'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home

[MrJim]

DEVELOPING: Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, FOX News confirms.

Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Police said there were no signs of forced entry to May's residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.

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[Auntie]

 

[tqpix]

Two people dying at such a young age--Jackson, 50; and now Mays, also 50.

 

[mpok1519]

he had cocaine problems unfortunately.

 

[clarksided]

Rip =[

 

[MichaelFJF]

he had cocaine problems unfortunately.

Who? Jackson? Mays? Proof? Slander?

 

[mpok1519]

Who? Jackson? Mays? Proof? Slander?

Mays did. And the toxicology report in two weeks will be the proof. Usually famous people with drug problems do what they can to keep those kinds of things under wraps as much as possible.

And slander is spoken; libel is written. You accuse me of libel.

Also, its not uncommon knowledge that MJ did plenty of drugs throughout his life.

 

[Gramaic]

2009 is a weird year for big celebrities dying. First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, then Michael Jackson, now Billy Mays. What's going on?

 

[MsAnne]

Mays did. And the toxicology report in two weeks will be the proof...

Wow, spoken (or..sorry.. written) as if 100% fact. And I'm sorry, even if shown that he did have "cocaine problems", I seriously doubt you know his exact cause of death.
Sheesh, it's only been a few hours. Why must these comments fly so quickly? How does it benefit anyone?

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

he had cocaine problems unfortunately.

Did you get that of the news or something.Either drugs or not,I think it's sad when someone dies.

 

[clarksided]

Someone's going to feel like a goat if it turns out Billy Mays died from a head injury that wasn't taken seriously enough at first.

 

[Col3_11n12]

He's got a football player's physique. Football players butt heads all the time, and they don't just flop over 24 hours later. We need that coroner lady on the Discovery Health Channel to figure it out.

 

[kiwimac]

2009 is a weird year for big celebrities dying. First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, then Michael Jackson, now Billy Mays. What's going on?

You have forgotten David Carridine as well.

 

[TestedNTriedNTrue]

He said he had a hard head... I guess it wasn't that hard after all.

 

[brinny]

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oh nooooooo....what a shocker...i'm sooooo sorry...it's hard to believe..i just saw him on a commercial the other day

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

You have forgotten David Carridine as well.

I can't see how anyone can forget about his death,I was thinking about it earlier today.

 

[brinny]

Did you get that of the news or something.Either drugs or not,I think it's sad when someone dies.

i sooo agree...i just never expected it...every time you turn around there he was on a commercial...it's so sad

 

[SpaceProg]

One of those instances where you don't know what you had until you lose it. I'm going to miss his yellin'.

RIP, Billy.

 

[Gramaic]

oh nooooooo....what a shocker...i'm sooooo sorry...it's hard to believe..i just saw him on a commercial the other day

Just the other day he and Anthony Sullivan were on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. They were promoting their show that's on the Discovery Channel.

 

[SpaceProg]

I guess that's going to fall through unless they get the ShamWow guy to take Billy's place.

Vince is his name, I think.