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Re: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Fla. home

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He actually sent a tweet while he was stuck on the runway in the plane. Notice he doesn't even mention being hit on the head. I can only assume that since he didn't mention the blow to the head, he must not have considered it that big of a deal.

said by »twitter.com/REALBILLYMAYS :

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Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.

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1. You know those guys who can sell ice to the Eskimos? Well Billy Mays sells ice to THOSE guys.
2. When Billy Mays asks a clerk to break a $20 bill, he gets two $50s back.
3. Billy Mays fired The Donald. In pre-production.
4. Billy Mays can make Simon Cowell cry tears of beauty.
5. Billy Mays interrupted Bill O'Reilly once, causing O'Reilly to profusely apologize for talking out of turn.
6. Chuck Norris once tried to roundhouse kick Billy Mays. Before his foot even left the ground, Chuck was already on his first of three easy payments of $29.95.
7. The GDP of Billy Mays is greater than the entire European Union. Before the recession.
8. In 2006, a man in Arkansas accidentally hit the bass boost button on his home theater remote during a Billy Mays infomercial. We only know this because last December, a team of forensic experts dressed in radiation-proof suits had finished their meticulous examination of the blast crater.
9. Narwhals wash their tusks with OxiClean.
10. Billy Mays attributes the power of his on-screen persona to an incident during his teenage years when he accidentally ingested a Caps Lock key from an IBM PS/2 keyboard.
11. Billy Mays talked Lindsay Lohan into playing for the other team.
12. A Nigerian scammer once emailed Billy Mays. He is now on his 400th package of Mighty Putty.
13. Chuck Norris and Billy Mays once had a beard-off. The winner was to get a bucket of OxiClean, and the loser's penalty was to perform in an ultra-neocon radio show.
14. Vin Diesel waxes his head with Liquid Diamond.
15. Billy Mays sold a lifetime of pity and a warehouse full of fools to Mr. T.
16. Mr. T once tried to throw Billy Mays. Instead of grabbing Billy, however, Mr. T found only a bucket of OxiClean in his hands. He immediately sought atonement through cleaning his gold chains.
17. After hearing a Billy Mays infomercial, R. Lee Ermey reconsidered his own personal commitment to perpetually yelling.
18. Billy Mays was the chief component of President Obama's 2009 stimulus package until the Republicans demanded he be replaced with tax cuts for the stinking rich. Billy made out just as well.
19. If you act now... hahaha, just kidding! Only Billy Mays has the power to compel you to act now.
20. Not only did Billy Mays sell ice to the Eskimos, he also sold them the extended warranty.
21. Billy Mays once sold pain to Chuck Norris.
22. Joe Piscopo tried to outsell Billy Mays once. ONCE.


RIP Billy!
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I heard Vince the shamwow guy will deliver the eulogy..

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RIP.

His son was a class act too.

-Tzale

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The Federal Aviation Authority has yet to provide a comment on the accident or Mays' death, said spokeswoman Laura Brown. US Airways spokesman Jim Olson said the company would not speculate before more information was made available

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I like this one LMAO

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Having watched Pitchman since it comes on after Mythbusters and having an interest in inventions, I thought the show was good and Billy seemed like a decent guy - which was not exactly what I expected having watched his commercials in the past.

Too bad to hear about the news. I'll miss Pitchman since I'm guessing that will end. Billy did most of the pitches and the show probably won't be the same without him.

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RIP Billy

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I can't help but think how similar this is to Natasha Richardson's death earlier this year.

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It is sad. He had the best beard on TV. Got to admire him for that...

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You know it will happen but it would be seriously stupid to allow a lawsuit. Hi wife was quoted as saying he didnt feel well before going to bed, what kind of idiot doesnt know if you get hit on the head and then dont feel well you go to the hospital ASAP.

He probably had a fractured skull if the hit was as hard as they said it was. If not the least a very bad concussion.

Lawsuits in the US are just crazy stupid. How can the airline know the tire was going to blow out. I mean when your tire blows out in your car and you get hurt are you going to sue the manufacturer?

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We lost the King of Pop and the Pusher of the Ding King all in one week.....

It'll be interesting to see if the plane landing contributed to his passing. The way he boasts in all his commercials I gotta think he had very high blood pressure. I know, it's a book by it's cover assumption.

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Going to miss his show Pitchman.
Not really a good week to be a celeberty.

Here is a link to our local news coverage on Billy Mays.
It does include him talking to the cameras after the rough plane landing.
»kdka.com/video/?id=59436@kdka.dayport.com

»kdka.com/local/Billy.Mays.McKees···523.html

His quote from the article.
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," Mays told a Florida television station after getting off the flight.

He actaully seemd fine when he was talking to the camera.
He is from right outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. About 15 minutes down river in McKees Rocks.

Paul

edit better interview after landing:
»www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/19885358/
»www.thepittsburghchannel.com/ent···ail.html

»www.wpxi.com/video/19887083/