http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/

Man, lots of famous and semi-famous people dropping dead lately. I have to be honest though...I hated this guy's commercials. His constant yelling always got on my nerves. He sounded like Sheriff Barbrady from South Park. Still though....it is too bad the guy died so young.

It is interesting that he mentioned a hit to the head the day before. Even relatively light bumps to the head can be fatal if it creates a slow bleed in the brain. You can be fine immediately after the incident, but later on, it can kill you (kinda like Natasha Richardson).

Man, lots of famous and semi-famous people dropping dead lately. I have to be honest though...I hated this guy's commercials. His constant yelling always got on my nerves. He sounded like Sheriff Barbrady from South Park. Still though....it is too bad the guy died so young.

It is interesting that he mentioned a hit to the head the day before. Even relatively light bumps to the head can be fatal if it creates a slow bleed in the brain. You can be fine immediately after the incident, but later on, it can kill you (kinda like Natasha Richardson).

Yes, I suspect that is what happened, a Natasha Richardson type injury.

I wasn't a fan of his until I started watching Pitchmen on Discovery. Really interesting to see all the behind the scenes work.

An FAA spokesman tried to lay the blame on Billy Mays by saying initially that he wasn't wearing his seatbelt during landing. It appears they may be backing off that statement.

Autopsy results show no head trauma....looks like it was heart disease.

Very sad. TMZ has the 911 call up. I made the mistake of listening to it. If you haven't already, please don't. It's very sad, going to take a long time to get that out of my head, wish I wouldn't have heard it.