REPORT: 'INFOMERCIAL KING' BILLY MAYS DIES

[yodermon]

Source: Fox News

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.

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

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good grief what's up this week. :( Grim reaper making up for lost time?

on edit: another source:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1014018.ece

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Celebrity deaths normally come in threes. BUT IF YOU ACT NOW...

[mcctatas]

3. oh you are going to hell!!!!

:rofl:

[musette_sf]

17. but WAIT, there's MORE!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

168. Don't forget the cookbook!

[polmaven]

23. But this is the FOURTH!

Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now Billy Mays...Sure hope he isn't going to be the first of the SECOND set of three!

[carlyhippy]

110. sky saxon died on thursday, there is 5

Carly

[FarPoint]

118. David Carradine too...

when was his death...2 weeks ago?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

32. JUST PAY PROCESSING!!!!

[Mabus]

33. KABOOM!

:hide:

[janx]

38. WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

:rofl:

[meow2u3]

167. HERE'S HOW TO ORDER

GET ON THE PHONE AND DIAL 1-800-DROP-DEAD or LOG ONTO grimreaper.com!! IT'S JUST THREE EASY PAYMENTS OF $222 PLUS $66 FOR SHIPPING AND PROCESSING!!!!

:rofl:

[malmapus]

87. You owe me a new keyboard!!!

:spray:

I did like Billy in that show Pitchmen.

[awoke_in_2003]

131. I couldn't stand the commercials...

but I did see a copy of the shows. He was an interesting guy.

[TankLV]

94. ohh, that's a DUZY!!!

GOOD ONE!!!

LOL

[jobycom]

119. DUZY hell. That's a Pulitzer! nt

[awoke_in_2003]

132. Send a link...

to JeffR- I already used my one nomination for the week.

[TankLV]

135. How do you do that? Jeff who and where do you send it?

[awoke_in_2003]

137. Here is a link to his journal

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JeffR
Under his pic you see an envelop- click on that and send him a link with "DUzy Alert" in the subject line. When I find a post I want to nominate, I click on "Permalink" on that post. I copy and paste that into the body of the PM. If there are a bunch I think are worthy, I post the first one and then say there are a lot of other good ones in the thread.

[NashVegas]

100. Baddest Baddest Baddest Ever

Will you marry me?

[salguine]

102. OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.

[Skittles]

121. bad

yes, I laughed my ass off but it is still bad - scheduling Gidney for a once in a lifetime deal ASS-kicking; yes INDEED

[Gidney N Cloyd]

123. Well, at least I'm getting it kicked by the best.

[Skittles]

129. kicked by a Cubs fan, to boot

yup, I be an Illinois native :D

[awoke_in_2003]

130. Damn....

I already made my DUzy nomination for the week.

[Frank Cannon]

2. And "Shamwow" Vince was beaten bloody by a hooker a few months ago

It's a tough life selling stuff on TV.

RIP, bearded screaming man.

[glowing]

4. Holly crap..

[RufusTFirefly]

5. OMG!!!!

Honestly, I've never heard of him. But I'm sorry for his family. To some extent, I'm sorry when anyone dies. Family and friends, of course. Heroes and inspirations, definitely. People who died needlessly in Iraq (all of them) of all nationalities. No distinction. Somewhere on my grieving list is TV pitchmen I've never heard of, I'm sure. But they're mighty far down.

[CreekDog]

7. You never heard of him?

The hearing impaired have heard him. :wtf:

RIP. Billy. :(

[lunatica]

28. He's singlehandedly cause the convulsive knee jerk spasm pounce on the mute button

which may have been a factor in the rise in whiplash cases across the country.

Or the twitching eye tick epidemic

[Hawkeye-X]

111. I don't speak for all hearing impaired people

But I generally flip the channel when I see this dude.

/still has Kaboom and Oxi Clean somewhere...

[pkdu]

8. You may not think you've heard OF him , but if you have a TV , you have heard him

trust me.

Cheers
P

[RufusTFirefly]

11. TV's not an important part of my life, alas. I feel a vacuum in my heart as a result.

Just found an audio file of him online. Nope, I've really never heard him before. What's this world coming to?

[CreekDog]

12. If someone on your block has a tv, you have heard him

:D
























(hey, it's not grave dancing --the guy was paid to do exactly what he did) :hi:

[rurallib]

6. will he get 24X7 coverage for 2 days?

Will TV or radio play a medley of his hits for 24 hours?

[PatSeg]

82. That was my first response when

someone told me.

[izquierdista]

113. Not just 24x7

But they'll throw in 2 more 24x7 for a total of 504, that's right 504 spectacular hours of coverage, all for only $19.95. But you have to call in the next 30 minutes.

[niceypoo]

166. Im amazed there is even a thread about him

He was basically a carnival barker.

[bluevoter4life]

9. Damn you beat me to it by 5 minutes

What is going on this week? Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays? Are we opening up a pool here? Who's next?

[awoke_in_2003]

133. Not trying to glorify death...

but the Most Trusted Man in America is not looking too good :(

[Carni]

10. YIKES! I was just complaining about this guy to my husband! :(

I was bemoaning the fact that he had a show but geez I didn't wish this on him! :(

Sorry Billy and family!

[rocktivity]

19. Same here--I always changed the channel when his commericials came on

When I heard about his TV show, I said, "Oh, great--I can't take him for more than ten seconds, so he gets a whole hour!"

Well, now his voice has been stilled forever. I never wished his death, just--silence.


:headbang:
rocktivity

[Hawkeye-X]

112. Now try that on Fatboy Limburger.

You know who I'm talking about.

[Carni]

114. That SOB will live to be 100

Those types always do! UG! :(

[krispos42]

140. Naw, he won't live forever...

...it will just feel that way...

[lunatica]

30. I may be wrong here, but I think you didn't kill him

[rcrush]

35. You have the power to wish people dead?

I know this one guy...

[Carni]

115. Last I knew, no

If that were the case... I don't think we would have suffered through the years of 2001 and 2008 with corrupt and evil morons at the helm!

[4lbs]

13. Wow. He just appeared on one of the late night shows (Conan or Jimmy Fallon) a few days ago.

.

[awoke_in_2003]

134. off topic...

but that is a whole lotta stupid in your sig pic. It is fun watching that party implode.

[RandomThoughts]

14. Rest in peace.

I hope he went out like this guy.

The Twilight Zone One For The Angels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf11CLnqy-I


Ofcoarse I don't believe in the need for deals, I think God's grace is a gift.

[Algorem]

15. same age as michael jackson.

conspiracy.if you are 50,stay out of your house.of course they might kill you somewhere else maybe who knows.

[Blue Gardener]

96. I just turned 50 yesterday.

Uh oh.

[Algorem]

138. hide out.i implore you.could be a cult with a hangup about the number 50.

or an homicidal mailroom guy at the aarp.

[Vidar]

16. RIP. But I won't miss his commercials.

[create.peace]

18. the last time i saw an infomercial he was doing i worried about his health! so much yelling.....

rip anyway

[Mabus]

20. Looks like that Awesome Auger is going to come in handy.

https://www.buytheauger.com/ver12/index.asp?refcode=Auger12

[Flatulo]

99. Dud, that was just evil... mind if I use it?

[Mabus]

122. go for it.

It's not like I could stop you. :)

[Delphinus]

160. I had never seen that -

wonder if it really does what it says it will ...

[Politicalboi]

21. Isn't he the OXYCLEAN

Guy? He reminded me of Al on Home Improvement with Tim Allen.

[Zynx]

26. Yep. And Mighty Puddy, Zorbeez, Orange Glo, etc

[keopeli]

22. RIP (photo)

[Judi Lynn]

27. Here's another:

http://www.greenfaucet.com.nyud.net:8090/system/files/517/billy_mays_gun.jpg

and

http://i365.photobucket.com.nyud.net:8090/albums/oo97/Superfag101/Billy_Mays_Shut_Your_Whore_Mouth.jpg

[Ikonoklast]

78. Billy Mays had a vicious streak in him.

[undeterred]

24. But Willie Mays is still ok, right?

[RufusTFirefly]

80. Say hey! The Kid's OK!

Used to live a few miles up the road from me. I've moved, so Willie and I no longer frequent the same joints.

[Faygo Kid]

25. Wow. He was a joke, but also a human being. I am sorry to hear this.

I really am. He was too young.

[givemebackmycountry]

29. Recently, he was pitching for ESPN and ESPN360

"Sports at work, is a whole lot better than work at work" one of the participants says.

Then there is a commercial for ESPN360 where Mays says "even my family loves it!"
Cut to a shot of him and his wife and little daughter (supposedly) sporting beards just like Mays.
Coffee spit take moment.
I thought it was funny.

Mays struck me as a harmless guy, and he had a unique voice who was good at what he did.

[47of74]

31. I just saw him on TV last night hawking ESPN

Wow.

[Thirtieschild]

34. The last few times I saw him I thought he looked like drawn, maybe lost weight too fast.

[hyphenate]

36. We had a thread several years ago now

where we bitched and moaned about how loud he was. Turns out he was the one who kind of "invented" the whole barker-type pitch. The key is that ordinary TV shows never go their full range of sound level, and the commercials aim specifically for the upper levels. That way, evidently, it sounds like they've got more volume, but they're just about on the mark legally, though obviously in poor taste.

A long time ago, some of us put on a skit wherein there was this "alien" named "Ghinsoo" who was selling all these useless items around the galaxy--his voice could put someone under hypnosis, wherein they would buy everything in site. Billy Mays kind of put a human face on sales pitches.

[Odin2005]

37. Oh great, now he's gonna be annoying people will his shrill voice in the hereafter!

:rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

109. That would make Hell unbearable.

A lot of gnashing of teeth.

[janx]

39. Is this the guy who yells and yells about OxiClean in that

annoying voice?

[proud patriot]

126. yep

[Berry Cool]

40. Here's a weird note on this:

Mays was on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday, MyFOXTampa.com reported.

US Airways spokesman Jim Olson said that none of the 138 passengers and five crew members were injured in the incident, but several passengers reported having bumps and bruises, according to the station.

You don't suppose he got a really nasty head bump that he didn't do anything about? "Talk-and-die syndrome"?

[drm604]

77. He did hit his head.

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

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."

[UpInArms]

125. sounds like it could have been a critical head injury - ala Natasha Richardson?

don't know, just speculating

[lapfog_1]

158. The autopsy will tell, but this was my guess.

Head injuries, even minor ones, are nothing to be complacent about. If he had been taken to a hospital and had an MRI... he could easily have been saved if there was a internal brain injury (clot or something). Of course, it could also just be something else. But his wife reported that after he got home from the airport, he went to bed early complaining that "he didn't feel well".

[WestSeattle2]

41. Billy Mays Dead

Source: TMZ

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.


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

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I just watched a show not too long ago about this guy and his business partner. Very interesting insight into marketing gimmicks. As to his untimely death, I'm betting the head injury he received during the rough jet landing was far more serious than he thought.

[Warren Stupidity]

42. How many times does he get to die on LBN today?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

44. I guess people don't read the little recent posts notice before they post?

[create.peace]

143. or search.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=search&select_forum=102

[Fridays Child]

45. Four, so far...

...but keep refreshing your browser. ;)

[madeline_con]

46. Find something on another channel and get comfy. We're about to see a perfect example of AD nauseum.

:popcorn:

[Turbineguy]

51. Think of it as getting

super-sized.

Billy wouldn't have it any other way.

[gmoney]

43. well, this should knock MJ off the front page at least...

Al Sharpton is holding a press conference with the janitorial staff of the Apollo theatre in 15 minutes

[madeline_con]

47. Only for about 10 minutes, then, "Back to you, Al." n/t

[rasputin1952]

48. ...

:D

[keroro gunsou]

49. damn

this has not been a good week for celeberties.

too bad about mr mays. crazy though many may have found him, my marketing professor though he was a genius. i thought he was a little of both.

"may god stand between you and harm, in all the empty places you must walk."

[Plucketeer]

91. May have been a bad week for celeberties

But it wasn't too good for celebrities either! Billy was a member of PITA - not PETA, but PITA. Good riddance. :puke:

[kayla9170]

50. RIP Billy Mays---Sad For Other Folks Here!!

Famous people dying left and right---Farrah, Ed, Michael, David, Bea, Wyman.....the list goes on. In the next couple of days (or weeks) we will probably lose Ted (Kennedy) and Walter (Cronkite). This is even worse if we count the number of people in Iran dying on the streets..Neda...right now. In the "D" (Detroit) we recently lost Chuck (Daly) and Mr. Davidson....greats of the Detroit Pistons Team and we are STILL mourning from this.

Count your own personal circle. Friends, family or people you hear of or know someone that knew them in your neighborhood. Look at the crap that is going on in North Korea with the nuclear missile threat at Hawaii. I say all this to say one thing....we are living in the last days folks. We need to get our lives and souls in order.

Instead, many on this board and others are writing stupid comments regarding these deceased celebrities...like it is funny. Tomorrow, death could come to their door by a love one or themselves. Wonder if they think it would be funny then. Think about what you are saying....tomorrow is not promised to anyone!!

RIP Billy Mays-I brought Oxy Clean from your commercials. It is amazing how a person can ride on a bad plane landing on day, hit their head on the landing and the next morning, be dead. Like I said....tomorrow is not promised to ANYONE!!!

[Iggo]

88. Hey, man. It is funny.

Billy Mays wanted to make his mark, and he did. I think he'd be glad that people are talking about his passing and laughing instead of crying.

[TankLV]

97. No - YOU'RE living in YOU'RE last days!!!

I live in the PRESENT!!!

Not some fucked wacko fundy version of INSANITY...

[Carni]

116. We're in the last days because MJ, Farrah and Billy Mays died?

Hmmm...(WTF?!?!)

[awoke_in_2003]

139. Once the fourth horseman

(Walter Konkrite) dies, it will all be over :hide:

[llmart]

142. "We're living in the last days"??????

Oh, puleeze! Here's a hint for you. ALL LIVING THINGS DIE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE. THEY ALWAYS WILL.
Death is a part of life. I'll be damned if I'm going to sit around boo-hooing about it. The real problem is for people who have pissed away their life thinking they are immortal or that they have plenty of time left to do what they want to do or enjoy the good around them.

[DainBramaged]

108. OH SHIT, what a fucked up week.

Godspeed Billy. You will be missed.

[Zavulon]

52. TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead in Tampa home, age 50

Source: Tampa Tribune

Nationally known TV ad pitchman Billy Mays, 50, was found dead this morning in his Tampa home, the Tampa Police Department reported.

Read more: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-metro/

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RIP, Billy.

[Lochloosa]

53. "And get the second one free"

[imdjh]

54. TV PITCHMAN BILLY MAYS FOUND DEAD! IN TAMPA HOME! AGE 50!!!! nt

[mr_hat]

55. Ron Popiel rolls over in his grave

with the exciting NEW! Corpse-a-Roll(R) by Ronco!

[create.peace]

89. Ron Popeil still alive, btw

and a friend of a relative of mine.

[Gormy Cuss]

104. Popeil is the one who was the first master pitchman of TV.

The ads were annoying but when I was a kid I was fascinated by every single Ronco gizmo.

[Joe Bacon]

56. Are they going to seal his coffin with Mighty Putty?

Or will everyone attending the funeral receive a free tub of Oxy Clean?

[LARED]

57. Rumor has it he died of a combination of

hair dye and hair gel overdose.

[timeforpeace]

58. ginsu knives, believers in the rule of 3 hardest hit

[Uben]

59. The epitaph on his gravestone should say.......

"19.95 + Shipping and Handling"

[WestSeattle2]

61. But not just one headstone, if you order now we'll throw

in a SECOND headstone WITH ENGRAVING for FREE!!!!!!!!

[Bombero1956]

90. no

it should be "but wait there's more"

[drm604]

60. Apparently he was on flight 1241.

The one that blew it's tire on landing the other day. Supposedly he hit his head.

[WestSeattle2]

62. Head injuries that do not seem or feel serious at the time...

can often lead to death. Not saying that's the case with Billy Mays, just sayin'.....

Head injuries should always be checked out by medical staff.

[shanti]

63. sounds like it may be similar to

natasha richardson's head injury. scary!

[Left Is Write]

107. That's what I thought too -

Either he hit his head on something or debris hit him, and then hours later he "wasn't feeling well" when he went to bed. Sounds exactly like Natasha Richardson.

[PatrynXX]

65. great. Natasha Richardson Part Deux :(

Plane should make that standard procedure. Under penalty of being arrested.

[PatrynXX]

64. He beat me by 1 minute. Same age as michael too

This is going to get 50 year old paranoid.

Was always the uplifting sort. Really spooky, I just bumped into his show on Discovery this morning. This would be in CST time. So not sure what out it might have been. 9 or 10am?? I prefer his commercials, but indeed he helped inventors come out. Best invention I always loved that Billy had nothing to do with. the USB can coolers. :) Sure they can heat now, but thats easy. Cooling stuff off isn't.

But we have Oxy Clean and Orange Glo around the house

[PatrynXX]

66. Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead in his home.

Source: AP

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.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_billy_mays_3

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Damn, what is this? And he helps the little guys get their products out. I just heard this on tv a moment ago. Almost the same age as Michael Jackson 1958-2009. Anybody else gonna die this week? Shamwow guy or the Dell dude. Gonna take guesses.


(This is my first post. Just amazes me how many are dropping :(

[d_b]

67. Michael and Farrah? Meh

But I loved me some Billy.

Why this happen? :cry:

[Brother Buzz]

68. Shamwow dude already had his time in the spotlight last month when....

He beat up a prostitute in his Florida hotel room. She got some licks in too.

[PatrynXX]

75. yeah I saw or well heard about him getting in a tussle.

Which is kinda why I figured he'd wind up dead. Someday. But Billy?


Looks like someone beat me by 1 single minute in posting. Oh well. Wasn't even convinced it was political, but as he adds to the economy, he probably is.

Wonder if that plane has something to do with it. G-Forces can kill a person. Like on a. good grief. I've lost the word. The festival ride. uh damn thats stupid. I forgot what those railrides are. Do'h!!!

[LARED]

69. KABOOM!!!! nt

[DaLittle Kitty]

72. Billy Was Aboard US Air Flight Yesterday That Had A HARD Landing @ TIA Blowing ALL Tires!

? Could he have had an aneurysm that started leaking then blew... or a DVT from flying that turned into a Pulm Embolus? Very weird! We'll see on Monday! :puke:

[LisaL]

74. Apparently something hit him on the head when plane landed

(according to tmz).

[Dr.Phool]

79. Just the front tires.

It's safe to turn on the TV again.

[FLAprogressive]

70. I had just finished watching a bunch of "Pitchmen" on my TiVo.

RIP Billy :(

[Patsy Stone]

71. I have a bunch on mine still left to watch

I think it's gonna be a little weird now.

[Kahuna]

73. He was good. I bought those Hercules Hooks.

RIP Mr. Mays. O8)

[napi21]

76. Hi was interviewed a short time ago (on cspan I think). He gave

a great insight to the infomertial business. He really was good at it!

[HughMoran]

81. Holy crap - another 50 year old croaks?

:wtf:

[Ticonderoga]

83. How Sad

The man who single-handedly wore out more mute buttons than anyone in history...gone. :o(

[Tab]

86. No...

I thought that was "Bob" of "Bob"'s Discount Furniture.

[Milspec]

136. But the DC show "Pitchmen" was very watchable. nf

[Tab]

84. Whacked his head but good on US Airays flight

Don't dismiss it... my brother whacked his head on a coffee table (bending low to pick up something, hit it on his way up).

That night or the next he had a nasy headache.

His wife found him on the floor the next morning. Still alive, but apparently the whacking on the table started an internal bleed, the equivalent of a strok.

He spent a month in the hospital and, a year later, is still recovering. Most, but not all funtionality recoverd. Still disabled in one limb, and some cognition and visual limitions.

Had she not found him, and bleeding continued, he could well be dead.

So maybe it was the bump.

[Ian David]

85. That's sad. My daughter loved his commercials.

Shouldn't have been eating the Mighty Putty.

Actually, it sounds like it could have been from the bump he took from the plane crash.

Or the stress of the crash and his impending hip surgery.

[Ian David]

92. FAA spokeswoman... never said Bill Mays was not wearing seat belt during landing.

FAA spokeswoman tells BNO News that TMZ.com incorrectly quoted her, says she never said Bill Mays was not wearing seat belt during landing.
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/2374303075

[TankLV]

93. Too bad for him - RIP - but THANK GOD he's OFF THE AIR!!!

He's got to be one of the most, if not THE MOST ANNOYING COMMERCIALS ON TV!!!

I used to change the channel as quickly as I could whenever he would come on - TOO LOUD!!!
He is among a new crop of commercials that they RECORD at TWICE THE VOLUME as the TV program...

Now let's hope those fucking commercials run their course SOON!!!

but it's sorry to hear he's gone...

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

95. I wanted him to STFU... but not permanently!

[Flatulo]

98. Billy annoyed the hell out of me for years, but after seeing him

on the Discovery reality show 'Pitchmen' I came to love the guy. He was really quite warm, clever and funny. He knew he was a loudmouth. His whole schtick was 'love me or hate me, but you will not ignore me'.

R.I.P.

[jobycom]

120. The little I saw of Pitchmen was surprisingly informative and interesting.

I never thought about what all went into the marketing, I just assumed someone wrote a check and Billy read a cheesy script. I'm with you, he always annoyed me, but that show made me see him as a professional in an interesting field.

I mean, his commercials got on my nerves, but that's why I bought one of those new-fangled TVs that lets you change channels. Life's too short to hate someone over things you can ignore.

[JustJeking]

127. same here - never liked the commercials

but watching Pitchman, I respected him for his knowledge in the field, and damn, he seemed to be a really nice guy.

[corpseratemedia]

101. R.I.Quiet.P.

I needed oxiclean from laughing at the beginning of this thread.

[jmowreader]

103. As for the funeral arrangements...

Although the death of anyone is sad, Billy Mays was so full of shit that if they give him an enema and use a SlapChop on him, he'll fit in a matchbox.

[high density]

105. He was hilarious on Pitchmen

He came across like a bit of a pompous ass at times mixed with a kid that simply never grew up. He was just on the Tonight Show a few days ago! RIP + Postage and Handling.

[CadenBlaker]

117. My take on Mays.

I've been watching Pitchmen from day one and while yes, Billy did have a huge ego, it was only matched by his heart. The show itself highlighted how he helped old friends and family make money, including his dad! His boy Jr. worked on the set with him most times and even did his own local commercial that his dad starred in for a family restaurant.

In the end, Mays was a pitchman with a tongue of gold, not to mention waving hands of gold, and had a heart to match, and that came through on the show.

[RebelOne]

106. Sorry, Billy Mays. RIP. Hated his commercials, but

he was just getting paid to do them.

[RedCloud]

124. I am aMAYSed at all these comments. Looks like a head injury.

From a bumpy airline landing.

[tabasco]

128. That sumbitch probably hawkin' something to St. Peter right about now.

How many times has THIS happened to you, Pete???

[47of74]

141. HI BILLY MAYS HERE FOR SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL....

[Ken Burch]

144. Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead

Source: CNN

nfomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.
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 50-year-old known for his shouting OxiClean ads was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. The Hillsborough County medical examiner will perform an autopsy, Tampa police Lt. Brian Dugan said.

Mays was on the US Airways flight from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Tampa on Saturday that had a hard landing at Tampa International Airport when the plane's front tire blew out. There were no reported injuries on Flight 1241, US Airways told CNN.

According to a local Tampa TV station, Mays said: "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."

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

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I'm surprised nobody heard his last words.

[jobycom]

145. This story is running as often as his infomercials!

:rofl:

[ZombieHorde]

146. Sometimes I don't log onto DU until late in the day and I am clueless

about what has already been posted numerous times.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

147. This isn't breaking news -- it's been all over the Internets all day.

[Duckhunter935]

148. I wish people would look before they post

[elocs]

149. It ain't news on DU unless it is posted 10 times the day it happens and then for the next 3 days.

Evidently good citizens hurry to post what is old news thinking they will be the first. If it's big news and already an hour old it has already been posted at least 3 or 4 times.

[Skittles]

153. sometimes us night workers appreciate numerous posting

very often, stuff posted immediately drops before I see it

[elocs]

163. The point is that "Good Citizens Check For Duplicates".

DU rules also state: "Do not post duplicate topics about news events that have already been posted." Post on an existing thread and that thread will be brought back up to the top of its forum. My local newspaper does not reprint yesterday's news just in case someone has missed it and they don't do it online either.

[Warren Stupidity]

150. He's the eneregizer dead bunny

he just keeps on dying on LBN over and over and over again.

[question everything]

151. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3942712

[Ken Burch]

152. Sorry, didn't know.

n/t.

[KT2000]

155. It's really OK

Glad you posted it because I did not know about the fact that he had been hit on the head. That may explain a lot.

[Dr.Phool]

154. Damn! We've killed him at least 5 times today in LBN!

[Ken Burch]

156. And the weird part is, he's STILL shouting!

:sarcasm:

[Dr.Phool]

157. Did anybody hear that Michael Jackson died too?

Total news blackout!

[LeftHander]

159. OxyClean found in sinus and a ShamWow stuck in his throat....

Horrible.

[high density]

162. I hope the ghost of BIlly does not smite you for mentioning the ShamWow.

His product was the Zorbeez

[anonymous171]

161. NOOOOO!

[Akoto]

164. Just on CNN, coroner says he died of pulmonary embolism, not plane incident. n/t

[kitty1]

165. I wonder if the hard jolt could have caused the leg clot to break...

and eventually travel to the lung. With a PE, apparently, the clot starts in the leg and travels to the lung. Was he on a long flight? If it was an Overseas one, that could have contributed to a thrombosis too. Just a thought.