Most deserving of New Jersey Hall of Fame honors?

    A famous actor, an internationally acclaimed rock band and a sharpshooter were all named to the 2012 class of inductees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Who on the list is the most deserving? Who has been left off the list?

    A famous actor, an internationally acclaimed rock band and a sharpshooter were all named to the 2012 class of inductees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

    Earlier this month, the likes of Princeton actor Christopher Reeve, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and Annie Oakley were among several other famous people who haved called the Garden State home to be inducted into the state’s hall of fame.

    Buzz Aldrin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, Mary Higgins Clark and, of course, Bruce Springsteen are among the dozens inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in past years.

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    Although the voting period is over for 2012, we at NewsWorks New Jersey thought we’d give you another chance to vote on your favorites.

    Below, we’ve added the complete list of 2012 inductees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

    See anyone on the list you think is the most deserving? Is there someone clearly left off the list?

    Tell us who should be addedand why in the comments below.

    Class of 2012:

    • Annie Oakley

    • John Dorrance

    • Samuel Newhouse

    • Joyce Carol Oates

    • Wellington Mara

    • Milt Campbell

    • Bob Hurley

    • Christopher Reeve

    • Sarah Vaughan

    • Michael Douglas

    • E Street Band

    You can see the past New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees on the hall’s official website.

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