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Mays was born on July 20, 1958, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania to Joyce Palm [6] and Billy Mays Sr, where he was raised in nearby Pittsburgh. [2] [7] He was a student at Sto-Rox High School, [2] [7] and later West Virginia University, where he was a walk-on linebacker on its football team during his two years there. [8]
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Feb 5, 2024 · From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, product pitchman Billy Mays was a ubiquitous presence on television, hawking household products and gadgets that he insisted would make viewers' lives...
Jun 28, 2009 · Infomercial superstar Billy Mays, the hawker of such made-for-TV products as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was found dead Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, Fla. His sudden death...
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Jun 29, 2009 · OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa, authorities said. The 50-year-old known for his shouting OxiClean ads was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m.
Jun 28, 2009 · 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, died today. He was 50.
Jun 29, 2009 · Billy Mays, a beloved and parodied pitchman who became a pop-culture figure through his commercials for cleaning products like Orange Glo, OxiClean and Kaboom, died Sunday at his home in...
Jun 29, 2009 · Billy Mays, who elevated the art of the television sales spiel to a fevered pitch, apparently died of a heart attack, Florida authorities said this morning.