travesty. A 104 year old gathers a point? This sort of gamesmanship makes the baby Jesus cry.

Re: At long last I can take him off my list
 

But if I had enough hits to be in a tie for the lead (and it's statistically impossible at this point), he'd be minus 4 points, so don't get your shorts in a twist.

Stormin' Norman
 

Rick Majerus
 

Yeah, he died a while ago. But why did none of you mention it?? Oh, am I the only one who knows who the hell he is? Anyway, things you learn when researching possible 2013 picks...

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...-coach-dies-64

Re: Rick Majerus
 

I knew that. in fact right after I send shapey a friendly warning about how being obese was unsafe.

Jean Harris
 

Jean Harris, 89, convicted killer of Dr. Herman Tarnower (the author of "The Scarsdale Diet"):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...tml?ref=topbar

Re: Jean Harris
 

I thought she died a long time ago.

Re: Jean Harris
 

I tend to connect in my mind her killing Herman with Claus von Bulow (allegedly) giving his wife Sunny an insulin overdose (which eventually led to her death). Both happened about the same time while I was in law school in the same general vicinity; both got tons of press coverage, mainly because of the fame and wealth of the victims and perpetrators. Which reminds me -- Claus would make a pretty good death pool pick (he's still alive, at age 86, living in England, at least according to Wikipedia).