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Started by Tonitrus, June 28, 2009, 11:36:58 AM

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Tonitrus

June 28, 2009, 11:36:58 AM
I'm sure, that if I were not so lazy, I could come up with some really distasteful puns.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html

QuoteReport: 'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home

Sunday, June 28, 2009


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.

Mays, 50, was on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday, MyFOXTampa.com reported.

US Airways spokesman Jim Olson said that none of the 138 passengers and five crew members were injured in the incident, but several passengers reported having bumps and bruises, according to the station.

Authorities have not said whether Mays' death was related to the incident.

"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times," Mays wife, Deborah, said in a statement on Sunday.

grumbler

#1
June 28, 2009, 11:38:58 AM
Never heard of him. :mellow:
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Ed Anger

#2
June 28, 2009, 11:42:26 AM
Everybody is dropping dead. Must be Captain Trips.
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Syt

#3
June 28, 2009, 11:43:45 AM Last Edit: June 28, 2009, 11:47:59 AM by Syt
I've seen his infomercials in some supermarkets (both here and in the U.S.) and on tv (also). In fact I asked my sister once who he was and what he did before infomercials, because from the way he introduced himself I thought that he might be a celibrity in some obscure niche that lived out his retirment making embarrassing infomercials.

He's probably best known for Oxiclean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE_kVeJB4mQ (at 0:20 or so).
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Ed Anger

#4
June 28, 2009, 11:47:39 AM
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Syt

#5
June 28, 2009, 11:49:50 AM
QuoteAfter graduating from Sto-Rox High School

Sto-Rox? Sounds like a styrofoam candy.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

PDH

#6
June 28, 2009, 11:50:37 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2009, 11:49:50 AM
QuoteAfter graduating from Sto-Rox High School

Sto-Rox? Sounds like a styrofoam candy.
He probably died from mixing Sto-Rox and warm Dr Pepper...
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lustindarkness

#7
June 28, 2009, 12:04:05 PM
RIP As Seen on TV guy.
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Ed Anger

#8
June 28, 2009, 12:14:03 PM
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

FunkMonk

#9
June 28, 2009, 12:59:52 PM
Indeed.  :(
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Darth Wagtaros

#10
June 28, 2009, 01:02:14 PM
But wait! There's more!
PDH!

alfred russel

#11
June 28, 2009, 01:12:42 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on June 28, 2009, 01:02:14 PM
But wait! There's more!

Not this time. :cry:
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alfred russel

#12
June 28, 2009, 01:14:11 PM
I guess the Sham-Wow guy is now the national infomercial pitchman. How far we have fallen. :(
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

jimmy olsen

#13
June 28, 2009, 01:31:13 PM
Wow :(
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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DGuller

#14
June 28, 2009, 01:33:28 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on June 28, 2009, 01:14:11 PM
I guess the Sham-Wow guy is now the national infomercial pitchman. How far we have fallen. :(
I was just thinking the same thing.
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