OxiClean Spokesman Dies

Billy Mays, the shouting TV pitch-man for OxiClean and other products, died in his sleep on June 28, 2009.  An autopsy revealed that heart disease was the likely cause of death and not a bump to the head that occurred during a rough airplane landing. Mays told a friend that he was not feeling well the night before he died.  

The Discovery Channel was, and is still, slated to run a series of episodes called Pitchmen featuring Mays.  The fate of his ads will depend on discussions with Mays’ widow.

See CNN, TV pitchman Billy Mays had heart disease, coroner says,June 29, 2009; Jack Neff, After Sudden Death, What Will Be the Fate of Billy Mays’ Ads?, Advertising Age, June, 29, 2009.