Report: 'Informercial King' Billy Mays Dies

Foxnews ^ | 6/28/2009 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

Banner headline only.

[AAABEST]

What the heck? He seemed young.

I bought Kaboom! because of him. It's good stuff too.

[fooman]

It told him to be careful with that ‘Super epoxy’ putty on the balcony...

[Clara Lou]

Oh, my. Condolences to his family, if this is true. (I will not miss his commericals, though.)

[Mmogamer]

My goodness.... I like Pitchmen too...

[dforest]

All that yelling must have given him a heart attack.

[Joiseydude]

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Can’t say I’ll miss him, but may he RIP.

[cripplecreek]

REST IN PEACE BILLY MAYS!!!!!!!!!

[Plutarch]

A news report had Billy Mays on a US Air flight to Tampa yesterday that had some trouble landing but otherwise no big deal.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/27/272307/jet-blows-front-tires-while-landing-tia/news-breaking/

[hecht]

I guess we;ll see more of Vince Shlomi now

[harwood]

Just as long as the ‘ShamWow’ guy is still alive...

[HungarianGypsy]

Which sucks, since Billy Mays didn’t look as creepy.

[verity]

I have the same ambivalent emotion.

[BunnySlippers]

https://twitter.com/BreakingNews

[BuffaloJack]

I almost can’t believe it.
My wife and I watched one of his commercials last night where he, his wife and kids were all on and all spoke in that loud penetrating voice.
You will be remembered, Billy.

[krb]

This is slightly more interesting to me than the death of Michael Jackson.

[tiredoflaundry]

This is sad! RIP Billy

[big'ol_freeper]

ping

[Bratch]

I believe he even “tweeted” about the difficult landing.

Sad.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

And rest in peace.

[BRL]

I always called Billy Mays

"The OxyMoron"

may he Rest in Peace

[dragonblustar]

This is so sad. I’ll pray for his family and his little girl.

[Mmogamer]

Wonder what happend

[KoRn]

NO WAY!!!

They are dropping like flies lately!

[Lancey Howard]

The light just went out at Motel 6.

[buccaneer81]

He fell off a cliff in New Zealand while filming a pitch for “Kiwi Klean.”

[OldDeckHand]

I think FOX is getting hoaxed. This story is about a month old. We’ll see. They have very sketchy details on their site right now.

[LowCountryJoe]

Seems like too many deaths of public people. Perhaps we’re such a wealthy society 9with 24/7 news coverage), that more and more people get their 15+ minutes of fame. Would Billy Mays have ever been such a public face a generation ago? Wait another 20 to 30 years and it will seem like two or more ‘celebrities’ will be dying every single day.

[Inspectorette]

As annoying as his commercials were, Billy seemed like a pretty good guy. Saw him and that other pitchman (Tony something) on Cavuto's show a few months back, and they both sounded like good conservatives.

(Mr. Inspectorette loves his Hercules Hooks!)

[Petronski]

Son of Billy Mays writes on Twitter: “My dad didn’t wake up this morning” and “He’s gone. I’m gonna be strong for him.”

[Neverforget01]

I just saw him on Conan the other night. Seemed to be a very nice guy. Sorry to hear this.

[Red in Blue PA]

Per Fox, he was found dead in his home.

[Daffynition]

OMG ... his death will eclipse M Jackson! OMG!

Seriously, RIP pitchman ... you were great!

[Brainhose]

I wonder if they'll dig his grave with the "Awesome Auger"?
I actually feel worse for his family than I feel for the Jackson family. I'm sure that Billy didn't travel around with a 6ft statue of the Jolly Green Giant and probably had no hand in the abusing of chimps.
He seemed like a good person from the Fox News shows I've seen him appear on. He knew how to poke fun at himself.

[woollyone]

from textsfromlastnight.com...

(352): What are you doing?
(352): High. Watching Billy Mays infomercials...
(352): That guy could sell me cancer.

[ridesthemiles]

He had found his niche in life.
Moreso than many of us are able to do.

I didn’t mind his commercials. He always seemed very happy.
The pitchman for the Sham towels is creepy, IMO.

[ErnBatavia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays

[denydenydeny]

A shame. His Discovery Channel show Pitchmen is a little too heavily scripted, but he seemed like a decent guy in spite of that loud persona.

[SE Mom]

Good grief- remember when I said the one thing we’d still be stuck with on tv was Billy Mays?

[Sans-Culotte]

This news is way more shocking than the death of the King of Pop. Billy could be annoying, but some of his products really do work well, including Oxy Clean and Kaboom. The epoxy putty appeared to be the same as any epoxy putty which has been around for years.

The Discovery Channel show "Pitchmen" gave me a new-found respect for Billy, as it showed how he and fellow pitchman Anthony Sullivan developed the ads fro products, many of which are from ordinary people with ideas and inventions. R.I.P. BILLY!!!!!

[EDINVA]

Wasn’t he personally a fairly conservative guy? I have a vague recollection of his being on with Glenn Beck?

[Petronski]

The pitchman for the Sham towels is creepy, IMO.

You followin' me camera guy?

[cripplecreek]

His son is built just like him but seems to be far less intense.

[ErnBatavia]

and all spoke in that loud penetrating voice.

I always toyed with the idea of presenting him with the idea of "The Billy Mays Talking Alarm Clock".....given that voice, it would have been guaranteed to not need a snooze button....

[Pan_Yan]

I guess we;ll see more of Vince Shlomi now

"On February 7, 2009, Offer "Vince" Shlomi was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida on a charge of felony battery after an altercation with a 26-year-old prostitute. Offer, who appears in police reports under his real name Vince Shlomi, contended that he struck the prostitute when she "bit his tongue and would not let go." Prosecutors later declined to file formal charges against either individual."

I doubt it.

[HungarianGypsy]

He had the look and charisma that was somewhere between Richard Karn and Bob Villa.

[buccaneer81]

From Wiki:

Sadly, on June 28, 2009, Mays was found dead at home after being strangled with a shamwow.

LOL! I swear it's still posted there!

[ErnBatavia]

I think FOX is getting hoaxed.

See number 39 -- Wikipedia sure believes it.