Billy Mays, age 50, found dead at home.

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    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 a 737 airplane that had a front tire blow out, said spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan. Mays and other passengers were interviewed by US Airways staff after the Philadelphia flight's hard landing. Responders reported no injuries.
    "Tampa Fire (Rescue) reported no injuries. Nobody asked for treatment," Geoghagan said. "Some of the passengers said they had bruises."
    Mays was one of the stars of "Pitchmen," a Discovery Channel documentary series that focused on Mays' claim to fame: inventions and infomercials.
    Drew Harwell can be reached at [email protected] or (727) 445-4170.
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    His Son's Twitter said:
    My dad didn't wake up this morning.. I'm sure you'll all hear about it. It hasn't yet hit me but it's about to.
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    This is actually quite surprising to me.
    I can't believe he's dead.

    ...He just seems immortal.

    My dad and I often mock his commercials, but now.. :(
    ...:[

    Rest in Peace, Billy. :[


    edit: So this was in the wrong section? Mea culpa, mea culpa! Mea maxima culpa! :[
     
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    WHAT THE HELL, MAN!?! ;____;

    This is unreal. Hell, I saw him on TV not even 2 days ago. I guess it's true what they say about Celebrities dying in 3's =/

    This sucks.
     
    This is unreal. Hell, I saw him on TV not even 2 days ago. I guess it's true what they say about Celebrities dying in 3's =/
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    Well, bad things happen in 3's in general.
    But, he's the 4th within 7 days - Ed McMahon was the first, Farrah Fawcett the second, Michael Jackson the third, and now Billy Mays is the fourth. So, yeah. :[
     
    4 celebs dead in a week. Wow. This is scary.
     
    As I said in my blog whoever is abusing the death note cut it out. (joke made by negusaki of bulbagarden forums and I felt like posting it here)
     
    This is unreal. Hell, I saw him on TV not even 2 days ago. I guess it's true what they say about Celebrities dying in 3's =/
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    Hopefully Patrick Swayze has some more time then.:C I am seriously so pissed that he has cancer.

    But RIP Billy.
     
    I'm like, the biggest Billy Mays fan ever, no joke. I love all of his ads from the Hercules Hook to Oxi Clean to Might Mend It to Fix It to ESPN360.com to Might Putty to Big City Sliders...Billy, no! RIP man =( I'm actually really sad ...
     
    What a week, eh? :[ Wow, this is absolutely shocking. I never thought I'd see him dead so soon. RIP Billy.

    God, I'll be happy once this week is over.
     
    THERE IS A RESPECT TRIBUTE GOING AROUND THE NET, JUNE 28TH IS NOW CAPS LOCK DAY, IN HONOR OF BILLY MAYS' LOUD, YET LOVING VOICE. RIP BILLY MAYS, GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE.

    SUCKS TOO, I LOVED HIS MIGHTY SHINE COMMERCIALS... ALL OF HIS COMMERCIALS... THEY WERE AWESOME.
     
    0m3GA ARS3NAL said:
    THERE IS A RESPECT TRIBUTE GOING AROUND THE NET, JUNE 28TH IS NOW CAPS LOCK DAY, IN HONOR OF BILLY MAYS' LOUD, YET LOVING VOICE. RIP BILLY MAYS, GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE.

    SUCKS TOO, I LOVED HIS MIGHTY SHINE COMMERCIALS... ALL OF HIS COMMERCIALS... THEY WERE AWESOME.
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    As a note the Shakespeare quote fits more for the death of Michael Jackson. Also did anyone see this at first the death of Willie Mays?
     
    Todoroki Is said:
    As a note the Shakespeare quote fits more for the death of Michael Jackson. Also did anyone see this at first the death of Willie Mays?
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    YEAH, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT "GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE" IS BEING POSTED EVERYWHERE FOR BOTH MJ AND BILLY, BUT YOU SEE, BILLY MAYS WAS MUCH MORE OF AN ICON FOR ME, AND BEING THE INTER-TARD I AM, I REVERE BILLY MAYS WITH A PASSION. (EVER HEAR OF 4CHAN? THEY LOOOOOVE BILLY OVER THERE, PRACTICALLY BAWLING OVER THERE.)
    IN ANY CASE, KEEP IN MIND I AM NOT YELLING, BUT HAVING THAT BILLY FEEL IN MY POSTS.
     
    0m3GA ARS3NAL said:
    YEAH, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT "GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE" IS BEING POSTED EVERYWHERE FOR BOTH MJ AND BILLY, BUT YOU SEE, BILLY MAYS WAS MUCH MORE OF AN ICON FOR ME, AND BEING THE INTER-TARD I AM, I REVERE BILLY MAYS WITH A PASSION. (EVER HEAR OF 4CHAN? THEY LOOOOOVE BILLY OVER THERE, PRACTICALLY BAWLING OVER THERE.)
    IN ANY CASE, KEEP IN MIND I AM NOT YELLING, BUT HAVING THAT BILLY FEEL IN MY POSTS.
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    Still caps are damn annoying. And that is 4chan. They bawl over people like him.
     
    This news makes me sad. :(

    He was always so energetic and full of spirit in, like, everything I saw him do. Be it on a commercial or... some other video I was watching. This comes to me as a complete shock, to be honest. Like Erik said, he seemed so immortal.

    June '09 is a sad month.
     
    I told my parents today I had an odd dream of a pitchman commercial last night about how to use bleach to get rid of rust off of anything.

    Next thing I hear about this; really, really sad. R.I.P. Billy Mays. :(
     
    $5 says his last wish was to make his body into mini-sliders...

    But seriously, this is super sad. All his ads were hilarious, whether intentionally or not. Rest in Patties.
     
    So many celebrity deaths this month. June 2009 is indeed a sad month.

    I found out about his death over Twitter; it still hasn't hit me. Billy Mays was indeed one of my favourite pitchmen. His loud voice caught me totally offguard the first time I heard it, but his pitches have always made me at least smile. Rest in peace, Billy Mays.
     
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