About That Billy Mays Man

[launderess]

Wasn't this the man some of you were raving about?

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/07/2009-08-07_tv_pitchman_billy_mays_.html

 

[nmassman44]

No wonder this guy seemed tweaked out! Now it makes sense. Tonight we have seen his commercials on tv so he will go on for awhile longer. Now I am waiting to see what Miss Jackson had in his system. And after the 3rd autopsy should be a charm. The family is in denial.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Denial..it's not just a river in Egypt!

 

[jeffg]

I wish the author of this article had some shred of journalistic integrity.

The official cause of Mays' death was heart disease:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2009/08/03/daily108.html

 

[appnut]

Wow, who da thunk. Kinda like the squeaky clean image of Righteous Brother bobby Hatfield, same thing killed him.

 

[jeffg]

Guys, they found trace amounts of cocaine. This "associate" medical examiner obviously has an axe to grind with recreational drug users.

 

[goatfarmer]

...and they say that freebasing caused Rick Nelson's death.....

 

[mysteryclock]

I don't know how much coke Billy did or did not do, but when you have heart disease then ~any~ amount is pretty dumb. Just ask John Entwistle (RIP.)

 

[sudsmaster]

Well, people with heart disease are usually advised to avoid any kind of stimulant, including caffeine. Coke would be like caffeine on steroids.

Mays was on a late night how a week before he died. The host (Conan or Letterman) said something about him shouting and Mays strongly objected to that term, saying that he simply had mastered the art of "projecting the voice".

Then he started shouting

 

[alr2903]

Suds, did he jump on the couch too? After i saw
Cruise, i figured there was more to Scientology, than met the eye.

 

[sudsmaster]

Mays' family apparently is disputing the cocaine usage report, and requesting another autopsy.

I don't think Mays was a Scientologist, but haven't seen anything on that topic anyway.