This was the question of the hour when news broke on Twitter of pitchman Billy Mays death. He's best known for the Oxiclean infomercial that propelled the product to astronomical sales.
While I didn't recognize his name I immediately identified him when my spouse said "Oxiclean" as Mays was synonymous with this product. I've been using it since discovering it at the Los Angeles County Fair. Soon Mays was pitching it on TV on the rest is Infomercial King history.
Many people would like the Grim Reaper to simply leave earth's celebrities alone so we can catch our breath and process everything. I doubt this will happen because the old superstition of celebrities dying in threes is ensconced in pop culture.
So we've lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in the same week. Billy Mays started off the new week and we'll see if the superstition holds true, I'm hoping it doesn't because I, for one, have had enough shockers to last me a good while.
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