Billy Mays (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was a television pitch man famous for selling products such as Oxiclean. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitch helped make him an icon.
The family of TV pitchman Billy Mays released the findings of an independent medical examiner Thursday, who concluded that the informercial star's cocaine use was not a significant contributing factor in his sudden death. The report, released by a family spokeswoman, does not refute Mays' cocaine use, but states there is no evidence to suggest he was a chronic user. A review of the official autopsy also concludes that "cocaine was not a significant contributing factor" in his death. "There... Read Full Story
On Monday December 7th, Fairfield-based "As Seen on TV" company, Telebrands , and Founder AJ Khubani will be honored as finalists for the NJBIZ Business of the Year Award. With products like the Pedd Egg, EZ Combs, Windshield Wonder and Shoes Under , Khubani has achieved award-winning success and his road to accomplishment can be a model for any aspiring entrepreneur with an a idea and a mission. Post-Grad After graduating from Montclair State in 1983, Khubani, like all recent grads, was... Read Full Story
Back in May, Gabrielle Schoeneweis , the wife of then Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Scott Schoeneweis , was found dead . She was 39 at the time.
On Tuesday, the autopsy results were released. The findings indicate that Gabreille Schoeneweis died from an overdose of cocaine and lidocaine (an anesthetic).
The court also ruled that her cocaine use “may have caused harm to another person.” That person has not been identified.
The court became involved once Scott... Read Full Story
The autopsy of Billy Mays showed that the pitchman had used cocaine days within his death. Officials are now saying that cocaine may have played a role in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays . While the official cause of death remains heart disease, the medical examiner in charge of Mays' autopsy has said that cocaine use " caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death." He was also found to have traces of hydrocodone, oxycodone... Read Full Story
An autopsy shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed boisterous TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday. The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep after going to bed at his Tampa condo the night of June 27. His wife found him unresponsive the next morning. The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office Friday said Mays had last used cocaine days before his death. The report said that although Mays died from... Read Full Story
By: Ellie Kam on August 7th, 2009 at6:19 pm
The Hillsborough County Fla. medical examiner released a statement today regarding the autopsy of OxiClean ad man Billy Mays, which indicated that Billy most likely used cocaine on the days leading up to his death. The statement read:
From the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death.
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The grim reaper may have got Billy Mays but he's back with a costune contest for Halloween
As most folks know Billy Mays died this past summer. The advertising wizard has passed on. His legacy will continue this Halloween. There is a costume contest sponsored by his son Billy Mays III. The son has shown some creativity on keeping his memory as a celebrity alive. First the website(wheresbillymays.com), then the costume contest.
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The widow of Billy Mays is challenging the findings of a Florida coroner that the 58-year-old TV salesman's death was caused by or contributed to by cocaine use. Deborah Mays has hired an independent medical examiner, whose results, while acknowledging the presence of cocaine in May's body, do not suggest that drugs were a deciding factor in his death. "Billy's family never agreed with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's conclusion that cocaine use contributed to Bill's death... Read Full Story
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Drugs are bad. But not that bad, at least not for Billy Mays .
Despite an initial autopsy report indicating that cocaine played a significant role in the super-pitchman's unexpected death last June, an independent evaluation, carried out by a doctor hired by the Mays family, now claims that while the nose candy may have been present in Mays' system, it had absolutely nothing to do with his premature demise.
Dr. William Manion issued a six-page report on his findings... Read Full Story
The son of legendary pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June , has an unlikely message for those macabre souls who plan to dress up as his father for Halloween: Go for it! Billy Mays III, who recently launched a Web site called Where's Billy Mays? to honor his father's legacy, has even decided to hold a Hallow-clean Contest in which he's asking people to send in photos of themselves dressed as his dad for Halloween. He'll select three winners to receive various Billy Mays goodies as prizes... Read Full Story
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