Billy Mays (No Longer) Here [Archive]

Jatz

June 28th, 2009, 09:44 AM

Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead this morning after being found by his wife at home. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billy-mays29-2009jun29,0,6116879.story

Mosinmatt

June 28th, 2009, 09:45 AM

wait...what? GOD DAMN IT!

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 09:48 AM

OK... this sounds like something screwy, I mean the guy has been advertising random products for a while now (Not just Oxiclean and Kaboom).

and it's still coincidence that he died a few days after Michael Jackson right?

The Million Dollar Prons

June 28th, 2009, 09:52 AM

This week has been full of "Wait what" deaths. Micheal Jackson and Billy Mays.

Hisoka

June 28th, 2009, 09:52 AM

Seriously... what the hell is going on? I remember a few months ago there were false rumors that Billy Mays had passed away which makes it even weirder this time. A bad month to be in the public eye. I'll miss that loud voice. :(

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 09:55 AM

Who's next? Vince and his Slap Chop?

Jatz

June 28th, 2009, 09:56 AM

Mosinmatt

June 28th, 2009, 09:56 AM

Who's next? Vince and his Slap Chop?

One could only hope
;D

lav2k4

June 28th, 2009, 09:57 AM

WTF.

The world is gonna end at this rate.

Hisoka

June 28th, 2009, 10:00 AM

Oh. Do you think the LA Times (and me) have been trolled?

I wish, but it seems legit this time.

Tidusauron12

June 28th, 2009, 10:10 AM

Who dies tomorrow? IT COULD BE YOU

waltsoph3

June 28th, 2009, 10:11 AM

Wow i just can't believe this. :( Too many good people are leaving this world way too soon.
RIP Billy.

Tidusauron12

June 28th, 2009, 10:19 AM

Wow i just can't believe this. :( Too many good people are leaving this world way too soon.
RIP Billy.

Do you know how many "good" people die everyday? :lol:

More like "A lot of famous people are dying lately." I wonder if their deaths are scheduled or something, in some strange, collective Hollywood deathlist.

Samurai Drifter

June 28th, 2009, 10:21 AM

Billy Mays? SERIOUSLY?

Perhaps if we combine OxyClean and Mighty Putty, he'll get so excited he'll come back to life.

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 10:24 AM

Do you know how many "good" people die everyday? :lol:

More like "A lot of famous people are dying lately." I wonder if their deaths are scheduled or something, in some strange, collective Hollywood deathlist.

well like they always say, the good die young.

In Hollywood the average life time for a person is relatively shorter than the average Joe Shmo, only becuase the Hollywood person is pampard more and the normale average person knows how to survive on his own.

I could just be talking ******** but that's my opinion. :P

Tidusauron12

June 28th, 2009, 10:26 AM

I could just be talking ********

Yeah, that's it.

Hara!

June 28th, 2009, 10:38 AM

Sawyze is next.

loplop

June 28th, 2009, 10:43 AM

Not a good week to be a celebrity . . . .

Trefellin

June 28th, 2009, 11:12 AM

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/ThunderbirdsMCC/Grim_Reaper.jpg
And I've been takin' care of business everyday
Takin' care of business every way
I've been takin' care of business it's all mine
Takin' care of business and working overtime

Good ol' Grim is getting paid time-and-a-half, they're dropping like flies. Who is next?

RecentMidget

June 28th, 2009, 11:24 AM

Meggles

June 28th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Wow, my brother just yelled that across the house and I was like, what?

He was just getting more successful too, what with his own TV show and such (not to mention he was pretty iconic already). He seemed really healthy too. I mean, Farah Fawcett had cancer, Michael Jackson looked like a skeleton for the past 5 years, but old Billy Mays looked pretty healthy.

What a crazy summer this is shaping up to be.

Trefellin

June 28th, 2009, 12:25 PM

How much would you like to wager that he was strangled with a Sham-wow?

Jae Hoon

June 28th, 2009, 01:38 PM

Yeah Pitchmen was a good show to.

Tonyx35

June 28th, 2009, 01:48 PM

Pitchmen was my most recent guilty pleasure on TV. I didn't really care about the actual tv ads but I did find the process of finding, testing, and pitching products to be really interesting.

This is really starting to get creepy:unsure:.

Bernard_Monsha

June 28th, 2009, 01:48 PM

Yeah Pitchmen was a good show to.

It's one of 3 shows I actually watch too. :( RIP.

Neko

June 28th, 2009, 02:12 PM

Billy Mays? :( Wow, I wasn't expecting that one anytime soon. Sorry to see him go. He seemed to have quite the cult following. I watched Pitchmen a few times, too. The first time I read this I thought one of their bizarre advertising schemes had gone horribly wrong, after seeing them try to get each other eaten by sharks, making each other let a car run over parts of their body... It seemed like something weird was bound to happen eventually. :D I wonder what actually was wrong with him, he was pretty young and seemed healthy.

goddessofanime

June 28th, 2009, 02:17 PM

What the?

I agree with Hara....Swayze goes next.

Damn....this is a shocker.

AsukaxSohryux

June 28th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Good he was annoying..OXYCLEAN will CLEAN anything..pfft what a lie.

Jatz

June 28th, 2009, 03:03 PM

Sawyze is next.

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/ThunderbirdsMCC/Grim_Reaper.jpg
And I've been takin' care of business everyday
Takin' care of business every way
I've been takin' care of business it's all mine
Takin' care of business and working overtime

Good ol' Grim is getting paid time-and-a-half, they're dropping like flies. Who is next?
I'm thinking Bill Cosby.

Billy Mays? :( Wow, I wasn't expecting that one anytime soon. Sorry to see him go. He seemed to have quite the cult following. I watched Pitchmen a few times, too. The first time I read this I thought one of their bizarre advertising schemes had gone horribly wrong, after seeing them try to get each other eaten by sharks, making each other let a car run over parts of their body... It seemed like something weird was bound to happen eventually. :D I wonder what actually was wrong with him, he was pretty young and seemed healthy.

He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and his wife, Deborah Mays, told investigators he didn't feel well before he went to bed about 10 p.m. that night.

.....

U.S. Airways confirmed that Mays was among the passengers on a flight that made a rough landing on Saturday afternoon at Tampa International Airport, leaving debris on the runway after apparently blowing its front tires.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_BILLY_MAYS?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Tidusauron12

June 28th, 2009, 03:49 PM

So what, concussion?

fujyoshi

June 28th, 2009, 03:51 PM

I blame that dream my mom had about someone handing her a colorful baby o_o they say when you dream of babies someones gonna die then they tack on how it goes in 3s o_O

Jinto117

June 28th, 2009, 03:56 PM

He was only 50 years old, just like MJ. Aw, this really sucks hard.

RecentMidget

June 28th, 2009, 04:03 PM

How much would you like to wager that he was strangled with a Sham-wow?

he didn't love his nuts

LadyWhiteWolf

June 28th, 2009, 04:59 PM

Wow. Famous people are dropping like flies this week. This is just weird.

A Dead Spy

June 28th, 2009, 05:14 PM

Damn it! And here I was practically waiting for him to advertise Jarate.

... I'm betting Sean Connery is next.

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 05:22 PM

Jon

June 28th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Wow, damn...this week has been terrible. All of this and a person from my High School that I used to party with and had a couple classes with died last night in a car accident...

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 05:46 PM

so what did he die from?

Jon

June 28th, 2009, 05:52 PM

He was speeding while drunk, with no seatbelt on. He hit something which made his car flip in the air, and he died. His girlfriend was in the car too, and the only reason she lived was because of the seatbelt. She's in critical condition and broke an arm and both her legs...

Please people, war your seatbelts and don't drive drunk, at all. I know it happens and although my friend was a great person, he made a fatal mistake. R.I.P Nathan. Only 18 years of age, he graduated with me...

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 05:58 PM

Not your friend... Billy Mays.

The LA article said he was in a plane that landed heavy and apparently he got hit in the head, and was found dead the next morning by his wife...

It isn't clear if the plane was the initial cause of death though.

Still that's a harsh way to go.

Jon

June 28th, 2009, 06:05 PM

My bet is it caused internal bleeding if he got hit in the head, but then again, I'm just guessing. It sounds plausible though;)

autsiticanime

June 28th, 2009, 06:09 PM

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 06:14 PM

You mean the commercial guy that Smosh tried to impersonate a few days ago?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPmPxL5F-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDj6ySghJ3c&feature=PlayList&p=l0dcZggG0hs

The cruel irony.

wrong thread dude, I know it's not meant to spam but come on the guy's dead, leave him alone.

autsiticanime

June 28th, 2009, 06:20 PM

wrong thread dude, I know it's not meant to spam but come on the guy's dead, leave him alone.

Hey, cut me some slack. I didn't even though who he was until I heard about the guy from those videos.

I wasn't trying to be offensive. I just thought it was ironic, thats all.

EDIT: I do apologize though if anyone got the wrong impression.

Jatz

June 28th, 2009, 06:25 PM

So what, concussion?

I'm guessing epidural hematoma (http://www.bcm.edu/neurosurgery/defs/def_e-n.htm), the same thing Natasha Richardson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001670/), Liam Neeson's (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/bio) wife, died from. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Richardson#Injury_and_death)

Bernard_Monsha

June 28th, 2009, 06:32 PM

Billy Mays as he should be remembered (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtYdDK1uTDI).

Old Ape Face

June 28th, 2009, 06:51 PM

Poor guy, you can't mistake that personality even if you've only seen him on the commercials.

CrossboneGundam

June 28th, 2009, 07:57 PM

Who's next? Vince and his Slap Chop?

He won't be missed. Vince, that is.

The real tragedy is Billy won't be able to follow through on his assertions that he could kick Vince's ***.

goddessofanime

June 28th, 2009, 07:58 PM

Vince likes to use his nuts on hookers. No one cares about him.

Mosinmatt

June 28th, 2009, 08:06 PM

Vince likes to use his nuts on hookers. No one cares about him.

Where do you think he got the idea for the name "slap chop"?

Dalmain

June 28th, 2009, 08:12 PM

R.I.P. Billy Mays. So sudden.

KabukiSaMuRaI

June 28th, 2009, 10:30 PM

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billy-mays29-2009jun29,0,6116879.story

Clever title in your initial post Jatz

Haro!

June 28th, 2009, 11:36 PM

Man. Billy Mays was one cool dude. I buy OxiClean religiously, I hate to admit.

animefan88

June 29th, 2009, 12:02 AM

Who's gonna sell me random stuff in a two minute time frame now?

He did make me laugh though.

Jia

June 29th, 2009, 12:33 AM

I thought it said Billy Ray. As in the Miley brat..... Oh well :(

lav2k4

June 29th, 2009, 12:42 AM

It just seems like one of those random deaths that no one saw coming. It's a damn shame. At least I'll never forget that voice, and remember the laughs I had from hearing Billy. Me and my friend to this day will still use his voice clips in HLSS, and make people angry in CS.

ThePhillyFlash

June 29th, 2009, 12:52 AM

I'm guessing epidural hematoma (http://www.bcm.edu/neurosurgery/defs/def_e-n.htm), the same thing Natasha Richardson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001670/), Liam Neeson's (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/bio) wife, died from. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Richardson#Injury_and_death)

Bingo! That's what I thought when I read that Billy suffered a head injury. And just like Ms. Richardson, he never knew he had a time bomb ticking in his head. Very sad. Billy was fun to watch in all those commercials he had done. At the risk of sounding morbid, as for who's next, if not Patrick Swayze, then 92 year old Walter Cronkite who's said to be on his death bed.

Hara!

June 29th, 2009, 05:03 AM

Word on the street is that Walter Cronkite is circling the drain.

Jae Hoon

June 29th, 2009, 08:04 AM

Billy Mays > Jacko

real talk

goddessofanime

June 29th, 2009, 10:32 AM

Mosinmatt

June 29th, 2009, 11:01 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPLrm3Omkjg
Mayes vs Vince. Sadly it will never happen now.

Bernard_Monsha

June 29th, 2009, 11:20 AM

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20090629.jpg

xia

June 29th, 2009, 12:09 PM

Its a bad time to be a celebrity...

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20090629.jpg
Just saw this on ONTD

goddessofanime

June 29th, 2009, 12:10 PM

Its a bad time to be a celebrity...

50 bucks says Swayze goes next followed by Walter Cronkite

DavenIII

June 29th, 2009, 12:25 PM

50 bucks says Swayze goes next followed by Walter Cronkite

I'll take that bet if Amy Whinehouse and Lindsey Lohan count as "Celebrities"

Ken-Ohki

June 29th, 2009, 01:54 PM

This has been a weird week. A very very weird week.

Spike

June 29th, 2009, 02:17 PM

Seems all the clocks on the people we know are starting to run out. Billy will be missed.

Edit: Creepy that I'm listening to music and all these huge dramatic music comes on and of all things it starts when I open this thread which is scary.

superplough

June 29th, 2009, 03:19 PM

I see Tim Buckley is still trying to be funny

and still failing

Jatz

June 29th, 2009, 03:56 PM

I just saw on Nightly News (NBC) that he died of heart disease.

goddessofanime

June 29th, 2009, 05:08 PM

I'll take that bet if Amy Whinehouse and Lindsey Lohan count as "Celebrities"

Amy Whinehouse is the damn cryptkeeper at this point; she should've been dead ages ago..

and I give Lindsay about five years.

Caster13

June 29th, 2009, 09:09 PM

All that needs to happen is for the next person that dies be a good death.

I call Britney Spears.

ThePhillyFlash

June 30th, 2009, 12:54 AM

Amy Whinehouse is the damn cryptkeeper at this point; she should've been dead ages ago..

Yeah, that freakazoid's been living on borrowed time for quite awhile now. If Winehouse makes it to 30, I'll be shocked. And disappointed as she's a waste of flesh.

goddessofanime

June 30th, 2009, 12:41 PM

Yeah, that freakazoid's been living on borrowed time for quite awhile now. If Winehouse makes it to 30, I'll be shocked. And disappointed as she's a waste of flesh.

And a waste of talent too. Her CD is actually phenomnal.

Kagura

July 1st, 2009, 07:41 PM

I can't help but to wonder if he died from a Heart Attack or something or if the cause of death wasn't because he hit his head when the plane was having trouble?

I gotta say I am going to miss how he used to just bellow out "Billy Mays here" and then advertise various products. lol I guess he wanted to make sure people heard him LOUD & Clear!

The Million Dollar Prons

July 1st, 2009, 07:43 PM

It sure is awkward that Fox News is still runinng his health insurance ads.

Kagura

July 1st, 2009, 07:48 PM

Speaking of that Prons, I haven't seen any of his commercials since his death was announced. Hmm... I wonder why they can still run the health insurance ads.

blackknight

July 1st, 2009, 07:48 PM

Actually if I wanted to, I'd say that the most shocking death is Gary Pappas(local TV anchor in Philly that's been on forever...I grew up watching him)

I know PhillyFlash knows whom I'm talking about.

Maybe Daven and Arnold too, depending how far from Philly they are.

Gary Papa is dead? WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED?!

Damn, I grew up watching him. I loved seeing his face on Action News.

Anywho, on topic, I can't help wondering if I didn't contribute to Mays' death. I have been imitating him, "advertizing" the 'C*** Flap Zipper' for a woman's monthly flow (Save hundreds a year on pads or tampons, call in the next ten minutes to get the foreskin button and the a** cork absolutely free, just pay shipping and handling).

I'm gonna miss that guy. He's the only pitchman I ever considered buying from.

Kagura

July 1st, 2009, 07:53 PM

lol! Honestly, both blackkknight and I have been making up commercials and imitating him. We had just started doing it about 2 weeks before he had died. Maybe he died from us doing that! lol

The most recent one that we have done was because of our annoying neighbor b**ching early in the morning when we were trying to sleep. We heard him yelling at someone to go f**k yourself. He said it like this: "Go f**k yourself, go f**k yourself, Go the f**k to work!" lol We don't know who he said it to or why. But we created a commercial imitating Billy Mays advertising 2 volumes of books. Volume one entitled "Go f**k yourself, go f**k yourself & volume 2 "Go the f**k to work"

I will miss hearing Billy's commercials. RIP Billy Mays.