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Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death
mail.com ^ | 08/07/09 | mail.com news

Posted on 08/07/2009 1:54:16 PM PDT by raccoonradio

An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays.

The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive June 28 at their condo in Tampa, Fla.

A release from the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office Friday said Mays had last used cocaine days before his death.

The report said that although Mays died from heart disease, cocaine use was a contributing cause of death.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: billymays; cocaine
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1 posted on 08/07/2009 1:54:16 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Billy Mays, back from the dead for Death Be Gone cream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjVv2xdvGs


2 posted on 08/07/2009 1:54:58 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Damn. Such a waste of life that drug has caused.


3 posted on 08/07/2009 1:54:58 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: raccoonradio

Well, this explains a lot :-)


4 posted on 08/07/2009 1:56:39 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: raccoonradio

chain mail as a news source?

There are some better sources out there, to include:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgD7fmgR6M4BDoANnCi4eq6xwo9QD99U92K81

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity_news/090807_Billy_Mays_Cocaine

http://kdka.com/national/Billy.Mays.cocaine.2.1119556.html


5 posted on 08/07/2009 1:57:22 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: raccoonradio

that explains all that energy..


6 posted on 08/07/2009 1:57:50 PM PDT by Ancient Drive ("an appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last.")
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To: raccoonradio

It’s a helluva drug.


7 posted on 08/07/2009 1:57:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: windcliff

ping


8 posted on 08/07/2009 1:58:23 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: raccoonradio

I didn’t have Billy Mays pegged as a cokehead.


9 posted on 08/07/2009 1:58:35 PM PDT by Carling (Gatesgate: Obama's Waterloo)
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To: markomalley

not chain mail; through legit e-mail :)


10 posted on 08/07/2009 1:59:01 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

CYA for the airlines?


11 posted on 08/07/2009 1:59:29 PM PDT by wolfcreek (KMTEXASA!)
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To: Carling

“How does cocaine make you feel? It makes you feel like
having more cocaine.”—Bill Cosby

Thus the problem


12 posted on 08/07/2009 1:59:48 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

“Hi! Billy Mays here! Bet you never saw that coming, did ya?!”

13 posted on 08/07/2009 2:00:32 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Carling

Meth, yeah.
But not coke.


14 posted on 08/07/2009 2:01:14 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: raccoonradio

More Cosby,

“So I asked the guy what was so great about cocaine?”

“He said it ‘intensifies your personality.’”

And I said, “Yeah, but what if you’re an a-hole?”


15 posted on 08/07/2009 2:01:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: wolfcreek

his last tweet at RealBillyMays

http://twitter.com/RealBillyMays

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.12:01 PM Jun 27th from txt

This is @youngbillymays. My dad was really starting to enjoy sharing with his fans on here. He was so grateful that you were even interested10:07 AM Jun 30th from web
(Mays Sr. also tweeted he was due to have a hip
replacement “on Monday”
Getting ready to fly back to Tampa from Philly. Monday is the big day (HIP REPLACEMENT NO.3) Keep you posted.7:40 AM Jun 27th from txt


16 posted on 08/07/2009 2:02:01 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: dfwgator

Oh that’s right! I should have remembered that one—and I have quoted it before!


17 posted on 08/07/2009 2:03:00 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

I think your original quote was from Richard Pryor.


18 posted on 08/07/2009 2:03:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: raccoonradio
You can always count on US Air.

Well, he and I agree on that one...

19 posted on 08/07/2009 2:03:52 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century. I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: raccoonradio

How dissappointing, I expected more of Billy.


20 posted on 08/07/2009 2:03:57 PM PDT by Cathy
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