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On Jun 28, 6:30 pm, HeyLady <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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:
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> > 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."-
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