Friends,

Another well-known personality passed away...

Read more (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31596003/ns/us_news-life/?GT1=43001).

Stijloor.

Well this is sad. By all accounts I have seen, he was a good man.

Whoa! Talk about unexpected news. Sad news indeed.

Just as long as his place isn't taken by that Sham-Wow guy.........:mg:

This one does seem odd unless there is some nasty secret we don't know.

This is sad. He was taking the place of Ron Popile (SP?) of pocket fisherman fame.

But wait, there's more...

I guess not.

I wonder if there will be an autopsy. Eerily similar to Natasha Richardson (http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/celebrity-gossip/2009/03/19/liam-neeson-wife-dies/actor-devastated-by-tragic-loss-of-natasha-richardson.html):


Bump on head
feel fine
reject medical treatment [CAT scan]
die 2 days later from brain swelling

You'd think even a minor celebrity would have Natasha's story in mind every time he/she gets a good bump on the head. I'm not even a celebrity, but I am pretty sure if I get my bell rung, I'm going to demand a CAT scan.

This one does seem odd unless there is some nasty secret we don't know. The ShamWow guy who was beat up by (or beat up) the prostitute? Is this a test?

TV pitchman battered hooker in South Beach hotel room brawl (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0327092sham1.html).... :notme:

But wait! There's more! (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0408091sham1.html)

I just watched some of the show Pitchmen yesterday. He has a beautiful little girl now. What a shock!

Well... professionally... I have listened to one of his commercials... for about 4 seconds. After that, his face was a Pavlovian response to push the mute button.:D

However, he was a man doing a job (obviously good at it). By the accounts and stuff, he sounds like a decent, up-right guy.

I'm usually not one glued to such details, but there will be some interesting TV news over his and Michael's autopsies.

I will give him credit, he did a very good job of brand extension for his trade. Very few people - with notable exception Ron Popeil - have done quite as well. Australian accents and bad sweaters have come and gone...Billy was still there.