TAMPA, Fla. (June 28, 2009)-An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays.

The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive June 28 at their condo in Tampa, Fla.

A release from the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office Friday said Mays had last used cocaine days before his death.

The report said that although Mays died from heart disease, cocaine use was a contributing cause of death.

Mays, known for his energetic hawking of such products as OxiClean and Mighty Putty, also appeared on Discovery Channel’s PitchMen until the time of his death.

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AP Reports contributed to this story.

Guess Oxiclean wasn't the only stuff he pitched.

Explains the hyperness and yelling.

TAMPA, Fla. (June 28, 2009)-An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays.

The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive June 28 at their condo in Tampa, Fla.

A release from the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office Friday said Mays had last used cocaine days before his death.

The report said that although Mays died from heart disease, cocaine use was a contributing cause of death.

Mays, known for his energetic hawking of such products as OxiClean and Mighty Putty, also appeared on Discovery Channel’s PitchMen until the time of his death.

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AP Reports contributed to this story.

Guess Oxiclean wasn't the only stuff he pitched.

I'd like to say that i'm shocked, but i'm not.

The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive June 28 at their condo in Tampa, Fla.

A release from the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office Friday said Mays had last used cocaine days before his death.

The report said that although Mays died from heart disease, cocaine use was a contributing cause of death.

Mays, known for his energetic hawking of such products as OxiClean and Mighty Putty, also appeared on Discovery Channel’s PitchMen until the time of his death.

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AP Reports contributed to this story.

Guess Oxiclean wasn't the only stuff he pitched.

Does nobody see the inherent irony in a moment of silence for Billy Mays?

I don't doubt that he was a good guy, but he had to be half-deaf from the sound of his own voice.

I don't doubt that he was a good guy, but he had to be half-deaf from the sound of his own voice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.....ity_deaths

OK, so I read all of the deaths listed for June. There were a few suicides by hanging. I really didn't think those types of suicides would be very common. I was surprised.

I'm going with a fairly young actor, perhaps in his 20s to 30s. He will die from trauma induced from some sort of accident.

There's my prediction. This will occur within 6 days from now.

Zac Effron, Leonardo DiCaprio or Shia LeBeof works for me just fine, in a pinch I would've said the Jonas Brothers, but i'm afraid the media will make the Beatles or the Rolling Stones out of them in memorium

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....obit_storm

...jusssttt a bit outside!!!

Porn queen???

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....obit_storm

I remember Fred.

Gale Storm also died, but i'm not sure if anyone here is old

enough to remember her

Porn queen???

Would Fred Travalena be a big enough star to start a thread on? He just passed from non - hogkins lymphoma at 66. I remember him from Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas & Merv Griffen show doing his really bad impressions...don't know.

I remember Fred.

Gale Storm also died, but i'm not sure if anyone here is old

enough to remember her

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.....ity_deaths

Love wikipedia! I actually relied on this page for my blog the other day talking about things coming in threes.

One of the things that I noticed in reading that list....there were a whole bunch of well-known saxophonists who died this month. Makes me wonder, doe saxophonists bite the bullet regularly, are they just so plentiful that several die every month, or was June a banner month for the deaths of saxophone luminaries?