Billy Mays is DEAD!

Noname · **on:** June 28, 2009, 01:59:47 PM

Anyone remember that "Oxiclean" guy? He just died! So soon, after Michael Jackson! Also at age 50! What are the odds... sure, he was not the same level of celebrity, but still...

F-14 Ace · **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2009, 02:25:52 PM

Dang! What a rotten week for celebs!

Alex · **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2009, 02:43:28 PM

Damn man I saw this too, I've seen that guy on commercials for as long as I can remember. This probably upset me more than the news about the other 3 famous people. Imma miss that guy.

Cyberlizard · **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2009, 11:20:11 PM

I find it rather creepy how three celebrities died in three days, or at least three that I know of, I heard somebody else died too. First Ferrah Fawcet, then Michael Jackson, and now Billy Mays. All I can say is that I find it a little nerve-wracking.

Noname · **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2009, 11:32:25 PM

I actually miss him more than Micheal Jackson...

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2009, 11:42:42 PM

Dang! He made some great products. Well, at least he'll be remembered for those. -_-

Noname · **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2009, 11:51:32 PM

He sold them, he didn't make them...

action9000 · **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2009, 12:23:55 AM

I was thiiis close to becoming a salesman this last winter. Tried it, don't have the blood for it and don't like the attitude..but hey, I can't argue with someone who can be as memorable as this fellow. Farewell.

Petrie. · **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2009, 08:17:36 AM

Discovery Channel had just started a show about Billy Mays and how you work to sell products. Mays is very unfortunate because it was unexpected and he seemed ok after his brain was probably damaged in that hard plane landing. That voice will be missed.

The Chronicler · **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2009, 09:36:47 AM

Yeah, I've seen bits and pieces of that new show on Discovery Channel. I was just starting to become interested in that show, and now this happens.

That show, Pitchmen, is still in it's first season, and has already become popular. I'm not sure what's going to happen to it now. (Billy Mays was the co-host of that show. The other co-host is Anthony Sullivan)

Alex · **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:11:17 AM

His toxicology (spelling?) reports came back today. Billy Mays used cocaine.

KingdomKey23 · **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:08:15 AM

Quote from: Alex,Aug 8 2009 on 12:11 AM

His toxicology (spelling?) reports came back today. Billy Mays used cocaine.

Oh my god! O_O Didn't look like the kinda guy who'd take it!

Alex · **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:20:56 AM

Quote from: KingdomKey23,Aug 8 2009 on 01:08 AM

Quote from: Alex,Aug 8 2009 on 12:11 AM
His toxicology (spelling?) reports came back today. Billy Mays used cocaine.
Oh my god! O_O Didn't look like the kinda guy who'd take it!

Lol. Him shouting at you for 2 minutes didn't raise an eyebrow?

In all seriousness though, I didn't see it coming either.

Noname · **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:52:44 AM

That was terrible news... of all the people to have used Cocaine... turns out that he wasn't the clean, happy salesman we all thought we saw on tv.

:unsure:

Paradise Bird · **Reply #14 on:** August 08, 2009, 03:00:03 AM

Wonder if the deaths are connected

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #15 on:** August 08, 2009, 11:32:44 PM

Quote from: Noname,Aug 8 2009 on 01:52 AM

That was terrible news... of all the people to have used Cocaine... turns out that he wasn't the clean, happy salesman we all thought we saw on tv. :unsure:

That's what makes the news hurt more. I'm disappointed and saddened by his decision to cut his life short by doing drugs

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Alex · **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2009, 01:56:09 AM

What CT said sums it up. Here's a quote from the report from the guy who did the autopsy.

..."that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death."

So if he hadn't used cocaine, he might still be alive.