What the fuck? If Twitter is to be believed, Billy Mays died this morning. His son said he didn’t wake up and people are reporting that Fox News is reporting that he died.
Billy Mays was the television “pitch man” who was known for his iconic blue shirt and loud voice. He was best known for his commercials for OxyClean and products from the Mighty brand. He had just begun a show the the Discovery Channel Pitchmen.
This was completely unexpected.
Update: Confirmed! This has to be a celebrity-specific strain of Swine Flu! Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays… who’s next?
My theory is that some particularly anti-Hollywood Christian has been praying a lot lately.
Comment by vjack — 28 June 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Now, this is a loss!
Comment by mikespeir — 28 June 2009 @ 3:51 pm