Billy Mays Found dead

Pauly
Pauly Posts: 4,519
edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
In Tampa home.


http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun/28/281143/tv-pitchman-billy-mays-found-dead-tampa-home/news-metro/


RIP.


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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2009
    I just saw that myself. And was wondering who was going to catch this...as I was sure a thread would appear here.

    Late June seems to have become a version of the "Killing Fields" this year!

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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited June 2009
    RIP Billy
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited June 2009
    Hes local so its all over.
    Life without music would♭
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited June 2009
    That guy was a pain in the **** yelling all the time but I liked him. Excellent salesman to say the least however I never bought anything he promoted.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2009
    Vince did it.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited June 2009
    RIP Billy.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited June 2009
    face wrote: »
    vince did it.

    picture14a.png

    waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited June 2009
    I never bought anything you tried sell me but RIP Billy. I am curious who's next...
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited June 2009
    Celeb's seem to be droppin like flie's lately.:confused:

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2009
    RIP Billy,, whoever you are.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,163
    edited June 2009
    I read it here on the forum first and then the web and tv confirmed it..WOW..

    What a shame..:(. I truly think he was a nice guy at heart. I'm glad the pitch men show came out so we could see he was really nice and calm behind the sceens...Rumor from a tv station down there said he was hit on the head during that hard landing in that plane. A slow brain aneurysm most likely or slow hemorrhage..
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2009
    I also had been watching the Pitchmen show off and on and he seemed like a really nice guy. I only wish it was Vince instead of him...

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited June 2009
    RIP Billy

    Being 50 is getting scary :(

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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited June 2009
    dust to dust...
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited June 2009
    My kids love the commercials and try to get me to buy the stuff, such as Mighty Putty, after they see him yelling on TV. (Maybe my kids watch too much TV...)
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2009
    RIP Mr. M.
    Michael ;)
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2009
    What the hell is going on with all these celebs dropping dead lately? Thats 4 pretty noteworthy celebs in the last week!
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited June 2009
    Yesterday Billy was on a flight that landed very hard, blowing out some tires. A piece of luggage came down from the overhead bin and hit him on the head. He seemed OK but said he wasn't feeling well before he went to sleep and a guy he talked to on the phone said he was slurring his words. It looks like the same thing that killed Natasha Richardson a few months back. Bleeding inside the skull. Very sad when you think about it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited June 2009
    Polk user wrote: »
    Yesterday Billy was on a flight that landed very hard, blowing out some tires. A piece of luggage came down from the overhead bin and hit him on the head. He seemed OK but said he wasn't feeling well before he went to sleep and a guy he talked to on the phone said he was slurring his words. It looks like the same thing that killed Natasha Richardson a few months back. Bleeding inside the skull. Very sad when you think about it.

    If he was slurring his words, it was already too late. the Airline should have insisted he recieve medical attention... Sounds like a major lawsuit.
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited June 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    If he was slurring his words, it was already too late. the Airline should have insisted he recieve medical attention... Sounds like a major lawsuit.


    I believe everyone was checked out after the hard landing by a doctor and Billy, like Natasha showed no signs of internal bleeding. The autopsy will reveal all and there willbe lawsuits, unless he died of natural causes.

    I could not stand to listen to him when he pitched something but when I heard him on tv NOT pitching anything he seemed like a nice guy.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2009
    you know they happen in 3's.

    1. Ed McMahon
    2. Farrah Fawcett
    3. MJ

    starts over again.

    1. Billy Mays
    2. ?
    3. ?

    damn 50yrs is the new 90 now. :eek:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited June 2009
    Polk user wrote: »
    I believe everyone was checked out after the hard landing by a doctor and Billy, like Natasha showed no signs of internal bleeding. The autopsy will reveal all and there willbe lawsuits, unless he died of natural causes.

    I could not stand to listen to him when he pitched something but when I heard him on tv NOT pitching anything he seemed like a nice guy.

    NEVER judge a book by it's cover and always say I love you at night to your significant other when you go to sleep.
    A blow to the head, regardless of perceptions at the scene should have been examined by a qualified physician. If none was provided, the airline screwed up, period.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    A blow to the head, regardless of perceptions at the scene should have been examined by a qualified physician. If none was provided, the airline screwed up, period.

    yeah i'm thinking that airline will be sued big time. but yeah.. why did he not seek medical attention.. esp when slurring his words?
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  • Marty913
    Marty913 Posts: 760
    edited June 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    If he was slurring his words, it was already too late. the Airline should have insisted he receive medical attention... Sounds like a major lawsuit.

    He was slurring his words on a phone call from his home some length of time after the landing.
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    A blow to the head, regardless of perceptions at the scene should have been examined by a qualified physician. If none was provided, the airline screwed up, period.

    There was a doctor available to examine passengers. Mays said he felt fine and "had a hard head". Difficult to force 200+ passengers to undergo a thorough medical exam at an airport.

    Still, I'm sure there will be lawsuits. Won't help Billy. Never bought the products and hated the loud in-your-face delivery but I did occasionally watch the Pitchmen show. He seemed like a nice guy.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2009
    I'm 50. You're all invited to the wake.
    Testing
    Testing
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2009
    My words are always slurred before,during and after any flight..... I drink a lot of alcohol to settle my nerves!!!:eek::D
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2009
    danger boy wrote: »


    starts over again.

    1. Billy Mays
    With any luck the other two will be.
    2. Kim Jong iL
    3. Amadinejad
    Testing
    Testing
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2009
    Bad things happen in 3s? 150,000 people die every day. Did that happen in 3's 50,000 times? :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Bad things happen in 3s? 150,000 people die every day. Did that happen in 3's 50,000 times? :)
    Yes, or atleast with the way I do math.:D
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited June 2009
    GV#27 wrote: »
    1. Billy Mays
    With any luck the other two will be.
    2. Kim Jong iL
    3. Amadinejad

    +1 on the Jonger and the meshugga Amadinejad going soon. ;)
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