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Mays was born on July 20, 1958, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania to Joyce Palm [6] and Billy Mays Sr, where he was raised in nearby Pittsburgh. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] He was a student at Sto-Rox High School , [ 2 ] [ 7 ] and later West Virginia University , where he was a walk-on linebacker on its football team during his two years there.
Billy Mays II and Billy Mays III in the late 1980s (left), and again in the early 2000s Billy Mays' son, Billy Mays III, has worked hard to keep his dad's memory alive in the 15 years since his death
PitchMen (original name: But Wait...There's More) [1] is a docudrama television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The show followed infomercial producers and talent Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan as they attempted to sell various inventions through direct marketing, mainly through Telebrands, one of the largest direct response/infomercial companies.
As the direct-marketing industry copes with the sudden death of pitchman Billy Mays, it's worth considering the fragile relationship between celebrity endorsement and death. In Mays's case, his ...
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The death of a direct-to-consumers product spokeman isn't ordinarily something that would send ripples through the media world. But Billy Mays, who died unexpectedly on Sunday at age 50, was no ...
Billy Mays, the television pitch man who was almost single-handedly responsible for the popularization of the mute button, died today at the age of 50. He passed away at his home in Tampa, Florida.
Anthony Sullivan is a British producer and pitchman of media shopping in the United States, best known for his work in television commercials. He is the founder and CEO of Sullivan Productions, Inc. which produces commercial spots for brands such as OxiClean, Nutrisystem and Arm & Hammer.