Informercial Giant Billy Mays Dead at 50

June 29th, 2009 • •

Another icon, this time of late-night informercials, has fallen to June’s celebrity death rampage. Billy Mays, the very loud pitchman who attempted to sell useless products to America such as OxyClean, Zorbees, and that slider burger maker tray thing, has died at 50. Cause of death? Reported to be an aneurysm. Ouch.

One group that I know will be mourning Billy are the Kentucky Fried Gamers at GenCon. They had an event planned this year called “Mustache or Consequences: A Tribute to Billy Mays,” which involved lots of fake mustaches and plotting against ShamWoW weirdo Vince Schlomi. Perhaps now that tribute will mean a bit more to them.

One response to “ Informercial Giant Billy Mays Dead at 50 ”

  1. #1 Donny Winter
    June 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Am I the only one who finds it ironic that both Billy Mays and Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 within days of each others’ death? And they’re both celebrities?

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