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Mays's infomercials were known for his catch phrase "Hi, Billy Mays here", and his shouted delivery of lines. Mays and his business partner, Anthony Sullivan, were also featured on PitchMen, a Discovery Channel television series that documented their work. His distinctive beard, attire, loud voice, and impassioned sales pitches made him a ...
Ron Popeil, the prolific infomercial spokesman behind “as seen on TV” products like the Showtime Rotisserie and Hair in a Can, has died. He was 86. Popeil died early Wednesday morning at ...
Ron Popeil, the legendary infomercial spokesman behind such products as Showtime Rotisserie and Hair in a Can, has died. He was 86. Infomercial legend Ron Popeil dies at 86 [Video]
Mary Francine Dorham, or Merri Dee (October 30, 1936 – March 16, 2022), was an American philanthropist and television journalist. Dee was best known for her work as an anchor/reporter at Chicago television station and national cable superstation WGN-TV (Channel 9) from 1972 to 1983, and director of community relations from 1983 to 2008.
Richard S. Johnson (October 1953 – June 9, 2020) was the morning news co-anchor and a street reporter for the NBC-owned television station WMAQ-TV in Chicago.Before coming to WMAQ-TV in 2002, he was a longtime reporter/anchor at rival WLS-TV.
Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, has died. She was 56. Wojcicki died of lung cancer, after living with the disease for two years, on Friday, Aug. 9, her husband Dennis Troper announced ...
The station would later debut conventional hour-long newscasts (under the title Chicago's Weekend Morning News) on Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 a.m. in January 1992, predating the premiere of the weekday WGN Morning News in an unusual occurrence of a television station carrying a local weekend morning newscast absent a companion Monday ...
Talk show host Jerry Springer has died at age 79 of pancreatic cancer, his family spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. The 10-time Emmy winner died peacefully at his home in Chicago surrounded by ...