Billy Mays Dead

[Adam]

TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning.



According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 AM.



TMZ has learned Mays' body has already been removed from his home.



Mays had just returned from Philadelphia, where he shot a new OxiClean commercial. He was a passenger aboard a plane that suffered a blown front tire upon landing. He told a local TV station, "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."



We're told Mays was at his home around 6:00 PM last night, and according to a source Mays was "acting fine and normal ... he was talking business with his father-in-law."



According to cops, there are no signs of forced entry to the residence and no foul play is suspected.



The Medical Examiner's office is expected to complete the autopsy by tomorrow afternoon.



Billy's wife Deborah just released the following statement:

 

[Gearsofhalo]

TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning.



According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 AM.



TMZ has learned Mays' body has already been removed from his home.



Mays had just returned from Philadelphia, where he shot a new OxiClean commercial. He was a passenger aboard a plane that suffered a blown front tire upon landing. He told a local TV station, "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."



We're told Mays was at his home around 6:00 PM last night, and according to a source Mays was "acting fine and normal ... he was talking business with his father-in-law."



According to cops, there are no signs of forced entry to the residence and no foul play is suspected.



The Medical Examiner's office is expected to complete the autopsy by tomorrow afternoon.



Billy's wife Deborah just released the following statement:

holy sweet jesus! the world is comming to an end! first Farrah, then Michael, now Billy! wow. RIP

 

[mooseguy04]

this week sucks. RIP the world's best handyman...

 

[vulture]

oh wow thats terrible. I always got a good laugh out of Billy Mays commercials. First Michael and now Billy? Whos next? Seems to be a streak of 50 year old people who were good at something dieing.

 

[Goosebot 5000]

mays dead, jackson dead, ark of the covenant found....its the apocalypse for real.

 

[HeavyGunner]

Noooo!!! Say it ain't so! Just a few days after I started using Mighty Putty for my armor, and now my beloved Pitch man is dead? This sucks bad! Rest in Peace man. I will forever remember your cheesy tv commercials and all the wierd products they made me buy.

 

[Spartan 343]

=[ man that guy was a legend



R.I.P Billy

 

[Ral Partha]

I remember the first time I moved to the South, I turned on the TV and there he was and I thought "Who the heck is this loud obnoxious guy?!" I thought that he was a regional personality 'coz I never saw nor heard of him before when I was in the Midwest.



Well RIP, Billy.

 

[ACDCrockr209]

R.I.P Billy Mays



2009 is one BAD YEAR!!



I lost a grandpa and a grandma from both sides of my family this year.



-Pony

 

[kmiller]

The world is a bit darker today. We will all miss him.

 

[dung0beetle]

R.I.P Billy Mays



2009 is one BAD YEAR!!



I lost a grandpa and a grandma from both sides of my family this year.

My girlfriend lost her mother and her uncle earlier this year, and on Thursday, her grandfather.

 

[Spartan137]

Man, everyone's dying...



4Chan is going to have a fit about this...

 

[Texan2012]

Four personalities in less than two weeks, this is bad. Makes me wonder what to expect next, or more exactly, who or what is next.



May they rest in peace.

 

[ka5p3r]

Wow this is crazy that makes 4 celebs to die in a week, RIP to all how have passed

 

[Preston]

No! He can't be dead! He was my favorite T.V. advertiser. R.I.P. Billy!

 

[ImaGonnaGetYou]

RIP Billy Mays. He was like my idol.



5 bucks says it was Vince Shlomi.

 

[Keegan]

Its official.



Satan is throwing darts at a dartboard full of pictures of celebrities. Ten bucks Miley Cyrus is next.





Alright, on a better side, this really, pissed me off. Billy Mays was starting to become a star, and now, bam, hes gone. So spontaneous, and sudden. RIP Billy, Michael, Farrah, and Ed.

Odd...







P.S I call conspiracy.

 

[mchammertime]

death always comes in threes...creepy

 

[seaninja]

June is just a bad month for people who are 50.

 

[Malechei]

holy sweet jesus! the world is comming to an end! first Farrah, then Michael, now Billy! wow. RIP

Don't forget Ed McMahon.