Billy Mays dies at 50

Overheal · 28-06-2009 8:16pm #1

Madness. "Hi, Billy Mays here, from the Afterlife.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBXcpJfmj4

And the Samurai Shark. The Awesome Auger. Mighty Mend. Oxy Clean. Orange Glo. Mighty Putty.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-breaking/

TAMPA - Internationally known TV product pitchman Billy Mays was found dead in his South Tampa home this morning.
Wife Deborah woke up and found Mays, 50, in bed and not breathing, according to Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy. He was dead when Tampa Fire Rescue arrived at Mays' house at 2853 Bowen Daniel Drive. Emergency workers pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m.
Mays had no obvious injuries, and there were no signs of forced entry at the home that overlooks Old Tampa Bay, No foul play is suspected, police said.
Family members told police Mays hadn't been feeling well Saturday and that he went to bed early, shortly after 10 p.m., McElroy said.
Hours before, Mays was on board a US Airways flight from Philadelphia that landed safely at Tampa International Airport Saturday afternoon after its front tires blew out, resulting in bumps and bruises to some passengers.
Mays told WTVT, Channel 13, that he got hit in the head during the rough landing.
"All of a sudden as we hit, you know, it was just the hardest hit; all the things from the ceiling started dropping," he said. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."
Mays, who is active on the Twitter social networking site, posted his last update at 2:01 p.m.
"Just had a close call landing In Tampa," Mays wrote. "The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air."
Any connection between Mays' death and the rough landing would be speculation, McElroy said. More will be known after Mays' autopsy, which could be performed as early as Monday, she said. If a toxicology examination is needed, those results could take another four to six weeks.
Mays' family has remained largely silent since his death.

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Infomercials will never be the same.

InkSlinger67 · 28-06-2009 8:21pm

Tragedy! I think

It should have been Barry Scott

CutzEr · 28-06-2009 8:23pm

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Tragedy! I think

It should have been Barry Scott

Hi, Barry Scott here.

Are you tired of dirty blood stains on your carpets? :pac:

latenia · 28-06-2009 8:25pm

Ah no way, not Billy Mays.

dsmythy · 28-06-2009 8:41pm

Did he do anything else?

pikachucheeks · 28-06-2009 8:48pm

:eek:

50 seems to be the cut off point lately!

Sea Sharp · 28-06-2009 8:48pm

I want a big city slider after watching that.

Euro_Kraut · 28-06-2009 8:49pm

We will all remember where we were when we heard Billy Mays died.

Ardscoil Ris · 28-06-2009 9:00pm

Who?

My name is URL · 28-06-2009 9:03pm

I loved him in Home Improvement =(

RIP Richard Karn

galwayrush · 28-06-2009 9:05pm

I had to google the name.:rolleyes:

dsmythy · 28-06-2009 9:08pm

pikachucheeks wrote: »

:eek:

50 seems to be the cut off point lately!

Did you not get the memo? 50 is the new average life expectancy.

galwayrush · 28-06-2009 9:17pm

dsmythy wrote: »

Did you not get the memo? 50 is the new average life expectancy.

yeah, anyone who stands in front of a TV Camera is fecked.

TheZohanS · 28-06-2009 9:18pm

galwayrush wrote: »

yeah, anyone who stands in front of a TV Camera is fecked.

Can't wait for Tubridy to come back.

Podge2k7 · 28-06-2009 9:20pm

Who's Billy May?

galwayrush · 28-06-2009 9:24pm

Podge2k7 wrote: »

Who's Billy May?

A dead guy,:rolleyes:

jester77 · 28-06-2009 9:31pm

His last twit was strange... almost final destination like!

Captain-America · 28-06-2009 9:34pm

Queen won't be the same without him.

brummytom · 28-06-2009 9:37pm

Oh God not Billy Ray

Anyone but Willy Hay

Without Jill, there's no point to my life.
Goodbye cruel world.

(And RIP)

galwayrush · 28-06-2009 9:38pm

jester77 wrote: »

His last twit was strange... almost final destination like!

All Twits are strange, that's why they are called Twits.:pac:

Basq · 28-06-2009 9:39pm

Yeah.. but..

.. what did he do recently?

chamlis · 28-06-2009 9:39pm

Christ I'm more shocked at Billy going than MJ.

Billy was a legend, "the shouting man" we call him here. Yeah, he hawked shite on infomercials, but jaysus Billy that "Mighty Mendit" and "Mighty Putty" stuff is only brilliant.
Ok so the mighty putty didn't fix the leaky pipe or the mighty mendit didn't fix the tear in my jeans, but they were only a tenner!

RIP

Overheal · 28-06-2009 9:42pm

dsmythy wrote: »

Did he do anything else?

Nothing else really. No, he was not on Home Improvement, whoever suggested that.

Basq · 28-06-2009 9:42pm

An anagram of his name is 'Ballsy I My'

Says it all really..

RIP Billie Jean!

Overheal wrote:

Nothing else really. No, he was not on Home Improvement, whoever suggested that.

Course he was.. he was the youngest gaudy looking son - Mark or sumthin'!

dsmythy · 28-06-2009 9:47pm

jester77 wrote: »

His last twit was strange... almost final destination like!

I guess he won't be needing that hip replacement after all

Latchy · 28-06-2009 9:48pm

Not to be confused with this Billy May

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4diTxvYTG3U

Bobalicious93 · 28-06-2009 10:16pm

I love the spoof dubbed-over versions of his ads. Funny stuff

giggsy664 · 28-06-2009 10:23pm

Holy shįt. I was just watching the smosh Hairy situation video, it's related to Billy Mays. Not trying to shill

"Its so easy, even your kids can do laundry!"

giggsy664 · 28-06-2009 10:24pm

Cum Slut wrote: »

R.I.P

Nice name

Krieg · 28-06-2009 10:26pm

Uh-oh.. Hugh laurie turned 50 this month

galwayrush · 28-06-2009 10:29pm

Krieg wrote: »

Uh-oh.. Hugh laurie turned 50 this month

He'll know what's wrong with himself and be able to find a cure.;)

marcsignal · 28-06-2009 11:54pm

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

We will all remember where we were when we heard Billy Mays died.

i was on boards wondering why Billy Mays and Farah Fawcett had to take a back seat, to someone who liked to share his bed with little boys and had enough money to make the problem (that would have anyone else locked up), go away :mad:

GhostInTheRuins · 28-06-2009 11:57pm

Never heard of him.

lostexpectation · 29-06-2009 2:40am

he has his on web show on discovery i was just acquiring it he was on conan the other night

seanybiker · 29-06-2009 3:08am

lostexpectation wrote: »

he was on conan the other night

the dirty fecker. Overdose on poppers maybe

Overheal · 29-06-2009 3:09am

marcsignal wrote: »

i was on boards wondering why Billy Mays and Farah Fawcett had to take a back seat, to someone who liked to share his bed with little boys and had enough money to make the problem (that would have anyone else locked up), go away :mad:

night and day. night and day.