# Billy Mays - July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009 **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791 **Category:** SON240sx Off Topic **Created:** [June 28, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791 "2009-06-28T20:39:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad) #### Post date: [June 28, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/1 "2009-06-28T20:39:05Z")
> **[Billy Mays](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays)** > > William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and Mighty Mendit. His promotions aired mainly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc., although they have aired on other syndicated networks. > Mays and his business partner, Anthony Sullivan, were also featured on PitchMen, a ... ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Billy_Mays_Portrait_Cropped.jpg/225px-Billy_Mays_Portrait_Cropped.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/2/42cc9bf367ced3ff4185ca094199b62d9741ae03.jpeg) > Mays was found unresponsive by his wife in his Odessa, Florida, home on the morning of June 28, 2009. He was then pronounced dead at 7:45 am, appearing to have died sometime overnight.[2][3][15] The Associated Press reported that there were no indications that the house had been broken into, and that police did not suspect foul play.[15] > On June 27, Mays had been aboard US Airways Flight 1241,[16] which landed roughly when its front tires were blown out. The violence of the landing caused some loose objects in the cabin to strike some passengers. Mays told a local Tampa television station that some of the objects “hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.” It is unclear whether Mays’ death was related to the incident. His wife noted that he felt unwell when he went to bed that night early at 10 pm. The next morning he was pronounced dead at 7:45 am by a local fire rescue crew.[15] ---
### Author: ![Trutrax](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trutrax/32/5658_2.png) [@Trutrax](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Trutrax) #### Post date: [June 28, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/2 "2009-06-28T20:58:56Z")
Wtf. famous people dropping like flies. ---
### Author: ![driftRPS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@driftRPS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/driftRPS13) #### Post date: [June 28, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/3 "2009-06-28T21:00:20Z")
the shamWOW guy did it. ---
### Author: ![Skinny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skinny/32/5584_2.png) [@Skinny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skinny) #### Post date: [June 28, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/4 "2009-06-28T21:50:17Z")
4 famous people in like 4 days i smell conspiracy ---
### Author: ![reconJDM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reconjdm/32/5510_2.png) [@reconJDM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reconJDM) #### Post date: [June 28, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/5 "2009-06-28T21:51:08Z")
RIP Billy Mays, you’re product sure made everything in my household really clean 🙂 > [@It is really crappy out...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-is-really-crappy-out/22841/12): > > the shamWOW guy did it. hahaha ---
### Author: ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall) #### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/6 "2009-06-29T06:58:45Z")
Psychic Nikki predicted this last week! ---
### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system) #### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/7 "2009-06-29T07:09:05Z")
all i can say is SHAMWOW !!! farmer ---
### Author: ![roast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roast/32/5498_2.png) [@roast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/roast) #### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/8 "2009-06-30T17:46:29Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/22843/12): > > Psychic Nikki predicted this last week! lol ---
### Author: ![roast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roast/32/5498_2.png) [@roast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/roast) #### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/9 "2009-06-30T17:46:40Z")
RIP Billy Mays ---
### Author: ![5cott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/5cott/32/5737_2.png) [@5cott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/5cott) #### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/billy-mays-july-20-1958-june-28-2009/125791/10 "2009-06-30T20:37:20Z")
RIP Billy Mays, you were an inspiration to many and we will miss you.