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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]
Ron Popeil, the man largely responsible for infomercials as we know them, who used them to sell products that he had invented, such as the Pocket Fisherman, Hair in a Can spray, Mr. Microphone and ...
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Fashion designer. Guest starred as herself in Today, Project Runway All Stars, Celebrity Page and others. [63] March 2 Mark Dodson: 64 Actor (Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, Arachnicide). He made guest appearances in Darkwing Duck and Bonkers. [64] March 3 Chris Mortensen: 72 Sportswriter and television reporter for ESPN [65] March 4 Janice Burgess
He was very well known for shouting during infomercials. For example, The Washington Post staff writer Frank Ahrens called him and other similar television salesmen "a full-volume pitchman, amped up like a candidate for a tranquilizer-gun takedown". [11] In October 2000, Mays shot an infomercial for the then-three-year-old OxiClean corporation ...
In August 2005, he sold his company, Ronco, to Fi-Tek VII, a Denver holding company, for US$55 million, with plans to continue serving as the spokesman and inventor while being able to spend more time with his family. [citation needed] In 1956, Popeil married Marilyn Greene, with whom he had two daughters; they divorced in 1963.
Ron Popeil, the infomercial icon behind products like the Pocket Fisherman and Hair in a Can, died on Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press. He ...
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 ...