Billy Mays Has Died

1. Danny
   June 28th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

   All these deaths are a real downer. It makes me sad, I think Billy Mays seemed like a pretty good guy

2. SydneyClaire
   June 28th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

   After watching "Pitchmen", I also agree that Billy was a good guy. So sad to go at so young.

3. Ali S.
   June 28th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

   Whoa. First Michael Jackson, then Farrah Fawcett and now Billy Mays?! What the heck is going on?

   Man, I will miss him and his loud ear splitting voice. It always woke me up whenever I fell asleep on the couch.

   

4. Mouserz
   June 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

   Better start taking bets on who dies next.

5. SydneyClaire
   June 28th, 2009 at 1:58 pm

   My DH says Patrick Swayze.

6. Valdis von Squi
   June 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pm

   This year--especially this month has been a lot of celebrity deaths. Quite saddening, MJ and Billy Mays were only 50, they were so young. I wish it was the Sham-wow guy instead of Billy Mays.

7. birdie1
   June 28th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

   Farrah died and when she went to heaven god said he would grant her one wish. She wished for all the children of the world to be safe and that my friends, is what happened to Michael Jackson.

8. The Slapster
   June 28th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

   omg el oh el you made a Jackson pedophile joke! Please. Not even original.

9. ted
   June 28th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   Poorly worded. I doubt the bump he received on his head somehow managed to travel back in time and kill Natasha Richardson.

   Must be open season on celebs. Or we just have too many, and this is Natur'es way of clearing house.

10. Video Game Dork
    June 28th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Well, the way its worded, it sounded to me like the 'bump in the head' that killed Natasha decided to then go after Billy. (No time travel neeeded). Of course, a sapient killer 'bump on the head' is pretty silly, time travel or no.

    Might want to use "a bump" and not "the bump".

11. Kal
    June 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Damn...I didn't even have him on my 'dead pool' but I should have known that with every 'good' death the heavens have to balance out with one death of someone evil...and Billy was pure evil.

12. atanguay
    June 28th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Boy, not to be 'that guy'...but I'm wondering if Neatorama is getting a little off charter with stuff like this. It's more sort of news really. News that you can get in other places. The other post that digs up some of his more wacky products seems to fit to me.

    And in the end, it seems to be inviting a lot of snark and negativity in the comments too. Just sayin.

13. DaveL
    June 28th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, MJ, Billy Mays...

    Why is god taking away all our americana?

14. Tim Giachetti
    June 28th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    OK. Why is death such a fascination?
    Do we hear about the guy who worked 9 to 5 and dies of a coronary?
    Death is a part of life, get used to the idea.
    Just quit whore mongering high profile people who die.

15. DaveL
    June 28th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    I'll remorse the 9 to 5 guy if Quentin Tarantino puts him in a movie.

16. hearsetrax
    June 28th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    ME thinks the eve of armageddon is upon us ....

17. Tempscire
    June 28th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    But Tim, obsessing over high-profile deaths is a tradition thousands of years old!

    (Also, I don't think "whore mongering" means what you think it means.)

18. Flux
    June 28th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    WTh... ok, who's next?
    I bet the tin-foil-hatters are brewing a Iran democracy coverage + Celeb death destraction ploy as we speak.

19. Charles
    June 28th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    pretty crazy. Makes you wonder who will be next. I've grown to like Billy over the last few months.

20. Timm
    June 28th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    He will not be missed.

    Didn't know him, don't care...

21. JamesM
    June 28th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    154,995 people die every day.

    An average of 1 death per 0.0093 minutes.

    I would say even 30% is a lowball number, of those who have died, who have contributed far more to society than a celeb. Sure, it may not be newsworthy because nobody knew them... but these are regular folks like the rest of us. You know them as well as you would know the person next door, the friend of a friend, the guy you had a fine time talking to at the auto show... as opposed to a celeb and their on screen persona, every bit as fake as the industry from which they came from.

22. MegMeg
    June 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    Sky Saxon (The Seeds) also died on the same day as MH and FF

23. iya
    June 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    this is really sad. please stop saying any negative comments to those who passed away. have respects.

24. DaveL
    June 28th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    I think what Tim and James are trying to say is that in death, non-celebrities have a name. Their name is Robert Paulson. Their name is Robert Paulson.

25. Tonberry2k
    June 28th, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    No mention of Bea Arthur?

26. Alex
    June 29th, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Bea Arthur died in April - these are all June deaths.

27. Fattyjnl
    June 29th, 2009 at 3:06 am

    I blame terrorist...

28. Alex
    June 29th, 2009 at 4:13 am

    @DaveL - excellent Fight Club reference, mate!

29. BadBubby
    June 29th, 2009 at 6:20 am

    5 American celebrities die and the rest of us are supposed to care?

30. p
    June 29th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    i'm sorry he is dead but i feel a little relieved thinking i wont be yelled at anymore...those commercials drove me nuts.

31. Jefftrend
    June 29th, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Bye Billy Mays. All of the stuff you sold always worked so well for me. The oxyclean stuff is amazing. Who chemicals could be activated with air???

    So the last con/pitch man was arrested for prostitutes and this one is dead. Tough life these guys had, hug?

32. dartly
    June 29th, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Wonder what the infomercial world will do now? Hire another loud mouth to peddle their crap. And why not, there is an endless supply of idiots who will buy their junk.

33. maphew wahbutts
    June 29th, 2009 at 9:45 am

    I bet we're gonna have one more celeb death before the month is out.

34. crone
    June 29th, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I was saddened by some of the announcements of the demise of certain celebrities, but when I heard of Billy Mays I busted a cry. I am gonna miss him!

35. Mmonicalovesguard
    June 29th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    You're all forgetting Gale Storm this Saturday and Bea Arthur last month....

36. Mouserz
    June 29th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Bill Mays did 9/11.

37. aace
    June 30th, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    Another "celebrity" who was 50 just died. He had a lot going for him.

    May Billy Mays rest in peace despite some of the negative things people say.

38. La fawnDUH!!!
    July 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    Hello People!!!! These are 50 year old celebs death!! Not the eighties!! Bea arrthur and gale storm died during the eighties....

39. La fawnDUH!!!
    July 1st, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    My bad!!! They're not all 50!!! Yeah and wait bout bea Arthur!!!

40. Unlock Private Myspace Profiles
    July 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    such a young age. rip billy

41. Ringo
    July 18th, 2009 at 7:37 am

    I am so glad, that i don't have to jump channels anymore. Mute alone would not have helped [except on the TV guide channel] Such an annoying idiot. He had no idea what to do with his hands. Every professional gesture and voice analyst would have told you, that all his advertising is a scam. I really doubt, that he ever used any of his products himself. They were crappy junk of no use at all and well overprized. a similar item was always available at the next dollar store for a fraction and you didn't have to pay additional shipping and processing for a second one.
    Like so many other TV hosts, who never learned how to use gestures he is one of the persons who think useless walking around, fast and loud speaking or wild gesturing makes you appear dynamic. The opposite is true.
    The next two guys I cannot wait to see disappear from the TV screen forever is that stupid Steve Bunell from the various cop show, who always walks around wildly and thinks that make him more appealing, and second the stupid man in the suit with the question mark.
    Than there is a whole list of other scam artist from bowel movement to instant internet millionaires and real esttate tycoons for $ 517.13 [note the thirteen!].

    By the way.
    Billy mays had serious trouble with alcohol, He punished his liver severley for being in there. The autopsy should have mentioned this as well.

    And one other hint for Mister Bunell! If you cannot resist the urge to walk around police cars, do it in a way, that your lower body is not in the frame. Or put a sock in it. You look like a girl. ...And your not very intelligent word games are so freaking boring, that i cannot stand it anymore. Police are crooks too. Look around. Grandmothers and priests are stunned with 20000 volts, convicted for corruption. imprisoned for murder suspicion, drug smuggling, bribes and so on. You are just one guy in the middle of a crowd of average guys, not in an army of undisputed heros!

    an addition. he is still on air. I still have to change channels, DO NOT BUY FROM DEAD PEOPLE!
    I feel so sorry for Farrah, Michael jackson and all the other people up there [if there is heaven] that they have to endure this idiot for eternity. But than, he must go in the opposite direction for his massive fraud.

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