Billy Mays found dead at home

[jaycanuck]

Holy crap! Crazy. David Carradine, Fawcett, Jackson, Mays. A who's who of B listers.

[Quiet Reflections]

Steve Irwin and David Hasselhoff yeah right

[BrendaQG]

This is not a joke people.

Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead.

(CNN) -- Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.
OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said.

OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said.

The 50-year-old known for his shouting OxiClean ads was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. The Hillborough County medical examiner will perform an autopsy, Tampa police Lt. Brian Dugan said.

Mays was on the US Airways flight from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Tampa on Saturday that had a hard landing at Tampa International Airport when the plane's front tire blew out. There were no reported injuries on Flight 1241, US Airways told CNN.

According to a local Tampa TV station, Mays said: "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."

The bearded Mays was a spokesman for Orange Glo and detergent OxiClean and appeared in commercials for other products.

He is featured on the reality TV show ''Pitchmen'' on the Discovery Channel, which follows pitch people in their jobs.

"It is with incredible sadness that we have to report that Billy Mays died in his sleep last night," said a statement from the Discovery Channel. "Everyone that knows him was aware of his larger-than-life personality, generosity and warmth. Billy was a pioneer in his field and helped many people fulfill their dreams. He will be greatly missed as a loyal and compassionate friend. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family at this time of incredible loss."

WTF he's also dead at 50. You kind of expect to die in your sleep at 80 but not 50. This is just awful. I don't know what to think. RIP Billy.

This probably means seeing allot more of the "slap chop guy".

[Quiet Reflections]

Ron Popeil was the real deal

[SarahG]

And dead from falling luggage aboard a US Airways flight no less...

[rockabilly]

Concussions can be very dangerous , Remenber Natasha Richardsons head injury.

[rockabilly]

So much for this seasons " The Surreal Life "

[raybbaby]

So much for this seasons " The Surreal Life "

LMAO, and Fawcett and Jackson were at one time A listers. Mays hardly qualifies as a B lister, more of an honest to god D lister. I think what is happening is we are witnessing the end of a lot of these folks "15 minutes", it almost seems inevitable with all these pop culture pseudo celebrities, really.

[SarahG]

Concussions can be very dangerous , Remenber Natasha Richardsons head injury.

You know... I had to google her to know who she was.

[rockabilly]

Liam Neesons wife , so sad.