Pitchman Billy Mays has died. :(

daffy4u · 06-28-2009, 12:47 PM

I don't know if anyone out side of the U.S. knows who he is. If you've seen those OxyClean commercials, you know who I'm talking about. His commercials used to drive me crazy because he talked so loud.

I got a chance to work with him last year and he was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. He naturally talked a little loud and couldn't talk on camera without using his hands. He felt so lucky to be able to do what he was doing.

I really liked him as a person.

ladyjane · 06-28-2009, 12:54 PM

I know who you mean. have seen his commercials many time..am sorry to hear of his passing ...if you saw one of those commercials you didn't forget them..guess he was the right man for the job..

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daffy4u

I don't know if anyone out side of the U.S. knows who he is. If you've seen those OxyClean commercials, you know who I'm talking about. His commercials used to drive me crazy because he talked so loud.

I got a chance to work with him last year and he was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. He naturally talked a little loud and couldn't talk on camera without using his hands. He felt so lucky to be able to do what he was doing.

I really liked him as a person.

I really liked him as a pitchman too. I used damn near every product he ever sold and they were all great. Now, him I'm going to miss.

Elsi · 06-28-2009, 01:25 PM

Some random comments:

* Billy Mays was on a flight from Philly to Tampa yesterday. The US Airways 737 aircraft that took a hard landing at Tampa International Airport. See http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2...e+tire+blowout

* Billy Mays was scheduled for a hip replacement on Monday

* Celebrity deaths seem to come in threes -- remember Versace, Princess Diana and Mother Theresa in 1997?

daffy4u · 06-28-2009, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elsi

Some random comments:

* Billy Mays was on a flight from Philly to Tampa yesterday. The US Airways 737 aircraft that took a hard landing at Tampa International Airport. See http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2...e+tire+blowout

* Billy Mays was scheduled for a hip replacement on Monday

* Celebrity deaths seem to come in threes -- remember Versace, Princess Diana and Mother Theresa in 1997?

He'd just had a hip replacement before I worked with him (I asked him because he was limping). I seem to recall that it was a second one (maybe I'm remembering incorrectly).

This is 4... Ed McMahon, Farrah, MJ and Billy.

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2009, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daffy4u

He'd just had a hip replacement before I worked with him (I asked him because he was limping). I seem to recall that it was a second one (maybe I'm remembering incorrectly).

This is 4... Ed McMahon, Farrah, MJ and Billy.

Yep ... this is 4. Which means somewhere out there, there are two more celebrities who are walking a very thin line.

And .... dying to avoid a hip replacement is a bit severe, don'tcha think?

desertgrandma · 06-28-2009, 02:18 PM

I had to google and then images to recollect his face.......but you are right.......his voice you never forget.

I will miss him.

Abecedary · 06-29-2009, 10:14 AM

I'M ABECEDARY HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I'LL MISS BILLY MAYS!

krisk · 06-29-2009, 11:03 AM

wow! he was really young!

JSWolf · 06-29-2009, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daffy4u

He'd just had a hip replacement before I worked with him (I asked him because he was limping). I seem to recall that it was a second one (maybe I'm remembering incorrectly).

This is 4... Ed McMahon, Farrah, MJ and Billy.

Actually, 5. Fred Travelina has just died.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/...obit_travalena

carld · 06-29-2009, 04:28 PM

Isn't 50 awfully young for a hip replacement? They're saying that heart disease was the probable cause of death. He didn't look especially unhealthy, but you never know.

Fathermole · 06-30-2009, 03:44 AM

The shamwow guy did it !!!!!

06-28-2009, 12:47 PM	#1
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Pitchman Billy Mays has died. :( I don't know if anyone out side of the U.S. knows who he is. If you've seen those OxyClean commercials, you know who I'm talking about. His commercials used to drive me crazy because he talked so loud. I got a chance to work with him last year and he was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. He naturally talked a little loud and couldn't talk on camera without using his hands. He felt so lucky to be able to do what he was doing. I really liked him as a person.

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