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Pitchman Billy Mays dead at 50


By Staff, Associated Press

Sunday, June 28, 2009 one comment  |  read comments  |  post a comment
Billy Mays was found dead in his home. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Billy Mays was found dead in his home. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

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.

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Comment by: Capt Quahog Posted: June 28, 2009, 3:24 pm

My mother always said . . . “Speak well of the dead”. In this case, I will however make an exception.

If one does a Google Search with “Billy Mays must die”, it shows “Results of about 31,400,000″ hits. That’s over Thirty-Million search results wanting him dead! Perhaps all that wishful thinking and positive vibes worked? We shall never know for sure.

I for one noted the products that Billy Mays pitched and made certain to avoid them. The guy was like a mutant form of television virus. Hopefully, like Mays himself, his vulgar TV commercials will expire and die off. He was without doubt the most obnoxious and annoying person ever to appear on a TV screen.

Billy Mays is now deep within the bowels of hell chasing the Devil around trying to make his screaming earsplitting pitch. Maybe Beelzebub can have that guy finally shut his big mouth.

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