View Full Version : Police: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at home
Duane
06-28-2009, 11:48 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50.
Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being found by his wife at home. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.
Mays' wife, Deborah Mays, says the family doesn't expect to make any public statements and asked for privacy.
Mays was also featured on the reality TV show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery Channel, which followed Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their marketing jobs.
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."
Yeagermeister
06-28-2009, 12:00 PM
Not a good couple of weeks to be a celeb or semi celeb.
RIP Billy
CATCH17
06-28-2009, 12:13 PM
What if the world is about to end?
ethiostar
06-28-2009, 12:16 PM
If i was a celebrity type of sorts, this would be a nervous time for me.
theogt
06-28-2009, 12:17 PM
Janice Dickinson, watch out!
Bob Sacamano
06-28-2009, 12:18 PM
I'm getting real nervous
big dog cowboy
06-28-2009, 12:23 PM
If I were a celebrity and I was 50 I'd be nervous.
ethiostar
06-28-2009, 12:29 PM
Recent developments call for a thread- "Predict the next celebrity to go".
Too harsh?:o:
bbgun
06-28-2009, 12:31 PM
Recent developments call for a thread- "Predict the next celebrity to go".
Too harsh?:o:
Andy Griffith :-(
ethiostar
06-28-2009, 12:52 PM
Andy Griffith :-(
Patrick Swayze:o:
What I want to know is, where was Vince while all this was going on? Does he have an alibi?
Rampage
06-28-2009, 02:12 PM
that sucks. Billy Mays was the man.
cowboyfan4life_mark
06-28-2009, 02:22 PM
If i was a celebrity type of sorts, this would be a nervous time for me.
Yea, we should be glad that we aren't celebs. Now we will live for ever. :rolleyes: :o:
CliffnMesquite
06-28-2009, 02:25 PM
I read his flight yesterday had a very rough landing and something fell out of the overhead compartment and struck him in the head. Later that evening his wife said he told her he wasn't feeling well. I'll bet his death is related. RIP Billy.
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And my prediction.....Jimmy Carter. :)
Chief
06-28-2009, 02:25 PM
Recent developments call for a thread- "Predict the next celebrity to go".
Too harsh?:o:
Dead pools exist, and you just know that there was someone out there who had McMahon and Farrah on his/her list.
Jackson wasn't as easy to predict, but maybe he should have been. Looking back, I never thought that he would live very long. Just can't picture him as an old man and his eccentric lifestyle isn't conducive to a long life.
Maikeru-sama
06-28-2009, 02:25 PM
Recent developments call for a thread- "Predict the next celebrity to go".
Too harsh?:o:
Abe Vigoda :o:
Bonecrusher#31
06-28-2009, 02:29 PM
Clint Eastwood stay near a phone
Chief
06-28-2009, 02:31 PM
Clint Eastwood stay near a phone
That will be a big one.
Chief
06-28-2009, 02:32 PM
An easy one .... Ted Kennedy.
Heisenberg
06-28-2009, 02:43 PM
I had really become a fan of his through watching the show "Pitchmen" on Discovery. This one actually made me sadder than the others.
RIP Billy.
bbgun
06-28-2009, 02:48 PM
Inexplicably, Harry Morgan (aka "Col. Potter") is still alive .. for now.
Chief
06-28-2009, 02:57 PM
Inexplicably, Harry Morgan (aka "Col. Potter") is still alive .. for now.
That is hard to believe. He is 94.
I never liked the guy ... not in Dragnet, MASH, or anything else. Then he was charged with beating his wife a few years ago (he was in his 80s).
Joe Rod
06-28-2009, 03:35 PM
Wow, bummer, he was actually pretty fun to watch.
Hoofbite
06-28-2009, 04:07 PM
Wonder if he purchased any of that life insurance I saw him selling not too long ago.
Big Dakota
06-28-2009, 04:18 PM
If I were a celebrity and I was 50 I'd be nervous.
Take your pic:o:
http://projects.accessatlanta.com/gallery/view/entertainment/madonna_prince_birthday/
Jon88
06-28-2009, 04:46 PM
Take your pic:o:
http://projects.accessatlanta.com/gallery/view/entertainment/madonna_prince_birthday/
Julio Franco played baseball until he was 49. That's amazing.
An easy one .... Ted Kennedy.
roaches and Ted Kennedy could survive nuclear holocaust
Jon88
06-28-2009, 04:51 PM
roaches and Ted Kennedy could survive nuclear holocaust
He's such a courageous man. I never will forget when I heard about him driving drunk into a lake and leaving the hooker in his car to drown.
peplaw06
06-28-2009, 04:54 PM
He's such a courageous man. I never will forget when I heard about him driving drunk into a lake and leaving the hooker in his car to drown.
:lmao2:
PullMyFinger
06-28-2009, 07:21 PM
Patrick Swayze:o:
Man he's looking bad.
hairic
06-28-2009, 09:05 PM
This was probably the same thing that happened to the celeb (Natasha something) who slipped and hit her head on a skiing trip in Canada. He was probably bleeding into his brain and didn't know it.
This was probably the same thing that happened to the celeb (Natasha something) who slipped and hit her head on a skiing trip in Canada. He was probably bleeding into his brain and didn't know it.
this very well could be true.
Yeagermeister
06-29-2009, 12:02 PM
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- TV pitchman Billy Mays' death appeared to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the Hillsborough County medical examiner.
OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said.
OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said.
The final cause of death will not be known until after toxicology results are available, Dr. Vernard Adams said at a Monday news conference.
Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at his home near Tampa Sunday morning, after his wife Deborah found him unresponsive, Tampa police said.
The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said.
"It's not uncommon to have a sudden death with this kind of disease," Adams said.
"Billy would be overwhelmed to see that his life touched so many people in a positive way," Deborah Mays said in a statement Monday.
"While it provides some closure to learn that heart disease took Billy from us, it certainly doesn't ease the enormous void that his death has created in our lives," she said.
Billy Mays had told a friend before he went to sleep Saturday he was not feeling well.
"He said he was groggy, he wasn't feeling that great. He wanted to get some sleep," Todd Schnitt said. Video Watch friends remember Billy Mays »
Mays was on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia that had a hard landing Saturday at Tampa International Airport after the front tire of the plane blew out.
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After the flight, Mays told a Tampa TV station, "All of a sudden as we hit, you know, it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head." Video Watch Mays talk about hard landing »
Mays, with his booming voice, was famous for fronting products such as OxiClean and Orange Glo in TV commercials.
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No evidence of exterior or interior head trauma was found during Mays' autopsy, Adams said.
The Discovery Channel -- which airs "Pitchmen" co-hosted by Mays -- issued a statement saying, "It is with incredible sadness that we have to report that Billy Mays died in his sleep last night. Everyone that knows him was aware of his larger-than-life personality, generosity and warmth. 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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bbgun
06-29-2009, 12:11 PM
OxiClean and Orange Glo
Fess up: have any of you ever bought these products, and if so, do they work as advertised?
big dog cowboy
06-29-2009, 12:27 PM
Nope. Never been tempted either.
Heisenberg
06-29-2009, 01:13 PM
Fess up: have any of you ever bought these products, and if so, do they work as advertised?
Oxiclean is greatness. I've never tried Orange Glo.
I also tried another product that he pitched for, What Odor?, and that works as advertised as well.
VietCowboy
06-29-2009, 01:15 PM
i've bought the generic/regular ones from Home Depot (sealant or whatever). Never bought his stuff though
cowboyfan4life_mark
06-29-2009, 01:19 PM
Fess up: have any of you ever bought these products, and if so, do they work as advertised?
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153198&page=3
Fifth post down.
Heisenberg
06-29-2009, 01:22 PM
Wasn't a head injury. Looks like he had heart disease.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/29/490457.html?title=Autopsy+shows+no+injuries+in+Bil ly+Mays
Yeagermeister
06-29-2009, 02:02 PM
Wasn't a head injury. Looks like he had heart disease.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/6/29/490457.html?title=Autopsy+shows+no+injuries+in+Bil ly+Mays
It wasn't a head injury?
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2826351&postcount=33
:D
Heisenberg
06-29-2009, 02:04 PM
It wasn't a head injury?
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2826351&postcount=33
:D
Doh.
:D
Faerluna
06-29-2009, 02:11 PM
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