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First Name

Billy

Last Name

Mays

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

20 July 1958

Build

Average

Hair Color

Black

Place of Birth

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

Star Sign

Cancer

Date of Death

28 June 2009

Place of Death

Tampa, Florida

Cause of Death

Cardiac Arrest

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Pitchmen

Middle Name

Darrel

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Nationality

American

Role ID

Producer

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Couple Profile

William "Billy" D. Mays, Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitches made him a recognizable television presence. Mays was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Sto-Rox High School in 1977, he began his career as a salesman on the Atlantic City boardwalk, selling the Washmatik portable washing device to passersby. Working alongside other pitchmen, he developed his style of salesmanship. Mays later traveled to home shows, auto shows, and state fairs across the United States for a period of twelve years, selling various maintenance products and tools, including cleaning products and food choppers. At a Pittsburgh home show in 1993, Mays struck up a friendship with rival salesman Max Appel, founder of Orange Glo International, a Denver-based manufacturer of cleaning products. He was then hired by the company to promote their line of cleaners, OxiClean, Orange Clean, Orange Glo, and Kaboom on the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg, Florida. On April 15, 2009, the Discovery Channel began airing Pitchmen, a documentary series that features Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their jobs in direct response marketing. On the June 10, 2009 episode it was revealed that Mays` trademark blue shirt was the idea of fellow pitchman Sullivan before the OxiClean commercial shoot in 1999. Mays` funeral was held on July 3, 2009 in his hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania where he was buried. The pallbearers for the funeral wore blue shirts and khaki pants at the funeral, much like Mays wore when he advertised his products. According to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, he was buried wearing a shirt with the OxiClean logo on it. An autopsy report released on August 7th showed that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed Mays.

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Full Name at Birth

William Darrel Mays

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William Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. (July 20, 1958 � June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and impassioned sales pitches made him a recognized television presence in the United States and Canada.

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