Wow! For some reason I always paid attention to his commercials, maybe it was because he always introduced himself with, "Hi Billy Mays here..." R.I.P. Billy.

Wonder if it something to do with his plane blowing out a tire last night? Read here.

Not 3, not 4... more than 5...

Sky Saxon of the great '60s garage band The Seeds died Thursday.

3 for Thursday alone, minimum.

Yes, famous people die. Often. Not in threes. We bunch them in threes, even if it makes no sense.




Farewell to another famous person. Even celebrities die. No one yet has found a way out of it.

I become diminished by the loss of every person. But nothing is permanent; everything is impermanent. We must find joy in the having known, and better yet: in the moment we have now. Yesterday is just a memory; tomorrow is not a promise. Make the best of the instant you have now. It will never return. And it is all we have for certain.

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Whoa.

Clearwater where Billy's offices were was my home for 35 years, wow, this is surprising. Clearwater has much to say for itself being the headquaters for the Home shopping Channel and home to the very first Hooter's. I am shocked at Billy's death.

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Not to mention (which you did not) that Clearwater Florida has the worldwide Scientology headquarters, Flag Land Base.

Don't even get me started on that. (Not at you, but at the Scientologists)

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This one shocked me.
The other 3 we all could see coming in one degree or another, maybe not so much Jackson, but he hasn't looked healthy in years so there was no shock, more of a "that sucks".
Billy on the other hand looked strong as an ox. Even when being a diva on the Pitchmen show, I never looked at him and thought his days were numbered. Ironically, just last week's episode I was picturing him with a grey beard, looking like Papa Smurf. Sucks we'll never see that, it would've been amusing.
R.I.P. Billy. Far too young.

"TV Pitchman Billy Mays' death appears to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the coroner."

Wow. I was thinking it was the bump on the head but guess not.

Still, the way people idiotically cram stuff into the overheads, someone's going to get killed that way, even if it's not Billy.

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"TV Pitchman Billy Mays' death appears to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the coroner."

Wow. I was thinking it was the bump on the head but guess not.

Yeah.  The piece I read said that the coroner said that there was no evidence of head trauma but plenty of evidence (enlarged left ventricle) of heart disease and hypertension.  He didn't feel well, and maybe HE thought it was bacause of the bump to the head, though we'll probably never know what he thought at the end.