just heard the guy bill mays with oxi clean and orange glo cleaners was found dead this morning he was also 50 years old. read below,It was reported on MSNBC that TV pitchman Billy Mays has died today. Mays was 50 years old.
Billy Mays was perhaps best known for the OxiClean commercials he appeared in. He was recognizable not only by his beard and blue shirt, but by his "yelling" delivery of his product pitches.
He was found unresponsive this morning by his wife in their Florida home. Emergency workers on the scene pronounced him dead at 7:45 am. Police report no signs of a break-in or foul play. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death on Monday afternoon.
The family is not expected to make a public statement and they have asked for privacy. According to an Associated Press report, his wife, Deborah said, "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."
According to the same report, Billy was on the U.S. Airways flight that made a troubled landing in Tampa yesterday. Apparently the front tires blew out scattering debris across the runway.
Billy was interviewed after the fact and told Tampa Bay's Fox television affiliate, "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."
Reportedly, Billy's wife said that Billy said he wasn't feeling well before he went to bed last night sometime after 10:00 pm.
This bring to mind the death of Natasha Richardson who died after hitting her head when she fell back in March of this year. The actress said she was fine, but within hours she was dead. That is not to say that Billy's death was related to any head trauma he may have suffered on the plane. We will have to wait for the autopsy report to know the cause of death.
Mays was suffering from no known health issues other than the fact that he needed a hip replacement. He was scheduled to have surgery soon.
my heart and prayers goes out to the family.
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