Informercial star Billy Mays found dead

[Syxx_Killer]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html

This is definitely a shocker. Everyone in the States should know him. Most of the time the products he sold were junk. He had a show on the Discovery Channel called Pitchmen with that Australian guy.

[SteamWake]

Wow a bit of a shocker.

Still the guy was flat out all the time I guess the stress finally got to him.

Any word on cause of death?

[Buddahaid]

Products so good, they can only be sold by shouting!

Maybe he was knocked of by the competition. :hmmm: Could be a fascinating new sport.

Buddahaid

[Torplexed]

I certainly remember him from all those Oxiclean infomercials. Quite the pitchman. Bad time for a minor celebrity to die considering who's dominating the media right now.

[Chad]

Terrible news..

The show Syxx_killer mentions Pitchmen is actually quite a good show if you like new inventive ideas. I watched several episodes when I was on vacation, and one was a behind the scenes with the crews family.

Though I never bought a product from him, may his infomercials live forever.

[SteamWake]

I watched pitchmen, by accident, for about ten minutes.

[Platapus]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/

TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning.

According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 AM.

TMZ has learned Mays' body has already been removed from his home.

Mays had just returned from Philadelphia, where he shot a new OxiClean commercial. He was a passenger aboard a plane that suffered a blown front tire upon landing. He told a local 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."

We're told Mays was at his home around 6:00 PM last night, and according to a source Mays was "acting fine and normal ... he was talking business with his father-in-law."

According to cops, there are no signs of forced entry to the residence and no foul play is suspected.

The Medical Examiner's office is expected to complete the autopsy by tomorrow afternoon.

Billy's wife Deborah just released the following statement:

Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times.

[Stealth Hunter]

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now... Billy-****ing-Mays. Goddammit.:nope:

This month sucks. Pure and simple.

[Stealth Hunter]

http://cardiogirl.net/Graphics/BillyMays.jpg

[SteamWake]

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now... Billy-****ing-Mays. Goddammit.:nope:

This month sucks. Pure and simple.

The really disturbing thing is that many of these are younger than I am. :oops:

[Syxx_Killer]

That head injury from the plane sure sounds suspicious. I guess his head wasn't hard enough. I watched the first episode of Pitchmen out of curiosity, but haven't watched it since. Prior to the show airing I saw the ImpactGel commercial on TV. While I don't have a real interest in the show, the first episode was kind of interesting being it was about ImpactGel.

[Torplexed]

That head injury from the plane sure sounds suspicious. I guess his head wasn't hard enough.


I wonder if it's another Natasha Richardson scenario? :hmmm:

[Platapus]

CNN, always on top of the news, finally reported his death :nope:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/28/mays.death/index.html

[Torplexed]

CNN, always on top of the news, finally reported his death :nope:

CNN = Comatose News Network :dead:

[AVGWarhawk]

CNN, always on top of the news, finally reported his death :nope:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/28/mays.death/index.html

CNN still busy following the MJ death:doh: As hyper as Billy Mays was, if he had a heart attack I would not be surprised.

[Task Force]

My god. famous people are dieing left and right lately.:o eeerey...

Gonna be strange not seeing his commercials. well, at least the other guy.

[Jimbuna]

CNN = Comatose News Network :dead:

LOL :DL

[geetrue]

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now... Billy-****ing-Mays.

This month sucks. Pure and simple.

Just a rumor, but I heard they all had a Visa card in their billfold ... this is no lie. :yep:

[Rilder]

Sad. He was actually alright, compared to 99% of other celebrities.

This cheered me up a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3hY83Y4oE

[Syxx_Killer]

I remember about a year or so ago on Fox & Friends. He was on there talking about some of the products he sells. He was talking about Mighty Putty. That stuff doesn't work. Anyway, he had that thing on F&F that is shown on the commercial linking two chains together that was pulling a semi. It fell apart on Fox & Friends.

[SteamWake]

CNN = Comatose News Network :dead:


For the last time its the Clinton News Network

[Task Force]

No CNN-Crap news network.:yep:

[Stealhead]

Chicom News Network
(Chinese communist)

[Task Force]

I knew they were behind it.:o

[Sailor Steve]

I didn't recognize the name from the thread title, but the picture...yep, I've seen him.

As for all the people dying this month, I've said it before - I used to get an encyclopedia yearbook, and each year was amazed at the number of obituaries for famous people. This year is no different.

[SteamWake]

Preliminary autopys results are in. It appears to be heart disease and not realted to the bump on the head.

[Task Force]

Wow, strange not seeing any of his commercials today.:yep:

[SteamWake]

Wow, strange not seeing any of his commercials today.:yep:

Heres a fix for your May's withdrawl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtYdDK1uTDI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ei%2Dam%2Dbored%2Ecom%2Fbor ed%5Flink%2Ecfm%3Flink%5Fid%3D39914&feature=player_embedded

[Task Force]

even made a visit to mc donalds into a infomercial. lol:rotfl:

[TDK1044]

Billy mays for Angel Cake....here's how to order!

[SteamWake]

Hey I was watching some racing on TV and kaboom ! There was Billy May's pitching wonder putty :yeah:

[Task Force]

yep, one of his commercial came on today.

[SteamWake]

yep, one of his commercial came on today.

I'm sort of glad to see them still running. I feel like Mr. May's would have wanted it that way. After all its a source of income for his family.