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'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home (UPDATE)
FOX NEWS ^ | 06/28/09 | FOX

Posted on 06/28/2009 12:42:56 PM PDT by Doogle

Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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1 posted on 06/28/2009 12:42:57 PM PDT by Doogle
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To: Doogle

Didn’t see any real or new update at the link.


2 posted on 06/28/2009 12:47:04 PM PDT by umgud (Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
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To: Doogle

Too bad.

The Slap Chop guy is gonna get even busier.


3 posted on 06/28/2009 12:47:10 PM PDT by Califreak (Dissident under duress)
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To: Doogle

May God comfort his family. This must be a terrible shock for them.


4 posted on 06/28/2009 12:48:19 PM PDT by Faith
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I watched a couple of of episodes of Pitchmen. Mays came across as a loud mouthed, bitchy, little pussy.

I feel sorry for his family and friends for his death but he certainly was not a character to be admired in life.

5 posted on 06/28/2009 12:48:35 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: umgud

..thought the other thread was about him being injured..sorry


6 posted on 06/28/2009 12:48:59 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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7 posted on 06/28/2009 12:49:01 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Califreak
Did somebody say SHAMWOW!!!!!


8 posted on 06/28/2009 12:49:37 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Doogle

I have to admit watching the show Pitchmen gave me a new respect for Billy Mays. I like how his people actually test the heck out of the stuff they sell... and how they reject the stuff which doesn’t work as advertised.


9 posted on 06/28/2009 12:50:48 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays

Possible brain bleed like Natash Richardson???

10 posted on 06/28/2009 12:51:38 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.)
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.eyep...beginning to sound like that...
11 posted on 06/28/2009 12:54:36 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Califreak

I have a slap chop that I bought from a Williams Sonoma catalog back in 1980, or so. Guess they’re not so new.


12 posted on 06/28/2009 12:59:30 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Doogle

No way. He was just on Conan the other night. This is getting weird...


13 posted on 06/28/2009 1:01:11 PM PDT by Rodebrecht (What are you and who do you want?)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Good guess...one other possibility is a blood clot from DVT perhaps developed from the flight that broke loose during the night and clogged a major artery or vein. Seems less likely though... I would bet with yours..’brain bleed from injury’!


14 posted on 06/28/2009 1:01:43 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Doogle

I knew there was a reason I put on a blue shirt today...


15 posted on 06/28/2009 1:02:08 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Faith
May God comfort his family. This must be a terrible shock for them.

His son, who looks a lot like Billy Mays, worked behind the scenes with his father.

Prayers for the family.

16 posted on 06/28/2009 1:02:35 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Califreak

Vince Offer


17 posted on 06/28/2009 1:07:07 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Doogle

If I was to guess, I would say he had an enlarged heart and he finally succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest.....probably from a clot....just guessing...


19 posted on 06/28/2009 1:08:35 PM PDT by cherry
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To: pnh102

My thoughts too.


20 posted on 06/28/2009 1:12:00 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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