RIP Billy Mays

[SBrooks1]

DEVELOPING: Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, MyFOXTampa.com reports.

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

TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead in Tampa home

TAMPA — Billy Mays, the TV pitchman whose trademark voice helped sell everything from cleaning supplies to baking soda, was found dead this morning by his wife at his Tampa home. No cause of death has been reported and no foul play is suspected, according to Tampa police.

Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. at 2853 Bowen Daniel Dr., #1201. His wife, Deborah Mays, found him unresponsive this morning. The Medical Examiner's Office will complete Mays' autopsy by tomorrow afternoon.

"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 today. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

Mays was a passenger Saturday of the 737 aircraft that took a hard landing at Tampa International Airport, an airport spokeswoman said.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1014018.ece

[cartman781]

Damn, I wonder what happened.

[mewantyblu]

The torch has now been passed to Vince "Shamwow" Schmoli , Billys gone up to that big infomercial in the sky , goodbye sweet prince

[cembros]

not sure if thats real, i cant find anything on it

[Mr.White]

Originally Posted by cembros

not sure if thats real, i cant find anything on it

It's for real, just looked up on Wiki. He kinda remided me of Bob Villa.

[Rob J in WNY]

Goodness. If true, then RIP. His on-camera enthusiasm was unmatched.

[SBrooks1]

Originally Posted by cembros

not sure if thats real, i cant find anything on it

Another confirmation - http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1014018.ece

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

It's for real, just looked up on Wiki.

According to Wiki Vin diesel invented the weather channel in 1992.

[SBrooks1]

Originally Posted by cembros

not sure if thats real, i cant find anything on it

Another confirmation...

TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead in Tampa home

TAMPA — Billy Mays, the TV pitchman whose trademark voice helped sell everything from cleaning supplies to baking soda, was found dead this morning by his wife at his Tampa home. No cause of death has been reported and no foul play is suspected, according to Tampa police.

Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. at 2853 Bowen Daniel Dr., #1201. His wife, Deborah Mays, found him unresponsive this morning. The Medical Examiner's Office will complete Mays' autopsy by tomorrow afternoon.

"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 today. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

Mays was a passenger Saturday of the 737 aircraft that took a hard landing at Tampa International Airport, an airport spokeswoman said.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1014018.ece

[Mr.White]

I feel for his wife and family.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by mewantyblu

The torch has now been passed to Vince "Shamwow" Schmoli

Actually, Billy's partner, Anthony Sullivan, will be the next commercial king. I can't see Vince endorsing much after his beating up hookers incident.

Anyway, RIP Billy. He was only 50. I was enjoying his "Pitchmen" TV show on Discovery Channel.

[PH3AR]

Man this summer his been full of death Fharra, MJ, and now Billy Mays


RIP Billy

[b0bby]

Originally Posted by PH3AR

Man this summer his been full of death Fharra, MJ, and now Billy Mays


RIP Billy

and ed mcmahon. i feel the worst about billy mays death so far because it was very all of a sudden. the other 3 were either old or had health issues but billy dying is a surprise. i loved watching his goofy infomercials for some reason. RIP

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by b0bby

and ed mcmahon. i feel the worst about billy mays death so far because it was very all of a sudden. the other 3 were either old or had health issues but billy dying is a surprise. i loved watching his goofy infomercials for some reason. RIP

True it was very sudden, and even thou i hated some of his commericials but he was like a commercial legend and for that i respected the guy

[Kryptron]

He was on the local news yesterday. There was a U.S Airways plane that had problems landing when the tires blew up. I was watching "pitchman" a couple of days ago. This news is shocking.

R.I.P Billy

[GhOsTGrEgG]

Im going to speculate on his cause of death. Heart attack. During his "hard landing" he probably suffered a minor heart attack at that time. The muscle in his heart that was under attack died and the rest of his heart had to work overtime to compensate. After so long of working to keep blood flowing his heart finally gave out.

Exact thing happened to my father. He had chest pain and did not go to a doctor right away. Doctors say most men will not go see a physician after having chest pain due to a traumatic event.

My heart goes out to his family. I know Billy worked hard and did a great job at what he did. I had a laugh or two at his expense but I'm sure he would say.. that was ok, as long as he got the lime light his clients demanded"

RIP Billy

[Tanv54]

Man, I was just watching a dvr'ed episode of pitchmen late last night and after i woke up, i found out that he passed away. What a shocker.

R.I.P Billy

[TooBlu]

WOW... I live in Tampa ,Fl and this is a shock to me I liked him alot. Great family person and team mate... R.I.P Billy..

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

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by GhOsTGrEgG

Exact thing happened to my father. He had chest pain and did not go to a doctor right away. Doctors say most men will not go see a physician after having chest pain due to a traumatic event.

How old was your father at the time? 50 seems pretty young for this to happen. I just hope he wasn't on drugs. I guess we'll find out in 4-6 weeks if the autopsy doesn't show anything.

[Sussudio]

Rip