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According to reports, the last commercials show Mays at the height of his carnival-barking powers. On Mighty Tape, for example, he progresses from putting the sticky strips on leaky kitchen ...
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.
TMZ reports that "Today (Aug. 13) is the last day you'll be seeing the late, great Billy Mays endorse health insurance; the company behind one of the legendary pitchman's most recent commercials ...
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.
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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.
Although Billy Mays died two weeks ago, the powers that be have determined that the show -- and Mays' amazing showmanship -- must go on. Before his death, the famed pitchman recorded commercials ...
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 ...