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Pitchman Billy Mays starred in dozens of television infomercials that gained notoriety on YouTube and spawned a variety of humorous re-dubs and remixes. On the morning of June 28, 2009, Mays was found dead by his wife in his Tampa, Florida, home. He was 50 years old.
On June 29, 2009, TMZ released the audio of the 911 call Mays' wife made upon finding his lifeless body. An autopsy showed Mays' suffered from heart disease and suffered an apparent heart attack.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mays-autopsy30-2009jun30,0,3463271.story
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Fast Facts
- Full name: William D. Mays, Jr. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Born: July 20, 1958 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Spouse: Deborah Mays http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Children: Billy Mays III http://twitter.com/youngbillymays
- University: Began his career as a salesman in Atlantic City, New Jersey http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Debut role: Originally hired to pitch Orange Glo cleaning product http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5293...
- Appeared on Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien the week before his death
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Career
Mays was known for his distinctive, booming voice and enthusiastic, gregarious manner. Appropriately, he began his career selling gadgets on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, and hawking home improvement wares at home shows. With Orange Glo, more opportunities to appear on the Home Shopping Network and infomercials followed. Mays became so recognizable, he was eventually given his own reality series, Pitchmen. Several whole channels on YouTube are dedicated to remixing and redubbing Mays' various advertisements (many of them making it appear that Mays is yelling profanities or rambling incoherently). -
US Airways Incident
The day before his death, Mays was on a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires upon landing at Tampa. Mays told reporters he had been hit on the head during the crash, but did not appear to be injured. (His final update to Twitter discussed the crash but did not mention an injury or pain). There is currently no evidence that the crash and Mays' death are connected.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html -
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BY Christina Boyle A second autopsy commissioned by the family of infomercial king Billy Mays found that cocaine did not contribute to his death. ...New York Daily News (October 15, 2009) -
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Just saw the first oxiclean commercial sans billy mays. I was not impressed.
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RT @NotKirbyMack http://twitpic.com/ovnaz Where's Billy Mays? Under the hardwood floor. In 100yrs when it's pulled up, KABOOM!! Surprise!
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Any time that I see @sheenKS type in all caps I imagine that Billy Mays is saying it.
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@NotKirbyMack bravo on the billy mays sticker placement. totally awesome idea!
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Billy Mays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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YouTube - billy mays gangsta remix
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Gizmodo - Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan Bring Goofy Inventions ...
Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan, of the Discovery Channel's Pitchmen as well as countless infomercials, went on Conan last night to show off some of their products. Conan was mercilessly hilarious.gizmodo.com
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Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute at MISSOURAH.com
One Response to 'Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute'. Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute'. [...] Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute at MISSOURAH.com [...] Billy Mays : King of All Pitchmen ...missourah.com (November 08, 2009) -
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Going As Billy Mays for Halloween · Images · Going As Billy Mays for Halloween. Posted by Sang @ 7:00 am. Tags: billy mays, costumes. Leave a Comment. Name. Mail (will not be published). Website. Please note: Comment moderation is ...nerdnirvana.org (November 09, 2009) -
Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute - CollegeHumor video
Note: Continuous play is disabled while you read the rest of the page. Scroll back up to enable it.Hide Forever. Auto-Tuned Billy Mays Tribute. He has the voice of an angel now. Nov 6, 2009. Likes 284. I like it Recording. ...collegehumor.com (November 06, 2009) -
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Billy Mays and Health Insurance. November 8, 2009 at 4:10 pm --by Anthony · No Comments. Did you know that Billy Mays once endorsed a health insurance company? Take a look at the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7d85T4OfqA ...fairlyconservative.com (November 08, 2009)
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