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Mays was born on July 20, 1958, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania to Joyce Palm [6] and Billy Mays Sr, where he was raised in nearby Pittsburgh. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] He was a student at Sto-Rox High School , [ 2 ] [ 7 ] and later West Virginia University , where he was a walk-on linebacker on its football team during his two years there.
[7] [8] Drug use and addiction also increased significantly following the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, [9] with overdose being a leading cause of death among intravenous drug users. [10] Efforts to prohibit various drugs began to be enacted in the early 20th century, though the effectiveness of such policies is debated. Deaths ...
Billy Mays, the television pitch man who was almost single-handedly responsible for the popularization of the mute button, died today at the age of 50. He passed away at his home in Tampa, Florida.
from the government to the reassuringly blue-collared Billy Mays, who pitched dozens of products, including Oxy Clean and the "Shamwow," until his death in 2009. As for the Ginsus, the knives were ...
Billy Mays: Himself (host) PitchMen: 12 2009-06-28 Hypertensive heart disease: 1 Series continued with Anthony Sullivan becoming the sole host. Maggie Jones: Blanche Hunt: Coronation Street: 2009-12-02 Undisclosed Character killed off. Brittany Murphy: Luanne Platter and various characters King of the Hill: 2009-12-20 Pneumonia: 13
The tragedy of Mays's unexpected death at age 50, of a heart ailment in late June, has practical implications for A.J. Khubani (left), CEO of direct-to-consumer merchandiser Telebrands. Yesterday ...
The death of a direct-to-consumers product spokeman isn't ordinarily something that would send ripples through the media world. But Billy Mays, who died unexpectedly on Sunday at age 50, was no ...
Stevenson compared Offer to earlier, "more upbeat" television pitchmen like Billy Mays and the Home Shopping Network hosts and concluded that Offer's "smooth-talking condescension" was more suited to the present "zeitgeist" than the "earnest fervor" of spokesmen like Mays and Ron Popeil. [15] Consumer Reports reported that the infomercial for ...