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Title: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: tpirfan28 on June 28, 2009, 12:24:39 PM: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-breaking/ (http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-breaking/)

Holy. Crap.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: kpetree10 on June 28, 2009, 12:26:52 PM: This is really sad :cry3: , I actually liked Billy Mays. What's eery is that both him and MJ were 50... :o
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Mike M on June 28, 2009, 12:30:14 PM: I liked Billy Mays. I hope they don't pull his commercials off the air. :(
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Zach on June 28, 2009, 12:33:27 PM: There was an airplane crash at Tampa International Airport yesterday, and he was on that airplane. He was interviewed by WTVT last night, and his cause of death is unknown. My brother also got to meet him at the Best Buy he works at.

RIP. :cry: :cry3:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: twcfan68 on June 28, 2009, 02:05:07 PM: What is with all these random deaths? He also died at 50 just like Michael Jackson.. That must be an unlucky age.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Jonathan on June 28, 2009, 02:12:26 PM: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

What. The. HECK?!
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Anistorm on June 28, 2009, 02:15:22 PM: After hearing the news when I woke up I couldn't believe it. Billy Mays was an awesome guy...and IMO, OxiClean, OrangeGlo, and Kaboom were good products. :bleh:. Man...I am at a loss of words. :cry3: I'll never forget him.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: toxictwister00 on June 28, 2009, 02:17:07 PM: Quote from: twcfan68 on June 28, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
What is with all these random deaths? He also died at 50 just like Michael Jackson.. That must be an unlucky age.

What's stranger is he died within a month of his 51st birthday just like Michael Jackson.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: TWCToday on June 28, 2009, 02:31:41 PM: Thought it was a joke at first :blink: Lot of celebs dying this week :cry:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Stephen on June 28, 2009, 02:45:50 PM: This was unexpected. :blink: Certainly a bad week for celebs... :cry:

RIP. :(
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: phw115wvwx on June 28, 2009, 03:07:15 PM: This week has been unlucky indeed for celebrities. :blink: What's going to happen with his commercials now?
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Localonthe8s on June 28, 2009, 03:07:18 PM: Wow that sucks. He was annoying at times but one has to think..about the popularity of his products. I'm gonna miss seeing his "screamful advertising". RIP.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Anistorm on June 28, 2009, 03:49:55 PM: "HI I'M BILLY MAYS---"

/me burst to tears :cry3: :cry3: :cry3: :cry3:

I'm planning on blogging about this later if time permits... :cry:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Mike M on June 28, 2009, 04:05:05 PM: Quote from: phw115wvwx on June 28, 2009, 03:07:15 PM
This week has been unlucky indeed for celebrities. :blink: What's going to happen with his commercials now?
Wouldn't be surprised if they are pulled off the air... that's what they did after Ray Charles and Steve Irwin died.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Al on June 28, 2009, 04:05:35 PM: people die in threes, so one can only ask who are the next two??

rip billy mays.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Spring Rubber on June 28, 2009, 04:36:26 PM: Quote from: 20AL09 on June 28, 2009, 04:05:35 PM
people die in threes, so one can only ask who are the next two??

rip billy mays.
I still don't understand why so many people swear by that idea. There's logical reason why that should hold true. I certainly hope two more famous people die soon. :)

RIP Billy Mays...I really didn't see this one coming. I liked Billy. :(
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on June 28, 2009, 05:14:52 PM: i'm in total shock, i just finished watching his TV show when i heard this

I can't believe an icon in his profession left us so early.

Rest in Peace Billy Mays

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=417278&GT1=28103 (http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=417278&GT1=28103)

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Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and Mays' wife told investigators the TV personality didn't feel well before he went to bed that night.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: texasstooge on June 28, 2009, 06:18:09 PM: This has been an unbelieveable week!

Rest In Peace, Billy Mays.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: WeatherWitness on June 28, 2009, 08:18:17 PM: Oh my... :o I really enjoyed Billy Mays and all his commercials and will miss them. :cry3:

Rest in peace, Billy Mays. :itsok:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Localonthe8s on June 28, 2009, 11:07:03 PM: maybe he got a silent stroke after the luggage fell on him.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: WeatherWitness on June 28, 2009, 11:50:35 PM: There have been quite a few airplane "issues" this year. :thinking:

First was that U.S. Airways emergency landing into the Hudson River, and thankfully no one was killed or injured. Then there was some Continental plane crash, then that Air France plane that got lost over the Atlantic, and now this. :( How horrible. :cry:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: TWCToday on June 29, 2009, 12:26:34 AM: Sounds almost exactly like what happened to Natasha Richardson.

She had a slight bump on the head, originally had no problems, felt bad later, died soon after from a epidural hematoma.

FYI: His son is on Twitter if you want to send him a kind message @YoungBillyMays
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Anistorm on June 29, 2009, 12:29:09 AM: According to @YoungBillyMays, 2morrow we all should appreciate Billy Mays by wearing blue. I'm so wearing something blue 2morrow in honor of Billy. :wave:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Mike M on June 29, 2009, 12:31:36 AM: I wear blue all the time, so this shouldn't be difficult for me. :P
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: MetalStorm91 on June 29, 2009, 12:40:55 AM: its sad to hear he passed away, so far we lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now Billy Mays, it seems like we are losing everybody, Rest In Peace B.M.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: phw115wvwx on June 29, 2009, 12:47:42 PM: The twitter from Billy's son states that an autopsy revealed that Billy Mays had heart disease: http://twitter.com/YoungBillyMays/status/2389451015 (http://twitter.com/YoungBillyMays/status/2389451015)
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Mike M on July 03, 2009, 07:06:08 PM: I did see a Billy Mays commercial this morning, so it looks like they're staying on air.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: TWCDude on July 03, 2009, 07:25:26 PM: A little bit longer, I'm guessing. I don't know how long these Mays ads will last however. :dunno:
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on July 12, 2009, 04:30:15 PM: I noticed on one of the new ads They put up this
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: WeatherSTARIII on July 14, 2009, 02:38:14 AM: Last Friday, I just saw an ad with Billy Mays. I remembered him from HSN back in 1999 (I used to watch alot of home shopping channels in the late '90s).
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: TWCToday on July 14, 2009, 04:56:38 AM: Quote from: Gt1racer47 on July 12, 2009, 04:30:15 PM
I noticed on one of the new ads They put up this
I think that was very respectful!
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Anistorm on August 07, 2009, 04:40:47 PM: WTF? They just released a new autopsy on Billy Mays. I cannot believe it when I read this.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/07/cocaine-contributed-pitchman-mays-death-autopsy-re/news-metro/ (http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/07/cocaine-contributed-pitchman-mays-death-autopsy-re/news-metro/)
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: kpetree10 on August 07, 2009, 04:59:36 PM: I just can't believe that but I guess the autopsy doesn't lie.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: jtmal0723 on August 07, 2009, 08:35:29 PM: The Mays family is not satisfied with the findings and may have an independent examiner examine the findings.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: wxmediafan on August 07, 2009, 08:56:30 PM: Yeah, I just read this as well. I am also shocked.

It kind of angers me that the family is upset to where they want another investigation. An autopsy is an autopsy. It is just kind of like the story of the mother who drove on the wrong side of the road and killed a few people, it showed that marijuana and vodka were in her system, but the family said "impossible".
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: TWCToday on August 07, 2009, 09:45:54 PM: I think these reports are accurate. Shame he had to use such drugs.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Evan2015 on August 07, 2009, 10:14:21 PM: Quote from: Anistorm on August 07, 2009, 04:40:47 PM
WTF? They just released a new autopsy on Billy Mays. I cannot believe it when I read this.

[url]http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/07/cocaine-contributed-pitchman-mays-death-autopsy-re/news-metro/[/url] ([url]http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/07/cocaine-contributed-pitchman-mays-death-autopsy-re/news-metro/[/url])

Yeah, I saw it on CNN as it came in on the wire "JUST IN"
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: WeatherWitness on August 11, 2009, 11:35:42 AM: Interestingly enough, they showed a commercial with Billy Mays today selling Jupiter Jack. :yes: I didn't think we would see his appearance again since he has already been removed from the OxiClean and OrangeGlo commercials.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: Anistorm on August 11, 2009, 12:15:52 PM: Quote from: WeatherWitness on August 11, 2009, 11:35:42 AM
Interestingly enough, they showed a commercial with Billy Mays today selling Jupiter Jack. :yes: I didn't think we would see his appearance again since he has already been removed from the OxiClean and OrangeGlo commercials.

I heard they redid the Jupiter Jack commercial as well...I havent seen it yet tho.
Title: Re: Billy Mays Dead
Post by: WeatherWitness on August 11, 2009, 06:12:30 PM: I just saw him adversting FixIt today too. :yes: Interesting that I have seen him only on TWC, but I'm sure ads with him are probably being shown on other channels too. :thinking:

The "re-done" OxiClean and OrangeGlo commericals are just not the same, though. :no: For OxiClean, they have that really annoying woman who advertises for a lot of things.