The CNN Wire Latest updates on top stories  « Back to Blog Main
June 29th, 2009

Autopsy due Monday on star pitchman Billy Mays

Posted: 06:45 AM ET

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) - Medical examiners are due to complete a
preliminary autopsy Monday on Billy Mays, the man with the booming voice famous for fronting products such as Oxiclean and Orange Glo in TV commercials.

The pitchman was pronounced dead at his home near Tampa Sunday morning,  after Mays' wife Deborah found him unresponsive, Tampa police said.  He was 50.

The cause of death is unknown. He had told a friend before he went to sleep Saturday he was not feeling  well.  Mays was on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia that had a hard landing Saturday and said he had bumped his head.


Share this on:
Powered by WordPress.com VIP