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Article: TV pitchman Billy Mays, 50
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 29, 2009
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MITCH STACY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-29-2009
TV pitchman Billy Mays, 50 -- In-your-face style made him an icon
By MITCH STACY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-29-2009, Monday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions
Biographical: BILLY MAYS
TAMPA, Fla. Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.
Tampa police said Mr. Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing ...