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Billy Mays Biography

Billy Mays is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 20, 1958 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, United States. A loud-voiced advertisement pitchman for products like OxiClean.

The actor was then invited be a guest as a guest on The Tonight Show with He was invited to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2009. in 2009.

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, and Zorbeez. His promotions aired mostly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc.

After dropping out of college, Mays worked for his father’s hazardous waste company before moving to Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1983. On the Atlantic City boardwalk, Mays sold the Washmatik portable washing device to passersby, along with other “As Seen on TV” products. In Atlantic City, he was taught how to sell by the older salesmen, saying “I was taught to pitch by a lot of old pitchmen. That’s the kind of style I have.”

He had one child with his former wife, and one daughter from his second.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In October 2000, he shot an informercial for the then-three-year-old OxiClean corporation. He would be a staple on the group, as well as the more common company at the time, OrangeGlo. Later on he would appear in Kaboom infomercials.

Billy Mays Net Worth

Billy Mays is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Mays's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a part of his West Virginia University football team as a walk-on before going to work for a hazardous waste firm.

He had endorsed a variety of products however, they were all the ones which he personally utilized at home, and had been certain to use.

Mays was born on July 20, 1958, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Pittsburgh. He was a student at Sto-Rox High School, and later West Virginia University, where he was a walk-on linebacker on its football team during his two years there.

In an interview during the 2008 presidential campaign, Mays revealed himself to be a Republican.

Mays’ funeral was held on July 3, 2009 in his hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants at the funeral, much like Mays wore when he advertised his products. He is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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At a Pittsburgh home show in 1993, Mays struck up a friendship with rival salesman Max Appel, founder of Orange Glo International, a Denver-based manufacturer of cleaning products. He was then hired by the company to promote their line of cleaners, OxiClean, Orange Clean, Orange Glo, and Kaboom, on the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg, Florida. That same year he also befriended another future pitchman, Anthony Sullivan. Customer response to Mays’ sales pitches was enthusiastic, with a sharp increase in sales after his first day on the network, although some reviews were poor. He was very well known for shouting in an abrasive manner during infomercials. For example, Washington Post staff writer Frank Ahrens called him and other similar television salesmen “a full-volume pitchman, amped up like a candidate for a tranquilizer-gun takedown”.

After an initial autopsy on Mays’ body on June 29, 2009, Vernard Adams, the Hillsborough County, Florida medical examiner, stated that Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease and that heart disease was the likely cause of his death. According to a toxicology report released August 7, 2009, heart disease was the “primary cause of death” and cocaine was listed as a “contributory cause of death.” In response to the release of the toxicology report, the Mays family issued a press release stating, “We are extremely disappointed by the press release released by the Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office. We believe it contains speculative conclusions that are frankly unnecessary and tend to obscure the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension” and said in the release that they were considering “an independent evaluation of the autopsy results”.

Who is Billy Mays Dating?

According to our records, Billy Mays married to Deborah Mays , Dolores Mays . As of December 1, 2023, Billy Mays’s is not dating anyone.

The medical examiner “concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and thereby contributed to his death,” the office said in a press release. The office said Mays last used cocaine in the few days before his death but was not under the influence of the drug when he died. Hillsborough County spokeswoman Lori Hudson said nothing in the toxicology report indicated the frequency of Mays’ cocaine use. Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause hypertrophy of the left ventricle, and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries, the release said. However, in October 2009, the results of a second medical examination, commissioned by Mays’ family, concluded that “cocaine was not a significant contributing factor” to his death.

Facts & Trivia

Billy Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Billy Mays celebrates birthday on July 20 of every year.

Mays was found unresponsive by his wife in his Tampa, Florida home on the morning of June 28, 2009. He was pronounced dead at 7:45 am, appearing to have died sometime overnight. The Associated Press reported that there were no indications that the house had been broken into, and that police did not suspect foul play. Initially, there was incorrect speculation that he had died of a head injury, after he was struck on the head by luggage after an airline landing mishap where tires blew out.

How did the guy from the OxiClean Commercial died?

After an initial autopsy on June 29, 2009, Vernard Adams, the Hillsborough County, Florida medical examiner, stated that Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease and that heart disease was the likely cause of his death.

What was Billy Mays net worth when he died?

Billy Mays had a net worth of $10 million dollars a the time of his death in 2009.

What is Billy Mays famous for?

OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays, king of the “yell and sell” technique died Sunday morning at his home in Tampa. “Billy Mays, here.” The 50-year-old became famous for hawking products like OxiClean (“Powered by the air you breathe!”) and Mighty Mendit (“Before you throw it away, let Mighty Mendit save the day!”).

What was Billy Mays catchphrase?

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”’¨One of the most quotable sayings from one of the most acclaimed As Seen On TV pitchmen of all time Billy Mays, most notable for his promotion of OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and other cleaning, home and maintenance products.

Is Billy Mays still alive?

June 28, 2009

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