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- 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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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
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-
Billy Mays News
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Best of the Rest: Paint With Kitties on iPhone App, Billy Mays Utility
[From: Gizmodo] You can now channel the late infomercial king Billy Mays WITH THE BILLY MAYS CAPS LOCK APP! ORDER NOW! [From: DownloadSquad] Pulleys? Check. ... (November 19, 2009)Switched (blog) -
Kentucky legislator proposes tax increases
But in the immortal words of Billy Mays, “That's not all!” Wayne's bill would also raise estate taxes by decoupling them from the federal estate tax ... (November 28, 2009)Examiner.com -
TV pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead at his Home
Chrissie (Haines) Good for her, - her son is very fortunate, as children breast fed for a long time hav... Lee This is the most ridiculous article I've ever ... (November 28, 2009)Celebrity Gossip Show (blog) -
Billy Mays holds a special place in TV history
I didn't know what I had in pitchman Billy Mays until he died this summer. Every morning when I wake up and look in the mirror, my newly grown beard causes ... (November 17, 2009)Northern Star Online
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Billy Mays Links Powered by Google
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Billy Mays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Billy Mays Blogs
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Gmod Arena: Billy Mays VS Vince : viasolo
XxGameadickxX says: November 28, 2009 at 2:43 pm. are you still going to do the Gmod arena: uwe boll vs. jack thompson skit? Griffx52 says: November 28, 2009 at 3:39 pm. I liked billy mays, Now that hes gone, man It sucks. DrPealz sa... (November 28, 2009)viasolo.net -
Remember Billy Mays? « Gretawire
Do you remember TV pitchman Billy Mays? I just learned that he used to film his ads in the building where I am doing tonight's ON THE RECORD at 10pm. [For a real inside view ...click on the GREEN OVAL on the upper right hand side of ... (November 25, 2009)gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com -
All Free Video – Best of The Best » Blog Archiv » Spongebob ...
Spongebob (Edited)-PennyFoolish Starring Billy Mays. *WARNING* BAD WORDS IN THIS! DISCLAIMER: I do not own Spongebob, Viacum does… Heres another spongebob edit this episode is dedicated to klusigolo who got his account closed by viac... (November 28, 2009)freefullvideo.net -
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My tribute to the late Billy Mays for the the 25000 subscriber milestone video! Yeah, a lot of people thought I should make a tribute to Billy due to the fact that I made Billy Mays VS Vince some months ago, so here it ... (November 28, 2009)viasolo.net
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Mahalo Answers for Billy Mays
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OPEN THREAD: Toxicology tests show Billy Mays used cocaine before his death 7 AnswersBilly Mays here for Cocaine! Are you tired of having no energy, too much money and a boring life. Well not anymore! Just a couple of sniffs of Cocaine and your... read more -
Why Did Billy Mays Really Die? 5 AnswersBilly Mays was embalmed with OxyClean. His grave, after being shut using Mighty Putty, will be lowered into the ground using the Hercules Hook. read more -
How does everybody feel about the death of Billy Mays? 2 AnswersIt really saddened me to hear his life ended so soon and without any kind of warning. Although, the cause of his death is still unknown, I keep wondering if th... read more
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Any time that I see @carla_lange type in all caps I imagine that Billy Mays is saying it.
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Any time that I see @beallhigh26 type in all caps I imagine that Billy Mays is saying it.
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Need Exercise: if billy mays was alive he would advertise #tigerwoodswife whippin u in shape
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@David_Kaufer Billy mays RIP
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