Nothing makes a person feel better than a quick death right after the 'Fest. This award is named after the man who started a controversy by dying before the 'Fest had even ended one year.

Pool	Winner(s)	Date	Pick
2012	Hoot	Tuesday, July 12, 2011	Sherwood Schwartz   television producer of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch
2011	Jack	Sunday, July 11, 2010	Bob Sheppard   stadium announcer for New York's Yankees and Giants
2010	Audrey, Bjorn, CD, Guido, Hammer, Metro, Mohel, The Smile, Trent, Web	Friday, July 17, 2009	Walter Cronkite   the most trusted man in America
2009	Hoot	Saturday, July 12, 2008	Tony Snow   White House Press Secretary
2008	Cigarman, Pumpkin, Trent, Web	Monday, July 9, 2007	Charles Lane (actor)   character actor, ubiquitous in literally hundreds of films
2007	Pumpkin, Trent	Monday, July 17, 2006	Mickey Spillane   author of crime novels
2006	Trent	Wednesday, July 20, 2005	James Doohan   'Scotty' in the TV and movie series 'Star Trek'
2005	Cigarman, Del, Hammer, Ranchy, Tie Man, Trent, Tsunami and Web	Sunday, August 8, 2004	Fay Wray   actress and King Kong heroine
2004	Bjorn, Del, El Segundo, Ranchy and Web	Sunday, July 6, 2003	Buddy Ebsen   played Jed Clampett on 'Beverly Hillbillies' TV show
2003	Ham and Nail	Monday, August 5, 2002	Chick Hearn   basketball broadcaster

Named after the legendary baseball star who livened the 2002 'Fest Dead Pool with his Friday, July 5 departure.

Pool	Winner(s)	Date	Pick
2012	Ranchy *	Tuesday, July 3, 2012	Andy Griffith   played 'Sheriff Andy Taylor' and 'Matlock' on TV
2011	Metro	Friday, July 8, 2011	Betty Ford   ex- First lady
2010	Bjorn Metro Nail Trent Web	Friday, June 4, 2010	John Wooden   baseball player and coach
2009	Hammer	Wednesday, July 1, 2009	Karl Malden   Lt. Mike Stone' on 'The Streets of San Francisco
2008	Shecky	Friday, July 4, 2008	Jesse Helms   former U.S. Senator
2007	Jack	Friday, May 25, 2007	Charles Nelson Reilly   actor, 'Match Game' panelist
2006	Iggy	Friday, July 7, 2006	Frank Ziedler   socialist mayor of Milwaukee
2005	Tsunami	Friday, July 1, 2005	Luther Vandross   soul singer
2004	Garth, Guido and Jack	Thursday, July 1, 2004	Marlon Brando   actor
2003	Finski	Tuesday, July 1, 2003	Buddy Hackett   comedian

* Since the current 'Fest Dead Pool is not yet closed for the season, the Grim Reaper reserves the right to give this award to someone else at any time.

It takes a certain amount of gusto to put a younger person on your list. Here are the best picks in that regard.

Pool	Winner(s)	Pick	Age
2012	Metro *	Amy Winehouse   singer-songwriter	27
2011	Ranchy	Osama bin Laden   figurehead of al-Qaeda	54
2010	Audrey CD Guido Hammer Metro Spike The Smile Trent Web	Patrick Swayze   dancer, actor, and songwriter	57
2009	Hoot	Tony Snow   White House press secretary	53
2008	Trent and Whitey	Tammy Faye Messner   former wife of convicted felon televangelist Jim Bakker	65
2007	Jack	Charles Nelson Reilly   actor, 'Match Game' panelist	76
2006	Pumpkin	Peter Jennings   news anchor for ABC	67
2005	Tsunami	Luther Vandross   soul singer	54
2004	Sun Dog and Web	Warren Zevon   singer	56
2003	Bjorn	Johnny Paycheck   country singer	64

* Since the current 'Fest Dead Pool is not yet closed for the season, the Grim Reaper reserves the right to give this award to someone else at any time.

The oldest person to die in this year's dead pool. It's like shooting fish in a barrel, except fish try to swim away.

Pool	Winner(s)	Pick	Age
2012	Hoot Pumpkin *	Johannes Heesters   Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer	108
2011	Pumpkin Web	Mitch Miller   bandleader and music company executive	99
2010	CD Spike	Gertrude Baines   the world's oldest dead person	115
2009	Audrey, Ham, Spike, Trent	Edna Parker   the world's oldest dead person	115
2008	Ham	Yone Minagawa   the world's oldest dead person	114
2007	Cigarman, Metro	Elizabeth Bolden   the world's oldest dead person	116
2006	Del, Nail, Pumpkin, Trent and Web	Ted Radcliffe   baseball player and manager, star in the negro leagues	103
2005	Del	George Kennan   developed the policy of 'containment' of the Soviet Union	101
2004	Hoot	Leni Riefenstahl   German filmmaker of 1930s	101
2003	Audrey, Buju, Coop, Habib, Ham, Perkie and Web	Strom Thurmond   former U.S. senator	100

* Since the current 'Fest Dead Pool is not yet closed for the season, the Grim Reaper reserves the right to give this award to someone else at any time.

The only award that was named in honor of a person while he was still living, this award goes to the most popular correct pick of this year's pool.

Pool	Winner(s)	Pick	Number of picks
2012	C.D. Guido Pumpkin Trent Web *	Dolores Hope   wife of comedian Bob Hope	5
2011	Hammer Web	Barbara Billingsley   actress	2
2010	Audrey Bjorn CD Guido Hammer Metro Mohel The Smile Trent Web	Walter Cronkite   the most trusted man in America	10
2009	Audrey, Ham, Spike, Trent	Edna Parker   oldest living American	5
2008	Dell, Ham, Pumpkin, Shecky and Web	Lady Bird Johnson   wife of U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson	5
2007	Hoot, Metro, Uncle Toby, and Web	Augusto Pinochet   head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990	5
2006 (tie)	Ham, Iggy, Reba, Trent and Web	William Rehnquist   Supreme Court judge	5
2006 (tie)	Del, Nail, Pumpkin, Trent and Web	Ted Radcliffe   baseball player and manager, star in the negro leagues	5
2005	Audrey, Bjorn, Metro, Ranchy, Reba, Tie Man, Trent, Tsunami, Web and Zebra	Pope John Paul II   pope	10
2004	Audrey, Bjorn, Del, El Segundo, Garth, Ham, Metro, Ranchy, Sun Dog, Tie Man, Tie Woman and Web	Bob Hope   comedian	13
2003 (tie)	Audrey Bjorn Habib Perkie Ranchy Trent and Web	Kate Hepburn   actress	7
2003 (tie)	Audrey, Buju, Coop, Habib, Ham, Perkie and Web	Strom Thurmond   former U.S. senator	7

* Since the current 'Fest Dead Pool is not yet closed for the season, the Grim Reaper reserves the right to give this award to someone else at any time.