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Old 06-28-2009, 03:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Informercial Pitchman Billy Mays Dies

Informercial Pitchman Billy Mays Dies at 50 - Tributes : People.com

what is with all these famous people dying? he was 50 yrs old. died in his sleep.
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what is with all these famous people dying? he was 50 yrs old. died in his sleep.
Totally gonna overshadow Jackson's death. The next 3 weeks will be tributes to the Hollerin Pitchman and his greatest hits.
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what is with all these famous people dying? he was 50 yrs old. died in his sleep.

Interesting tidbit. Billy was on that plane in Tampa that had it's wheel collapse. He hit his head. His buddy talked to him just before he went to sleep. He said, "Billy did not sound right." His wife said he did not feel well and then went to sleep, that was the end.

Now people are drawing parallels between his hit to the head and actress Natasha Richardson hit to the head which killed her in that ski accident.

Too early to say but it may be the same type of injury that did Billy in.
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my mom is a trainer for USAir in Philly and just came back from Tampa today... she told me about this... i was like "Billy who?!" but obviously once she said who he was i realized.

It's creepy reading his and his sons recent tweets on twitter:

Billy Mays (realBillyMays) on Twitter

Billy Mays III (YoungBillyMays) on Twitter
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It's so shocking. I like the Pitchmen show.
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Guess Vince from Sham-wow takes the lead as most famous pitchman now that Billy is gone.
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Guess Vince from Sham-wow takes the lead as most famous pitchman now that Billy is gone.
That's when he's not beating up hookers and spending time in jail.
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i think they should not do infomercials anymore in his honor . . .
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Interesting tidbit. Billy was on that plane in Tampa that had it's wheel collapse. He hit his head. His buddy talked to him just before he went to sleep. He said, "Billy did not sound right." His wife said he did not feel well and then went to sleep, that was the end.

Now people are drawing parallels between his hit to the head and actress Natasha Richardson hit to the head which killed her in that ski accident.

Too early to say but it may be the same type of injury that did Billy in.
Sounds very similar to Natasha Richardson's head injury and how it led to her death.
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Looks like he dies from heart disease.

The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said.

TV pitchman Billy Mays had heart disease, coroner says - CNN.com
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He was always yelling! RIP, but damn, finally he'll be quiet.
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RIP

What kinda shocked me about Billie Mays is how much money he was worth. Damn, this guy did very well for himself.
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What kinda shocked me about Billie Mays is how much money he was worth. Damn, this guy did very well for himself.
+1....i was watching Pitchman last night and they showed his huge house and he was driving a bentley.
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+1....i was watching Pitchman last night and they showed his huge house and he was driving a bentley.
You don't know if that's all paid for, or if he was in major debt to run with that lifestyle. I hope the family isn't out in the cold now that he's past away.
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You don't know if that's all paid for, or if he was in major debt to run with that lifestyle. I hope the family isn't out in the cold now that he's past away.
im sure he was banking pretty good money
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