Update: Heart Disease Likely Killed Billy Mays
Billy Mays, the popular and bombastic TV pitchman who pushed everything from stain removers to kitchen gadgets, likely died of a heart attack in his sleep — not a bump on the head — a medical examiner said Monday.
Billy, 50, was found unresponsive in his Tampa, Fla., home on June 28. Although additional tests need to be performed, Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, and the wall of the left ventricle of Mays' heart and the wall of one of his arteries were enlarged.
The M.E. said an official cause of death will be issued after toxicology and other tests are completed in eight to 10 weeks. He did says Billy was taking the prescription painkillers Tramadol and hydrocodone for hip pain — he was even scheduled to have hip-replacement surgery Monday — but there was no indication of drug abuse.
Billy's autopsy showed no evidence of head trauma, although he had reported being hit on the head by falling luggage the day before when the plane he was on made a hard landing at Tampa International Airport.
"While it provides some closure to learn that heart disease took Billy from us, it certainly doesn't ease the enormous void that his death has created in our lives," Billy's wife, Deborah, said in a statement. "As you can imagine, we are all devastated."
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READERS COMMENTS:
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IN HONOR OF BILLY ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE IN ALL CAPS!!
-- harps
It is sad Billy Mays, 50, passed away.
-- Jon
WOW, THAT IS SO SAD. I REALLY LIKE SEEING HIM ON MY TV
-- FAN
sad story god bless his family and i give my sorry to his family
-- andrew aka asclark15
whats really wierd is that Micheal Jackson died at age 50 and so did Billy Mays. Billy Mays died 3 days later after Micheal Jackson Died. And they Both suffered from something of the heart thats so wierd?
-- twilight lover!
r.i.p. billy
-- jms
dude it's billy mays... everyone hated his loud obnoxious yelling in EVERY comercial he made...
I'm sure he was a nice guy but an annoying one as well R.I.P. Dude. -- Anonymous
OMG!!!!!!! he just came out with a show!!!!! he cant die!! omg. thats so sad
-- Devon
The TV will be a little more beareable. His raised voice and aggresive ways made me toxic.
Sorry fo his friends and family, but this is sort of a good news. -- Brenda
i know that billy died and that he hit his head but my question is did he pass out when he was hit and did he go to the doctor
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