Parminder27

You've probably seen all those commercials with Billy Mays on tv advertising products like Mighty Putty, Zorbeez, Kaboom etc... Well he's dead! I loved his commercials

Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead | TMZ.com

For more info about him: Billy Mays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

gospodin

That's too bad, he was an interesting guy from what I saw on Discovery Channel. What's with these mysterious deaths lately? And both 50 year old guys. Too close to my age. Well, RIP, Billy, now I don't have to turn down the volume when commercials come on.

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Parminder27

Looks at what it says on his wiki page:

"According to Fox News, Mays had been aboard a US Airways flight 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 the local Tampa TV 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."

But then again this is Fox News we're talking about.

A Tupolev

Out of all the celebrity deaths this week this was a shock. My condolences and prayers go out to the Mays family. Love him or hate him, Billy Mays was a true American success story. If you got to watch any of his TV shows "Pitchmen" you would also know him to be a real family man. The show featured his wife children and mother and father. You would also find on the show Billy did a lot for charities.

Billy thrived on capitalism and entrepreneurial sprit which is the foundation of our country. On his TV show you could see his excitement and love for helping inventors turn their dreams into millions of dollars of reality.

It will be interesting to find out how he died. Something hit him in the head during a hard landing on a US Airways flight arriving in Tampa the day before he died.

This is very sad to see how someone so young and successful can be taken away so quickly.

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But Wait There is (No) More...Billy Mays

OK, here's the connection. Politicians sell stuff. So did Billy Mays. Like it or lump it.

Regular Ticket readers will already know we love Billy Mays. (And not just because he was a reader.) He died today. Almost 51. Only the latest of numerous recent celebrities to depart -- Ed McMahon, Farah, MJ. No doubt others.

Billy had a really rough landing on a commercial flight back home to Tampa yesterday. Wasn't feeling well last night. No one knows yet what happened to one of the world's most famous, most successful pitchmen, straight out of the original Atlantic City Boardwalk School of Salesmanship.

Billy was the American insomniac's best friend. Always there late at night or early in the morning. Always happy to see you. Give you that old thumbs-up sign of Mays approval. Always selling something terrifically wonderful, so much so that even folks with graduate degrees found themselves grabbing their credit card and reaching for the phone to beat that phony "Next 10 minutes" deadline.

In fact, he didn't put insomniacs to sleep. How could anyone sleep around Billy's obviously genuine enthusiasm and energy? He just kept us -- that is, our friends -- company while we -- they -- worked through the long night or waited for dawn to arrive. He was no doubt sound asleep himself somewhere else. But through the magic of video Billy was right there in our living rooms showing us a mop that could not only clean all pet hairs off the floor but off the dog too. (Just kidding.)

Here's the deal: Billy was real. He would only sell products that passed his test, that worked and that he himself used at home. He even handed out samples to guests there.

You don't see that much elsewhere in American society today, especially in politicians. For instance, if Billy was, say, president and trying to sell us all on a massive national public education reform program costing billions of dollars, you just know he'd have his kids in those very same public schools, not off safely in some fancy private place.

If Billy set his mind to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, he was so good at selling that he'd have towns clamoring to take not just one, not just two, but three suspected terrorists for local incarceration. Count on it.

And his Oval Office desk wouldn't be all bare and shiny for bill signings. It'd be covered with his favorite products to get them some TV time.

But there's more to Billy: You really believed him. If he'd been in politics, he could sell fiscal responsibility to a Democrat. He'd have those stubborn deficit stains outta there in just five minutes or less. 5!

If he'd been one of the country's 1,417 surviving Republicans today -- well, he'd have to lose the black beard first -- but if he'd been a Republican, he could -- what? -- well, maybe sell party members on stopping the internal knife fights.

Anyway, another special thing about Billy Mays that is also rare among today's U.S. politicians, he could genuinely make fun of himself. Not with some obviously made-up line about his kid taking him down a notch. Har-har-har.

But by joking about his own distinctive gung-ho style. Pointing the finger directly at himself, not someone else pointing at him. Real genuine self-deprecation, which they must not teach in Campaign School anymore.

That's why, as a special bonus for Ticket readers today ONLY, we're adding this wonderful video below. The real Billy Mays mocking the real Billy Mays, captured on tape ordering at a McDonald's drive-thru in his very own inimitable late-night TV style. No extra charge.

Enjoy.

And may God bless our Billy.

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Roarer

Oh right, one of these guys, thanks for that description, and the film was amusing also.

I doubt anyone would bat an eyelid if Barry Scott ...sorry, I mean (SHOUTING) BARRY SCOTT from the CILIT BANG adverts died. He's as irritating as hell!!

BANG AND THE STAIN IS GONE!!

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arctic9048

CNN is also reporting he was on that flight. Before you start criticizing Fox News maybe you should consider quoting information from a source other than Wikipedia.

It really is unfortunate that Billy Mays died.

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A Tupolev

Is that really the name????

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Parminder27

I didn't see that other news networks were reporting the flight and you're right about Wikipedia, not always as credible as other websites.

A Tupolev

All of the new media is reporting on Billy's death and the possibility an injury in the hard landing may have been the cause.

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CcrlR737pilot

I found out about him through this

YouTube - Cillit Bang - JAKAZiD ft Barry Scott [Nukleuz]

I liked watching that show and the way Billy and Anthony Sullivan worked. I wonder if they will get the Sham-Wow guy to do a show with Anthony. I will miss his commercials.

Next time when I do my laundry, I will think of him when I put the oxiclean in my wash.

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Vince the sham-wow guy is a slime-bucket. Anthony Sullivan won't let him within 50 feet of him.

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The unedited Cillit Bang Commercial may be irritating, but that "hardcore techno" remix version is much better, though it also screams severe case of ADHD too.

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I had no idea he sold TVs.

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arctic9048

CNN is reporting that Billy Mays had heart disease and that was the cause of his death.

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