This is getting bad. He probably had a brain aneursym after that blow to the head. Life is getting shorter as time goes by...................get out and LIVE it!!!!!!!
On Jun 28, 2:29 pm, Eidem <[email protected]> wrote: > TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home > 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 the TV personality 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 rough landing Saturday > afternoon would "purely be speculation." She said Mays' family members > didn't report any health issues with the pitchman, but they said he > was due to have hip replacement surgery in the coming weeks. > > 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!" > > 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." > > Discovery Channel spokeswoman Elizabeth Hillman released a statement > Sunday extending sympathy to the Mays family. > > "Everyone that knows him was aware of his larger-than-life > personality, generosity and warmth," Hillman's statement said. "Billy > was a pioneer in his field and helped many people fulfill their > dreams. He will be greatly missed as a loyal and compassionate friend." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/michaellenz?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
