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  2. 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 ...

  3. Billy Mays - Wikipedia

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    These ads were a slight departure for Mays as they were designed to be parodies of his and other infomercial clichés. He also made a live appearance during the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl promoting ESPN's and ABC's January 1, 2009, bowl games. Prior to his death, Mays had signed a deal with Taco Bell to film infomercial-style commercials for the ...

  4. Infomercial legend Ron Popeil dies at 86 - AOL

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    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]

  5. Ron Popeil - Wikipedia

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    In the 2007 film Funny Games, one of the characters is channel surfing and briefly flicks past an infomercial for Ron Popeil's Vegetable Dehydrator. In the 1996 horror film Scream , the catchphrase is said ("But wait, there's more!"), itself in the tradition of a horror film's saying of a famous TV catchphrase, in the 1980s horror film The ...

  6. Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports broadcasting legend, dies at 78 - AOL

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    Greg Gumbel, the renowned CBS Sports anchor and commentator, has died of cancer at the age of 78. ... WMAQ-TV Chicago, where he won two local Emmys, and WFAN Radio in New York City.

  7. List of American advertising characters - Wikipedia

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    Wayne McLaren died in 1992 of lung cancer David McLean, died in 1995 of lung cancer D--- Hammer, died in 1998 of lung cancer Eric Lawson died in 2014 of COPD Robert "Bob" Norris, died 2019 (natural causes, was actually a non-smoker; did 12 years until decided to end the role because he didn’t want his children to smoke) Matty Mattel and ...

  8. Don Lapre - Wikipedia

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    On TV infomercials in the early–mid 1990s, he claimed that by placing "tiny classified ads" in newspapers he was "able to make $50,000 a week from [his] tiny one-bedroom apartment". [5] In 1992, Lapre began broadcasting The Making Money Show with Don Lapre, which suggested that viewers could make money as easily as he had. For several years ...

  9. Brian Barczyk, popular YouTube reptile expert, dies at 54 - AOL

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    Brian Barczyk, the YouTube herpetologist loved by over 5 million subscribers, died Sunday. He was 54. The cause was Stage 4 inoperable pancreatic cancer, a representative for The Reptarium ...