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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.
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.
As the direct-marketing industry copes with the sudden death of pitchman Billy Mays, it's worth considering the fragile relationship between celebrity endorsement and death. In Mays's case, his ...
Billy Mays: 1958 2009 50 Salesperson Cocaine Heart disease Cocaine use was listed as a contributory cause of death [429] [430] David McComb: 1962 1999 36 Musician Heroin Unknown [431] Kid McCoy: 1872 1940 67 Boxer Sleeping pills Suicide [432] [433] Jimmy McCulloch: 1953 1979 26 Musician Heroin Unknown [434] Marie McDonald: 1923 1965 42 Actress
PitchMen (original name: But Wait...There's More) [1] is a docudrama television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The show followed infomercial producers and talent Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan as they attempted to sell various inventions through direct marketing, mainly through Telebrands, one of the largest direct response/infomercial companies.
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 ...
Billy Mays (1958–2009) was an American salesperson and pitchman for various infomercials. Billy Mays or William Mays may also refer to: Billy Mays (footballer) (1902–1959), Welsh footballer; Bill Mays (born 1944), American jazz pianist; Willie Mays (1931–2024), American baseball player; William Mayes (disambiguation) William May ...