TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead.

[Stijloor]

Friends,

Another well-known personality passed away...

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Stijloor.

 

[Jen Kirley]

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

 

[SteelMaiden]

Whoa! Talk about unexpected news. Sad news indeed.

 

[AndyN]

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

 

[Randy]

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

 

[Craig H.]

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

But wait, there's more...

I guess not.

 

[Wes Bucey]

I wonder if there will be an autopsy. Eerily similar to Natasha Richardson (http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-e...d-by-tragic-loss-of-natasha-richardson.html):

1. Bump on head
2. feel fine
3. reject medical treatment [CAT scan]
4. 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.

 

[Marc]

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....

But wait! There's more!

 

[Randy Stewart]

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

 

[BradM]

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.

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.