Billy Mays Found Dead In His Home - Page 2

SydneyK · #1 06-28-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Random question: Did he have kids or anything?

From the article on Yahoo!:

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.)

epchick · #2 06-29-2009, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Random question: Did he have kids or anything?

From the article on Yahoo he has a 3 year old daughter and a stepson.

I was shocked to find out he passed, didn't expect it when I saw his name attached to an article today. Poor Billy

pshsx1 · #3 06-28-2009, 04:49 PM

4 big deaths in 1 week. How odd.

And I know he had a wife.. uhhh I don't think he had kids...?

texas*princess · #4 06-28-2009, 04:51 PM

From his Wikipedia page:

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Mays had been aboard US Airways Flight 1241 from Philadelphia to Tampa that blew out its front tires as it landed at Tampa International Airport on June 27, the day before his death. None of the 138 passengers and five crew members were reported to be seriously injured immediately following the incident, but several passengers reported having bumps and bruises from falling objects.[2] Mays told a local Tampa television station that some of the objects "hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."[14] It is unclear whether Mays' death was related to the incident.

Am I the only one who didn't hear about this aircraft incident? I guess the news has been swarmed with Farrah Fawcett/Michael Jackson/N. Korea/Iran lately, but usually news reports stuff like this airplane incident even if there weren't any fatalities

Boro · #5 06-28-2009, 04:55 PM

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Random question: Did he have kids or anything?

I know his son is a production assistant on the Pitchmen show.

lovespink88 · #6 06-28-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Boro

I know his son is a production assistant on the Pitchmen show.

Yep, as far as I know he only had a son (Billy Mays Jr. I believe, but I'm not sure I only saw the show once)

sdeason1 · #7 06-29-2009, 02:01 PM

June, please go away! fred travalena also passed away. What a crapy month for all of us fans.

texas*princess · #8 06-29-2009, 02:30 PM

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.

AOII Angel · #9 06-28-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

From his Wikipedia page:

Am I the only one who didn't hear about this aircraft incident? I guess the news has been swarmed with Farrah Fawcett/Michael Jackson/N. Korea/Iran lately, but usually news reports stuff like this airplane incident even if there weren't any fatalities

I've been in Tampa all week for AOII convention and just read this as I'm sitting in the Tampa airport! I hadn't heard anything about this!

dukemama · #10 06-28-2009, 10:30 PM

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.

ThetaPrincess24 · #11 06-29-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

From his Wikipedia page:

Am I the only one who didn't hear about this aircraft incident? I guess the news has been swarmed with Farrah Fawcett/Michael Jackson/N. Korea/Iran lately, but usually news reports stuff like this airplane incident even if there weren't any fatalities

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.

groovypq · #12 06-29-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

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.

Exactly. I keep thinking about Natasha Richardson...

Smile_Awhile · #13 06-29-2009, 01:52 PM

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

pshsx1 · #14 06-28-2009, 10:49 PM

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.

SydneyK · #15 06-30-2009, 01:51 PM

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.