Pitchmen Billy Mayes

20 SMOKE · 06-28-2009, 08:49 AM

Sad to hear that Billy died,he was found by his wife at his Tampa home,he was 50 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun...me/news-metro/

chryslerguy · 06-28-2009, 10:13 AM

So sad, 50 is young!! prayers to his family

penguineman · 06-28-2009, 12:48 PM

RIP Billy we will miss you.

GundamWZero · 06-28-2009, 12:51 PM

No negetive jokes and comments so far......

20 SMOKE · 06-28-2009, 01:29 PM

whats to joke about the fact he does cheesy 30sec spots on tv to sell something and millions

chryslerguy · 06-28-2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 20 SMOKE

whats to joke about the fact he does cheesy 30sec spots on tv to sell something and millions

Exactly...he was very good at what he did.. the TV show was very interesting too. watched it every week

MBZ Customs · 06-28-2009, 03:20 PM

This sucks! Anyone hear what happened yet?

xrayzone · 06-28-2009, 03:33 PM

What a shock! I wonder what they will do about the show "pitchmen"?

Human · 06-28-2009, 03:47 PM

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This sucks! Anyone hear what happened yet?

Rumor is he was on a flight the other day that had some rough weather, in the bouncing around he smacked his head. Died the next day. Kinda like what happened to Natasha Richardson. One of those weird things where you shake it off and think you are fine. Then bam - dead.

Duster_360 · 06-28-2009, 04:13 PM

Wow, thats sad. I didn't realize he was that young, RIP Billy!

Who's going to be next? We are seeing a bad stretch here lately.....

GundamWZero · 06-28-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Human

Rumor is he was on a flight the other day that had some rough weather, in the bouncing around he smacked his head. Died the next day. Kinda like what happened to Natasha Richardson. One of those weird things where you shake it off and think you are fine. Then bam - dead.

It wasn't rough weather.....Upon landing in Tampa, the plane blew its front tire.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jun...ampa-home/news

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Hours before, Mays was on board a US Airways flight from Philadelphia that landed safely at Tampa International Airport Saturday afternoon after its front tires blew out, resulting in bumps and bruises to some passengers.

Mays told WTVT, Channel 13, that he got hit in the head during the rough landing.

"All of a sudden as we hit, you know, it was just the hardest hit; all the things from the ceiling started dropping," he said. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

Mays, who was active on the Twitter social networking site, posted his last update at 2:01 p.m. Saturday.

"Just had a close call landing In Tampa," Mays wrote. "The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air."

Sucks none of the less....

Human · 06-28-2009, 04:31 PM

When I think of all the blows to the head I have taken in my life - I'm a walking miracle.

GundamWZero · 06-28-2009, 04:49 PM

That is why I am driving to Virgina......

20 SMOKE · 06-28-2009, 04:56 PM

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When I think of all the blows to the head I have taken in my life - I'm a walking miracle.

I hear you,i had a serious blow to my head from my banshee at about 90mph with no helmet,i woke up in the hospital a few hours later on a MRI bed.

the local news said,his wife said he went to bed at 10 and didn't feel good

Human · 06-28-2009, 04:59 PM

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I hear you,i had a serious blow to my head from my banshee at about 90mph with no helmet,i woke up in the hospital a few hours later on a MRI bed.

the local news said,his wife said he went to bed at 10 and didn't feel good

Had something similar - Banshee WFO in 4th, tossed lower rod bearing thru the trans. Went from 9k rpm to 0 instantly. I went for a ride.

I've rolled over in several different vehicles (long story), raced MX, done some messing about in CORR types of vehicles, all kinds of dumb things - yet here I am. Some other guy bumps his head on a flight and is taking a dirt nap. Surreal.