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Wyodiver33 · 06-28-2009, 09:18 AM

'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment - FOXNews.com

Hated his commercials, but Pitchmen was a good show. He's hangin' with MJ now. RIP.

JStrider · 06-28-2009, 09:22 AM

yah I heard... liked his show... thats a bummer....

so will his gravestone say "BILLY MAYS HERE!"

yournamehere · 06-28-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JStrider

so will his gravestone say "BILLY MAYS HERE!"

If he orders right now, he'll get three gravestones for one low price of $19.99.

Slims · 06-28-2009, 09:28 AM

Great, another day with no news coverage on TV.

silent_jay · 06-28-2009, 09:34 AM

Just saw this on CBC, I just watched him on Conan earlier this week, he was a funny bastard, RIP Mr. Mays.

dlish · 06-28-2009, 09:47 AM

how'd he die? someone stab him?

Wyodiver33 · 06-28-2009, 10:09 AM

"...someone stab him?"

Funny. I almost chose him for that thread. Glad I didn't, now nobody can blame me. But if something happens to Dick Cheney, I was just kidding. Well, kinda.

Looks like Mays landed in Tampa yesterday, nose-gear tires on the plane popped, luggage hit him on the noggin. That's not an official cause of death yet, but would make sense as head injuries are no joke.

Oh, by the way, Michael Jackson is STILL dead but nobody knows why. Fear not though, it's all over TV all day long. Ugh. Why can't they drop it until they actually know something?

squeeeb · 06-28-2009, 10:13 AM

motherfucker you gotta be kidding me. what the fuck is going on?

i suspect vince the shamwow guy had something to do with it.

highthief · 06-28-2009, 11:32 AM

These things always come in threes: MJ, Farrah and now Billy Mays.

Gary Coleman can rest easy, it's not his time yet.

ShaniFaye · 06-28-2009, 11:53 AM

hightheif, you need to check that.....Ed Mc and Farrah went with David Carradine, now we have MJ and Billy...there will be one more

Wyodiver33 · 06-28-2009, 11:57 AM

Oh, please let it be Rush or Cheney! Please, please, please.

Shauk · 06-28-2009, 12:28 PM

Psycho Dad · 06-28-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyodiver33

Oh, by the way, Michael Jackson is STILL dead

But watch the networks struggle to scoop each other when he gets better.

Wyodiver33 · 06-28-2009, 12:37 PM

Well, he did play a zombie in the Thriller video. (BTW, I was 13 when that video dropped, and I was enthralled. Watched it on a 13 inch color TV. LOL)

snowy · 06-28-2009, 12:52 PM

Wow, this is just surprising. I really liked him in Pitchmen. I feel so awful for his family. He has young children who will miss their daddy. RIP Billy.

noodle · 06-28-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Shauk

That's not Billy Mays! Don't you dare kill Al the Tool Man Sidekick!

And by the way, just because I wanted to stab him, doesn't mean I did.

Jetée · 06-28-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by snowy

Wow, this is just surprising. I really liked him in Pitchmen. I feel so awful for his family. He has young children who will miss their daddy. RIP Billy.

Concur. . . . crap, he was a genuinely interesting character. Man.

uncle phil · 06-28-2009, 03:22 PM

apparently, he was fine gitting of the 'plane, just a bump on his head...

died after he got home...

concussions are wierd...

iamboredd · 06-28-2009, 03:25 PM

i remember always hearing his voice on commercials. that sucks i won't anymore.

Charlatan · 06-28-2009, 04:37 PM

I have no idea who this guy was...

MSD · 06-28-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyodiver33

Oh, by the way, Michael Jackson is STILL dead but nobody knows why. Fear not though, it's all over TV all day long. Ugh. Why can't they drop it until they actually know something?

Demerol overdose was the first thing leaked from the investigation, and it makes perfect sense.

squeeeb · 06-28-2009, 06:21 PM

i still say vince slap chopped him unconscious, then suffocated him with a shamwow

Fremen · 06-28-2009, 06:28 PM

RIP, Mr. Mays. May your daughter find solace from your many infomercials and tv show.

ring · 06-28-2009, 06:31 PM

World Death Clock

Cynthetiq · 06-28-2009, 07:01 PM

what? He was selling the World Death Clock too?????

squeeeb · 06-28-2009, 07:24 PM

he sold EVERYTHING (except the slap chop and shamwow)

Tully Mars · 06-29-2009, 02:04 AM

Sorry for his family. Hit his head on a US Airways flight? Wonder if that had something to do with it?

Didn't something like this happen to Natasha Richardson not long ago. Think they call it the talk and die syndrome or walking talking dead. I guess I don't know for sure that what happened here, needed more coffee.

On another thought... couldn't have been the Sham-Wow! guy?

Ok that's just mean I need coffee.

DaniGirl · 07-09-2009, 04:36 PM

Jetée · 07-09-2009, 05:19 PM

I have an affinity and uncanny ability to utter the final lasting post as a thread either dies or becomes forgotten, so I'll offer this random soundbite with no expectations for even one post to come after it.

Celebrity Death Clock Conspiracy

The 911 phone call made when Billy Mays was found dead, evolving into a discussion of our own mortality, and the events of 2012.

Wyodiver33 · 07-09-2009, 05:35 PM

This just in: All DEAD people are STILL DEAD!!!!! Get over it. Do the best that you can for yourself and loved-ones NOT to join them soon. Who friggin' cares? The dude annoyed me for years. Yeah, Pitchmen was great. But will I really miss Billy "I'M SCREAMING BECAUSE I KNOW IT ANNOYS YOU" Mays? Nope. MJ? I'm 97% sure that he was a pedophile. Best of luck in HELL for him.

Please, grow up folks.

Fremen · 07-09-2009, 05:39 PM

I'm watching Pitchman: A Tribute to Billy Mays on The Discovery Channel right now.

I quite liked Billy Mays ever since Pitchmen started airing, so I care.

I hope ol' Sully finds a new partner and continues with the show.

Wyodiver33 · 07-09-2009, 05:42 PM

Dead is Dead. Life is Death. We all will be Dead. Rejoice in it.

Iliftrocks · 07-10-2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by squeeeb

he sold EVERYTHING (except the slap chop and shamwow)

He did sell the quickchop and Zorbies, which were the exact same products. Apparently Vince kinda took them out from under him.

ShaniFaye · 08-07-2009, 03:06 PM

I can honestly say I didn't see this coming

Autopsy: Cocaine a factor in Billy Mays' death - CNN.com

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(CNN) -- An autopsy report issued Friday by Hillsborough County, Florida, cites cocaine as a contributing factor in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June at age 50

"Mays died from a lethal arrhythmia of the heart caused by hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease," the county said in a statement attributed to Dr. Leszek Chrostowski, the associate medical examiner who conducted the autopsy.

"He further concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death," it added.

The fact that toxicology tests detected only breakdown products of cocaine, not the drug itself, led Chrostowski to conclude that Mays had used cocaine "in the few days prior to death but not immediately prior to death."

Cocaine is a stimulant that can raise blood pressure and thicken the wall of the left ventricle of the heart, one of the organ's four main pumping chambers.

The autopsy also found low concentrations of ethyl alcohol "consistent with social consumption of a few beverages" as well as the narcotic drugs hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol. Mays had prescriptions for the drugs -- which were found in therapeutic or subtherapeutic concentrations -- to ease hip pain.

In addition, the tests found evidence of two tranquilizers -- alprazolam (Xanax) and diazepam (Valium) -- which are commonly prescribed for a variety of ailments, including anxiety and insomnia. Both drugs were determined to be in therapeutic or subtherapeutic concentrations.
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* When Mays shouted it, people believed

Mays was found dead at his home near Tampa on June 28.

Mays, with his booming voice, was famous for fronting products such as OxiClean and Orange Glo in TV commercials.

Plan9 · 08-07-2009, 03:07 PM

Somebody come up with a Billy Mays / cocaine joke. Stat.

SecretMethod70 · 08-07-2009, 03:09 PM

Lies! Liiiieeeessss!!!!

EDIT: Hey! It got rid of my caps!

JumpinJesus · 08-07-2009, 03:19 PM

Wow, the guy from Home Improvement died? I watched that show once or twice. It was okay except for the fact that it seemed to pander to a particular neanderthal audience that didn't include me.

That's a shame. If there's a Home Improvement reunion that that one helper guy won't be there. Was their going to be a reunion? Is that why he killed himself?

SecretMethod70 · 08-07-2009, 03:28 PM

Heh, they do kinda look similar, but the guy from Home Improvement was someone else. Billy Mays was the pitchman for OxyClean and other infomercial products.

Meathed · 08-07-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus

Wow, the guy from Home Improvement died? I watched that show once or twice. It was okay except for the fact that it seemed to pander to a particular neanderthal audience that didn't include me.

thats ok...its the same audience that relies upon you and your kinds' ignorance of how to, say, change a light bulb or perform other simple household tasks beyond your comprehension that funds their houses and puts their kids through college.

Cheater · 08-08-2009, 09:09 AM

Did anyone check the ingredients in OxyClean? - Maybe that's what he was snorting.

06-28-2009, 09:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Billy Mays Dead At 50 'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home - Celebrity Gossip \| Entertainment News \| Arts And Entertainment - FOXNews.com Hated his commercials, but Pitchmen was a good show. He's hangin' with MJ now. RIP. __________________ I like stuff.

06-28-2009, 09:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	yah I heard... liked his show... thats a bummer.... so will his gravestone say "BILLY MAYS HERE!" __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

06-28-2009, 09:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	Great, another day with no news coverage on TV. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

06-28-2009, 09:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	Just saw this on CBC, I just watched him on Conan earlier this week, he was a funny bastard, RIP Mr. Mays. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

06-28-2009, 09:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	how'd he die? someone stab him? __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

06-28-2009, 10:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	"...someone stab him?" Funny. I almost chose him for that thread. Glad I didn't, now nobody can blame me. But if something happens to Dick Cheney, I was just kidding. Well, kinda. Looks like Mays landed in Tampa yesterday, nose-gear tires on the plane popped, luggage hit him on the noggin. That's not an official cause of death yet, but would make sense as head injuries are no joke. Oh, by the way, Michael Jackson is STILL dead but nobody knows why. Fear not though, it's all over TV all day long. Ugh. Why can't they drop it until they actually know something? __________________ I like stuff.

06-28-2009, 10:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	motherfucker you gotta be kidding me. what the fuck is going on? i suspect vince the shamwow guy had something to do with it. __________________ onward to mayhem!

06-28-2009, 11:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	These things always come in threes: MJ, Farrah and now Billy Mays. Gary Coleman can rest easy, it's not his time yet. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

06-28-2009, 11:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	hightheif, you need to check that.....Ed Mc and Farrah went with David Carradine, now we have MJ and Billy...there will be one more __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

06-28-2009, 11:57 AM	#11 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Oh, please let it be Rush or Cheney! Please, please, please. __________________ I like stuff.

06-28-2009, 12:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA

06-28-2009, 12:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Well, he did play a zombie in the Thriller video. (BTW, I was 13 when that video dropped, and I was enthralled. Watched it on a 13 inch color TV. LOL) __________________ I like stuff.

06-28-2009, 12:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	Wow, this is just surprising. I really liked him in Pitchmen. I feel so awful for his family. He has young children who will miss their daddy. RIP Billy. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

06-28-2009, 03:22 PM	#18 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	apparently, he was fine gitting of the 'plane, just a bump on his head... died after he got home... concussions are wierd... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-28-2009, 03:25 PM	#19 (permalink)
iamboredd Upright	i remember always hearing his voice on commercials. that sucks i won't anymore.

06-28-2009, 07:01 PM	#25 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	what? He was selling the World Death Clock too????? __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

06-28-2009, 04:37 PM	#20 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I have no idea who this guy was... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

06-28-2009, 06:21 PM	#22 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	i still say vince slap chopped him unconscious, then suffocated him with a shamwow __________________ onward to mayhem!

06-28-2009, 06:28 PM	#23 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	RIP, Mr. Mays. May your daughter find solace from your many infomercials and tv show. __________________ Google

06-28-2009, 06:31 PM	#24 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	World Death Clock

06-28-2009, 07:24 PM	#26 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	he sold EVERYTHING (except the slap chop and shamwow) __________________ onward to mayhem!

06-29-2009, 02:04 AM	#27 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Sorry for his family. Hit his head on a US Airways flight? Wonder if that had something to do with it? Didn't something like this happen to Natasha Richardson not long ago. Think they call it the talk and die syndrome or walking talking dead. I guess I don't know for sure that what happened here, needed more coffee. On another thought... couldn't have been the Sham-Wow! guy? Ok that's just mean I need coffee. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-09-2009, 04:36 PM	#28 (permalink)
DaniGirl Addict Location: Fucking Utah...	Last edited by DaniGirl; 07-11-2009 at 07:23 AM..

07-09-2009, 05:19 PM	#29 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I have an affinity and uncanny ability to utter the final lasting post as a thread either dies or becomes forgotten, so I'll offer this random soundbite with no expectations for even one post to come after it. Celebrity Death Clock Conspiracy The 911 phone call made when Billy Mays was found dead, evolving into a discussion of our own mortality, and the events of 2012. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-09-2009, 05:35 PM	#30 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	This just in: All DEAD people are STILL DEAD!!!!! Get over it. Do the best that you can for yourself and loved-ones NOT to join them soon. Who friggin' cares? The dude annoyed me for years. Yeah, Pitchmen was great. But will I really miss Billy "I'M SCREAMING BECAUSE I KNOW IT ANNOYS YOU" Mays? Nope. MJ? I'm 97% sure that he was a pedophile. Best of luck in HELL for him. Please, grow up folks. __________________ I like stuff.

07-09-2009, 05:39 PM	#31 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	I'm watching Pitchman: A Tribute to Billy Mays on The Discovery Channel right now. I quite liked Billy Mays ever since Pitchmen started airing, so I care. I hope ol' Sully finds a new partner and continues with the show. __________________ Google

07-09-2009, 05:42 PM	#32 (permalink)
Wyodiver33 Just here for the beer. Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Floriduh	Dead is Dead. Life is Death. We all will be Dead. Rejoice in it. __________________ I like stuff.

08-07-2009, 03:07 PM	#35 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Somebody come up with a Billy Mays / cocaine joke. Stat. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

08-07-2009, 03:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Lies! Liiiieeeessss!!!! EDIT: Hey! It got rid of my caps! __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

08-07-2009, 03:19 PM	#37 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Wow, the guy from Home Improvement died? I watched that show once or twice. It was okay except for the fact that it seemed to pander to a particular neanderthal audience that didn't include me. That's a shame. If there's a Home Improvement reunion that that one helper guy won't be there. Was their going to be a reunion? Is that why he killed himself? __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

08-07-2009, 03:28 PM	#38 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Heh, they do kinda look similar, but the guy from Home Improvement was someone else. Billy Mays was the pitchman for OxyClean and other infomercial products. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

08-08-2009, 09:09 AM	#40 (permalink)
Cheater Tilted Location: New Jersey	Did anyone check the ingredients in OxyClean? - Maybe that's what he was snorting.