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Billy Mays Found Dead In His Home
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays
This has been one heck of a week. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and now Billy Mays. |
I know you're being sarcastic putting him w/ MJ & FF.
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It really has been a terrible week. A friend at work has been to a funeral the past two Saturdays--so it's not just hitting Hollywood.
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And Ed McMahn... so nutty.
50 is sooooo young! I know I say that a lot, but it is. |
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OMG...my brother and I used to get a kick out of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOmvd...e=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjmQ1...eature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQssF...eature=channel And a ton more... |
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Wow.
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I'm going to miss him yelling his commercials at 1am which always happen to be louder than the TV shows I've fallen asleep to.
Seriously though, what a crappy week to lose four icons plus chaos in Iran and N. Korea, etc. Can something good/happy happen now please? |
Random question: Did he have kids or anything?
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4 big deaths in 1 week. How odd.
And I know he had a wife.. uhhh I don't think he had kids...? |
From his Wikipedia page:
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His former wife, Dolores "Dee Dee" Mays, of McKees Rocks, Pa., recalled that the first product he sold was the Wash-matik, a device for pumping water from a bucket to wash cars. "I knew him since he was 15, and I always knew he had it in him," she said of Mays' success. "He'll live on forever because he always had the biggest heart in the world. He loved his friends and family and would do anything for them. He was a generous soul and a great father." He must've had at least one child - sounds like with his former (first?) wife. ETA: I hadn't heard anything about the plane incident, either. I'm wondering if there's a connection. (The article says that connecting the rough landing with his death would be pure speculation.) |
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According to a news report I heard, Billy Mays told his wife that he didn't feel well before he went to bed Saturday evening. I wonder if this might be the same kind of thing that happened to Natasha Richardson a few months ago - a blow to the head that seemed harmless at first but later proved fatal.
I have a sneaking suspicion that US Airways had better lawyer up, and fast. |
Yeah, I heard the airline incident briefly mentioned on a commercial for the news... but that's really it.
But whatever. We're had our share of airline incidents, right? More about puppies. |
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I was shocked to find out he passed, didn't expect it when I saw his name attached to an article today. Poor Billy :( |
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I heard about that yesterday afternoon. If this turns out to be true, then I wouldnt be suprised. Many head injuries such as this are deemed minor, thus are never checked out, and then people seemingly suddenly wind up dead because the damage/effects are not immediate. Always check out a head injury. |
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Still though, Billy Mays was really famous, though I don't think anyone is equating his fame with that of Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett. |
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If there is anything at all iconic for those of us who were, it's this: http://photos.ecanadanow.com/farrah-...nal-Cancer.jpg |
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Though the final result isn't known , it looks like Billy Mays died of heart disease, not any injury to the brain.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...ath/index.html |
June, please go away! fred travalena also passed away. What a crapy month for all of us fans.
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I think that Billy Mays was an icon - he wasn't as famous as Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett, or even Ed McMahon, but everyone knew who he was.. kind of like the "Maytag Repairman" of the "As Seen on TV" world.
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I was very sad when I heard that Billy Mays died. I do watch Pitchmen, so it makes it even sadder. Its been cool to see him all around the Tampa Bay area. They would go down a street or be some where and you would know right where they are. On the show, he flies in a private plane, so I thought it was odd when I heard it was a regular airliner...
I have been in Orlando all weekend, and this is the first I have heard of a plane issue at TIA. I am not sure if it made the news....One would think it would. I will have to check Tivo from this weekend! |
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I must need to watch more TV. I have to go google Clara Peller, Betty Furness and Ron Popeil. Although, maybe I'll recognize their pictures (but their names sure don't ring any bells).
ETA: Oh! "Where's The Beef?"; Westinghouse? (I still don't recognize her); and the Chop/Veg/Dial-O-Matic guy I feel better now. |
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Just like if you hear the words "set it......and forget it" you'd probably think of Ron Popeil and his products. |
TAMPA, Fla. – An autopsy report shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.
The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office previously determined that the bearded, boisterous TV spokesman had a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive in bed in their Tampa condo June 28. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/.../us_billy_mays |
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Oh wow. That's just crazy. I would have never pictured him as a drug user. |
IDK...how boisterous he was on TV, I'd peg him for a drug user, maybe speed or something.
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holy moly.
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I feel really bad b/c I laughed a little... But Cocaine + Billy Mays = not a shock.
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