Billy Mays Found Dead

Television “Pitchman” Billy Mays has been found dead today in his Tampa, Florida home, TMZ.com has confirmed.

According to the local P.D., the 50-year-old was found “unresponsive” by wife Deborah at around 7:45 a.m. this morning.

The TV pitchman has just returned home the day before from Philadelphia after shooting a new commercial for OxiClean, and had experienced a knock to the head during the plane’s landing. Mays told a local television station of the landing, explaining, “All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.” The plane’s front tyre is believed to have blown out upon hitting the tarmac.

Mays was apparently in good health after the head knock, and was “acting fine and normal [at home]… he was talking business with his father-in-law.” However, Billy’s wife Deborah has since told investigators that her husband “wasn’t feeling well” the night before, indicating that the head knock he received aboard the US Air flight could be the cause behind his shock death.

An autopsy is expected to be completed by the Medical Examiner’s Office by tomorrow afternoon. At this stage, police do not suspect foul play in the TV pitchman’s death.

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