Report: Cocaine Use Did Not Cause Billy Mays’ Death
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 @ 10:40AM - 2 comments
Cocaine was not involved of the death of famed pitchman Billy Mays, according to a study on Mays’ autopsy results conducted by his family through New Jersey physician Dr. William L. Manion.
Read the autopsy report on Mays.
Manion’s report contradicts previous findings from the Hillsborough County medical examiner, who claimed that the pitchman's blood revealed that the drug sped up the heart disease that led to his death at age 50 on June 28.
Listen to Billy May's Wife's 911 Call
Mays’ wife, Deborah, has not denied that her late husband might have snorted cocaine in the days prior to his death.
Autopsy Report Says Cocaine Contributed to Billy Mays Death
Posted on Aug 07, 2009 @ 04:11PM - 12 comments
Infomerical king, Billy Mays, didn’t just die from heart disease, RadarOnline.com has learned. It was helped along by some pretty strong drugs.
According to the autopsy report, “cocaine use” is listed as a contributing cause of death—along with hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart disease.
Official documents show that Vicodin, Oxycodone, Xanax, Valium, benzoylecgonine (byproduct of cocaine) Ethanol—alcohol—and temazepam (anti-anxiety) were also in Mays’ system.
A Hillsborough County, Florida, press release obtained by RadarOnline.com today stated, "from the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death."
Mays died in his sleep on June 28 at his home in Florida. Tampa police say his wife found him unresponsive and a fire crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. The previous day, Mays had hit his head while returning home on a plane. He later told his wife he didn’t feel very well before going to bed.
Mays was best known as the bearded, loud mouthed television pitchman behind infomercials including Oxyclean and Orange Glo. He was 50.
Coroner: Heart Disease Cause Of Billy Mays' Death
Posted on Jun 30, 2009 @ 07:53AM - Add a comment
Ace TV pitchman Billy Mays' Sunday death at 50 was caused by a pulmonary embolism and not the side effects of a bumpy plane landing, Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said Monday.
Mays "had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart," Adams said.
Experts in the field pointed to the death of the vibrant spokesman as a cautionary tale for others to learn from.
Diane Keaton Injured On Set
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 @ 12:59PM - Add a comment
Diane Keaton was injured while filming a sumo wrestling scene for her new movie Morning Glory in New York City. She was placed on a gurney and rushed away by paramedics in an ambulance.
AUDIO: Billy Mays 911 Call
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 @ 11:32AM - 2 comments
The urgent call to 911 on behalf of Billy Mays has been released, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Deborah Mays, the pitchman's wife, is audibly disturbed, tearing up as Emergency operators advise her what to do should the patient, in this case her husband, become irresponsive.
Mays died in his sleep on Sunday. Several media outlets have compared Mays' hematoma with Natsha Richardson's condition, which claimed her life after hours following a ski fall.
VIDEO: The Last Interview With Billy Mays
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 @ 10:28AM - Add a comment
Ace TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died in his sleep Sunday at 50, described his experience on a turbulent U.S. Air flight to Tampa Bay's Fox affiliate Saturday, just a day prior to his surprising death.
"We're very fortunate to be here ... glad to be back on solid ground," Mays, clad in a brown-striped polo shirt told the station, following the flight from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Odessa, Florida.
According to reports, the flight abruptly ended when the plane's front tires were blown, and the aircraft skidded to a grinding halt.
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Mays On Xanax At Time Of Death
Posted on Jun 28, 2009 @ 03:20PM - 3 comments
TV pitchman Billy Mays was terrified over the prospect of his third hip replacement surgery when he died suddenly in his sleep.
"He was taking Xanax to keep him calm and pain medication but he was terribly frightened and anxious about the upcoming surgery," said a source close to Mays.
Mays' surgery was scheduled for Monday (June 29). He flew to his home in Odessa, Fl, Saturday (June 27) from Philadelphia where he had shot yet another of his famous TV sales ads.
TV Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
Posted on Jun 28, 2009 @ 08:23AM - 3 comments
Billy Mays, the TV pitchman whose trademark voice helped sell everything from cleaning supplies to baking soda, was found dead Sunday morning by his wife at his Tampa, Fl. home. No cause of death has been reported and no foul play is suspected, Tampa police tell RadarOnline.com.
An autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.
The 50-year old pitchman was a passenger Saturday on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires and made a hard landing at a Tampa airport.
