Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning.
Tampa area media outlets reported that Mays was a passenger on a U.S. Airways flight that made a rough landing on Saturday afternoon at Tampa International Airport, apparently blowing its front tires in an incident that left debris on the runway.
Tampa Bay’s Fox television affiliate interviewed Mays after the incident.
“All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping,” MyFox Tampa Bay quoted him as saying. “It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.” Full Story
Perhaps whatever hit him in the head gave him a concussion? Autopsy report to come. So bizarre for all these celebs to die within the same week, 50+ celebs watch out!
UPDATE: Turns out it was heart disease!
June 29th, 2009 - 11:20 am
There must be something to this – bang on the head and you’re dead.
June 30th, 2009 - 12:51 pm
Well, at least I won’t have to listen to his obnoxious screaming at me from the tv. That’s the way commercials used to be in the ’50s. Still, seems perhaps beyond coincidental that he dies 1 day after getting hit on the head. Haven’t seen anything that states what he got hit on the head with.
July 3rd, 2009 - 10:45 am
GOOD BYE BILLY!!!!!