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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Billy Mays of OxiClean Fame, Dead at 50

CNN is reporting that Billy Mays, the popular bearded pitchman for OxiClean and other products, as well as a star of his own reality series, was found dead in his Tampa home at age 50.




Saturday Mays had been on a jet that made a distressed landing when a tire blew out. He told a local Tampa reporter (emphasis mine):

"All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

An autopsy will be performed to identify the cause of death, and the airline has stated they will co-operate fully. RIP Billy - I think you were a lovable and believable salesman for a great product.

5 comments:

  1. It's a bad week to be famous. :(

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  2. YOU'RE KIDDING!!!! SAD!!! I liked him!!! I just bought some OxiClean TODAY!!!OK, I guess I'm the only one who liked him, I'm reading that everyone else found him very annoying... LOL!!!Joann D- at 5:24pm June 28

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  3. Well if that's true that's sad. People suck. I'm glad you don't.

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  4. I liked him, he made me smile, he was alwas so happy. To pass at age 50 is far too young. It is sad.

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  5. From Jan at Facebook:

    Mays was about on par with Linda Soundtrack who shilled for a regional electronics chain about 30 yrs ago. Annoyingly loud voice - impossible to tune out. And Mays never dragged his kids into the commercials - that I ever noticed anyway.

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