Billy Mays dead ar age 50

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William "Billy" D. Mays, Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitches made him a recognizable television presence.

Mays was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and began his career as salesman on the Atlantic City boardwalk. He travelled across the United States for 12 years, selling various items before he was hired to sell OxiClean and other products on the Home Shopping Network. His success as a TV pitchman lead him to found Mays Promotions, Inc. On April 15, 2009, the Discovery Channel began airing Pitchmen, a documentary series that features Mays. On the morning of June 28, 2009, Mays was found unresponsive in his Tampa home. He was then pronounced dead at 7:45 am, appearing to have died sometime overnight. The day before his death he was aboard a plane that blew out its front tires as it landed. No one on the plane was seriously injured. Mays told a local Tampa television station that some of the objects "hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.

Death:

Mays was found unresponsive by his wife in his Tampa, Florida, home on the morning of June 28, 2009. He was then pronounced dead at 7:45 am, appearing to have died sometime overnight. The Associated Press reported that there were no indications that the house had been broken into, and that police did not suspect foul play.

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