TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - 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. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m.
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."
U.S. Airways officials said Sunday they could not immediately confirm that Mays was a passenger.
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Head injuries are funny. I'... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Paul Hooson | June 28, 2009 6:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Head injuries are funny. I've hit my head so darn hard plenty of times on pipes doing home repairs on my rental properties, if I didn't wear a hardhat, even drawing blood a few times. And then Miranda Richardson and Billy Mays die from seemingly minor head injuries. What can I say, life is strange
1. Posted by Paul Hooson | June 28, 2009 6:06 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2009 18:06
2. Posted by Charles | June 28, 2009 7:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow this is too sad. I love watching Billy work his magic on the screen. Guess Pitchmen is canceled now? :(
2. Posted by Charles | June 28, 2009 7:57 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2009 19:57
3. Posted by epador | June 28, 2009 8:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sad, but hopefully this will eclipse some of the MJ tripe.
I am not going to suggest anyone ever again to pitch the Republican Health plan.
3. Posted by epador | June 28, 2009 8:39 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2009 20:39
4. Posted by Ajlouny | June 28, 2009 10:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He was on the plane that had 2 front tires blown at landing in Tampa yesterday. People got hit by stuff falling and them slamming in the seat in front of them. He was hit on the head. He felt ok, but I bet you he probably had some small internal bleeding in his brain or something. Just like Natasha Richardson died. Felt fine after the accident she had and then died several hours later.
4. Posted by Ajlouny | June 28, 2009 10:02 PM |
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Posted on June 28, 2009 22:02
5. Posted by Grant | June 29, 2009 1:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
no doubt Oxi-Clean is going to see a 300% increase in sales over the next couple of days
5. Posted by Grant | June 29, 2009 1:39 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2009 01:39