RIP -- Billy Mays (50) found dead in Tampa Bay, Florida home
Taylor
http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/
Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his
home in Tampa, Florida.
According to the Tampa PD, Mays was pronounced dead at 7:45 AM.
The 50-year-old was found by his wife early this morning.
Story developing ...
Filed under: R.I.P.
Tags: Billy mays, BillyMays, dead, died, oxi-clean, pitchman
John
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> Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
> Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1014018.ece
The Ghost of F.F.
Hurray ... now I don't have to watch TV with the remote in my hand so
I can hit mute everytime his commercials come on!
Thank god he didn't do those Cialis commercials. Imagine him
screaming at you "IF YOU GET AN ERECTION LASTING LONGER THAN 4 HOURS
YOU GOTTA GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!"
Cassie
He'll probably be replaced by the ShamWow / Super Chopper guy! (or
is he in jail for beating up a hooker??.....)
Thanatos
The Ghost of F.F. <gh...@of.ff> wrote:
> Taylor <lukeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> >http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/
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> >Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
> >Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
> >
> >TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his
> >home in Tampa, Florida.
> >
> >According to the Tampa PD, Mays was pronounced dead at 7:45 AM.
> >
> >The 50-year-old was found by his wife early this morning.
> >
> >Story developing ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Filed under: R.I.P.
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> >Tags: Billy mays, BillyMays, dead, died, oxi-clean, pitchman
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> Hurray ... now I don't have to watch TV with the remote in my hand so
> I can hit mute everytime his commercials come on!
You think because he's dead the commercials will suddenly disappear?
Behold the naivete.
Michael O'Connor
his US Airways plane blew out on landing in Tampa. I think he owned a
home here in the Greenville area, because he was doing local radio ads
for some building contractor and talking about when he bought a house
here in the Upstate that this company did the work on the house. I
did log a few minutes recently with that reality show he was doing
with the British guy that dealt with people bringing their inventions
to them and they try to pitch them; the only fun part of the show is
that Billy didn't get along well with his British huckster co-host..
It's the Principle!
I'm confused. I list count. Where did the last three start. Was it
with Caradine? Is Cronkite still on the watch list?
--
Brandy Alexandre
Yes, the TP should always unwind over, not under.
Tom
> He dodged a bullet (pardon the pun) yesterday when the front tires on
> his US Airways plane blew out on landing in Tampa.
Apparently he didn't dodge the bullet... my wife just read he wasn't
wearing his seat belt during the landing and bumped his head quite
hard. According to what she read, the authorities are saying that is
the preliminary cause of death.
Tom
R H Draney
>I can hit mute everytime his commercials come on!
>
>Thank god he didn't do those Cialis commercials. Imagine him
>screaming at you "IF YOU GET AN ERECTION LASTING LONGER THAN 4 HOURS
>YOU GOTTA GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!"
Or worse:
"HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE
FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY
TO THE FOREHEAD!!!"
....r
--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
Charlie
> In article <578f45p013febvcagssaahutr49g1f3...@4ax.com>,
Yep I do!
Imaginary Friend
As with Natasha Richardson, a 'talk and die' head injury.
5 this month, do I hear 6!?
atadhorny
"He was like a non-musical Bruce Springscream." -- J.F. Poopnagel, TV
Critic
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"TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home"
By MITCH STACY
The Associated Press
Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:38 PM
TAMPA, Fla. -- Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman
whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean
made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday
morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was
not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when
an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and Mays' wife
told investigators he didn't feel well before he went to bed that
night.
There were no signs of a break-in at the home, and investigators do
not suspect foul play, said Lt. Brian Dugan of the Tampa Police
Department, who wouldn't answer any more questions about how Mays'
body was found because of the ongoing investigation. The coroner's
office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.
Mays' wife, Deborah Mays, told investigators that her husband had
complained he didn't feel well before he went to bed some time after
10 p.m. Saturday night, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said.
"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any
public statements over the next couple of days," Deborah Mays said in
a statement Sunday. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy
during these difficult times."
U.S. Airways confirmed Sunday that Mays was among the passengers on a
flight that made a rough landing on Saturday afternoon at Tampa
International Airport, leaving debris on the runway after apparently
blowing its front tires.
Tampa Bay's Fox television affiliate interviewed Mays after the
incident.
"All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all
the things from the ceiling started dropping," MyFox Tampa Bay quoted
him as saying. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."
McElroy said linking Mays' death to the landing would "purely be
speculation." She said Mays' family members didn't report any health
issues with the pitchman, but said he was due to have hip replacement
surgery in the coming weeks.
Laura Brown, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said
she did not know if Mays was wearing his seatbelt on the flight
because the FAA is not investigating his death.
Born William Mays in McKees Rocks, Pa., on July 20, 1958, Mays
developed his style demonstrating knives, mops and other "as seen on
TV" gadgets on Atlantic City's boardwalk. For years he worked as a
hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds
with his booming voice and genial manner.
After meeting Orange Glo International founder Max Appel at a home
show in Pittsburgh in the mid-1990s, Mays was recruited to demonstrate
the environmentally friendly line of cleaning products on the St.
Petersburg-based Home Shopping Network.
Commercials and informercials followed, anchored by the high-energy
Mays showing how it's done while tossing out kitschy phrases like,
"Long live your laundry!"
Sarah Ellerstein worked closely with Mays when she was a buyer for the
Home Shopping Network in the 1990s and he was pitching Orange Glo
products.
"Billy was such a sweet guy, very lovable, very nice, always smiling,
just a great, great guy," she said Sunday, adding that Mays met his
future wife at the network. "Everybody thinks because he's loud and
boisterous on the air that that's the way he is, but I always found
him to be a quiet, down-to-earth person."
Recently he's been seen on commercials for a wide variety of products
and is featured on the reality TV show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery
Channel, which follows Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their marketing
jobs. He's also been seen in ESPN ads.
His ubiquitousness and thumbs-up, in-your-face pitches won Mays plenty
of fans. People line up at his personal appearances for autographed
color glossies, and strangers stop him in airports to chat about the
products.
"I enjoy what I do," Mays told The Associated Press in a 2002
interview. "I think it shows."
Mays liked to tell the story of giving bottles of OxiClean to the 300
guests at his wedding, and doing his ad spiel ("powered by the air we
breathe!") on the dance floor at the reception. Visitors to his house
typically got bottles of cleaner and housekeeping tips.
As part of "Pitchmen," Mays and Sullivan showed viewers new gadgets
such as the Impact Gel shoe insert; the Tool Band-it, a magnetized
armband that holds tools; and the Soft Buns portable seat cushion.
"One of the things that we hope to do with 'Pitchmen' is to give
people an appreciation of what we do," Mays told The Tampa Tribune in
an interview in April. "I don't take on a product unless I believe in
it. I use everything that I sell."
His former wife, Dolores "Dee Dee" Mays, of McKees Rocks, Pa.,
recalled that the first product he sold was the Wash-matik, a device
for pumping water from a bucket to wash cars.
"I knew him since he was 15, and I always knew he had it in him," she
said of Mays' success. "He'll live on forever because he always had
the biggest heart in the world. He loved his friends and family and
would do anything for them. He was a generous soul and a great
father."
[Associated Press Writer Sarah Larimer in Miami and Ron Todt in
Philadelphia contributed to this report.]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/28/AR2009062800820.html?nav=hcmodule
SueB1863
revealed as the cause of his death. Apparently it was a very hard
blow. Sounds a lot like what happened to Natasha Richardson.
Audie Murphy's Ghost
<m...@nnn.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:35:42 -0700 (PDT), Tom <drs...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> What kind of numbnuts doesn't wear the seat belt during landings?
A dead one.
suzee
It may have been a concussion that bled quite a bit. I wonder if he had
it checked out...
robbielynn
Sounds a lot like what happened to Natasha Richardson.
It does!
Me
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> The Ghost of F.F. filted:
>>
>>Taylor <lukeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
>>
>>Hurray ... now I don't have to watch TV with the remote in my hand so
>>I can hit mute everytime his commercials come on!
>>
>>Thank god he didn't do those Cialis commercials. Imagine him
>>screaming at you "IF YOU GET AN ERECTION LASTING LONGER THAN 4 HOURS
>>YOU GOTTA GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!"
>
> Or worse:
>
> "HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE
> FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!! HEAD ON! APPLY
> DIRECTLY
> TO THE FOREHEAD!!!"
>
> ....r
AAAGH!
I think that God has been watching I'm a Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here!!!
He's taken it litterally? Maybe the show was his idea?
>
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> http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/
>
> Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
> Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
> TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his
> home in Tampa, Florida.
>
> According to the Tampa PD, Mays was pronounced dead at 7:45 AM.
>
> The 50-year-old was found by his wife early this morning.
>
> Story developing ...
>
>
>
> Filed under: R.I.P.
>
>
>
> Tags: Billy mays, BillyMays, dead, died, oxi-clean, pitchman
>
Rich
He mistook a pile of Oxyclean powder for cocaine.
Taylor
Guy I'd Most Like To Beat to Death:
http://sickcityblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-what-i-hate.html
I responded: "God beat you to it. :-D"
1 Gr8 Fan
>On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:35:42 -0700
> (PDT), Tom <drs...@aol.com> wrote:
>On Jun 28, 12:43 pm, "Michael
> O'Connor" <mpoconn...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>He dodged a bullet (pardon the pun)
> yesterday when the front tires on his US
> Airways plane blew out on landing in
> Tampa.
>Apparently he didn't dodge the bullet...
> my wife just read he wasn't wearing his
> seat belt during the landing and bumped
> his head quite hard. According to what
> she read, the authorities are saying that
> is the preliminary cause of death.
>What kind of numbnuts doesn't wear the
> seat belt during landings?
The same kind who don't use them in cars?
David E. Powell
The landing may have killed him, the news over here says stuff banged
his head during the landing but he felt he had a hard head and would
be OK. He could have had a heart attack, or maybe died in a similar
manner to Natasha Richardson, with a head injury that got him later.
R.I.P. Billy Mays.
Gangsta Rap Billy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyct9l-fD8&feature=related
Hunter
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says...
>
> http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/
>
> Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
> Posted Jun 28th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff, NTVLand
>
> TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his
> home in Tampa, Florida.
>
> According to the Tampa PD, Mays was pronounced dead at 7:45 AM.
>
> The 50-year-old was found by his wife early this morning.
>
> Story developing ...
I swear to God for a few seconds I had an attack of dyslexia and
thought it said "Willy Mays" Anyway...
Did somebody put something in the California water supply to make all
these stars drop dead at around the same time? I am just trying to
start a stupid conspiracy theory. :-)
And at 50 like Jackson, but Mays is more understandable because he is
built more like the typical 50 year old and didn't (as far as I know)
didn't get a clean bill of health to do strenuous dance moves.
Maybe God was tired of having to turn down his TV from Audio Level 12
to 5 just for him. Annoying especially when you wear headphones to
listen to TV like I do.
Just kidding.
--
----->Hunter (46 years old and taking this as a warning)
"No man in the wrong can stand up against
a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."
-----William J. McDonald
Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907
poldy
Hunter <buffh...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> Did somebody put something in the California water supply to make all
> these stars drop dead at around the same time? I am just trying to
> start a stupid conspiracy theory. :-)
One, the article says he was discovered in his Tampa, FL home.
Two, he was not a celebrity.
NG-USER-777
> What kind of numbnuts doesn't wear the seat belt during landings?
Maybe he had on a nice gold lame' shirt he didn't want to wrinkle.
Charlene
That blog owner has got to be dizzy, what with the universe revolving
around him and everything.
wd45
Lord Gow333, Joey Styles' newest fan!
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> JimmyM wrote:
>
>> What kind of numbnuts doesn't wear the seat belt during landings?
>
> Maybe he had on a nice gold lame' shirt he didn't want to wrinkle.
Old story:
Stewardess: "Please buckle your seatbelt, Sir."
Mohammad Ali: "Superman don't need no seatbelt!"
Stewardess: "Superman don't need no airplane either."
Ali buckled up.
LG
--
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. - Henry Ford
Hunter
po...@kfu.com says...
It was a joke. and he was a celebrity. Everybody knew him because of
his commercials delivered in his "unique" style that grated on
everyone. If he was a "normal" low key and measured presenter, no one
would had known about his death. After all, how many pitchmen can you
name who has died? The Maytag Repairman (the first one, Jessie
White), Mr. Whipple (Charmin, Dick Wilson)? They were famous because
they were around for so long. Not many pitchmen achieve fame and
fortune and become part of American poplar culture. With his
bellowing he did. The same with the Shamwell guy. Everybody knows him
too. That makes him a celebrity even if he isn't (technically) an
actor, newscaster, singer, dancer, sports figure, politician.
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----->Hunter