Upstream | June 29, 2009 | 11 comments

Billy Mays had heart disease

source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/mays.death/index.html

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TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- TV pitchman Billy Mays' death appeared to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the Hillsborough County medical examiner.

The final cause of death will not be known until after toxicology results are available, Dr. Vernard Adams said at a Monday news conference.

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

The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said.

"It's not uncommon to have a sudden death with this kind of disease," Adams said.

"Billy would be overwhelmed to see that his life touched so many people in a positive way," Deborah Mays said in a statement Monday.
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11 comments // Billy Mays had heart disease

  • Maeveeo
  • ALLNATURALVEGANS
  • Agent_Alpha
  • asherp
  • keefkilla
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    • truly, i was more sad from billy mays death than michael jackson. use to love michael, but turned into a creep in the end. i just cant ignore that, but still love some of his music.
      anyways, i guarantee just all the years and years of his stressful job led to his death. all the years of people after his talent of advertising products and purely making money of him, truly sad.

    • 2 years ago
  • cattheawesome
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    • billy mays took a bucket full of peroxide & baking soda and yelled at us in a confusingly friendly manner until we went out and bought it. by god, that stuff is incredible.

    • 2 years ago
  • theultimateend
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    • I'm sure some assholes are going to bash a man who was an awesome father and a very sweet (and funny enough quiet) man in person.

      He really did care about people, it sucks ass that he had to die when all these evil pretentious cock suckers still roam the earth.

    • 2 years ago
  • Motzie
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    • @MatthewJames02 on twitter says "Looks like Billy Mays died of heart disease. Being hypertensive could have easily caused his death. RIP"

    • 2 years ago
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