Happy New Year

Now that the new year has begun, here are my dead pool picks for 2009:

• George H. W. Bush
• Nancy Reagan
• Barack Obama
• Dick Clark
• David Prowse
• Stephen Hawking
• Ted Kennedy
• Wilford Brimley
• Darryl Strawberry
• Muhammad Ali
• William Shatner
• Kim Jong-il
• Andy Dick
• Willard Scott
• Kenny Baker
• Mr. T
• Bea Arthur
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Suge Knight
• Barbara Bush

Scoring is based on 100 points minus the age of the person who dies, with a minimum of 1 point being awarded per person. I will be sure to keep you, my readers, updated as to my score during the year.