Funeral arrangements of Billy Mays  will be this week. Funeral arrangements for Billy Mays, the legendary OxiClean pitch man and star of Discovery’s reality show entitled “Pitchmen”, are pending but expected for this week.

UDPATE – 6/30 – HERE IS THE FUNERAL LOCATION

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Local Pittsburgh CB2 KDKA reports “The Mays family says funeral arrangements are not complete, but they expect to plan a fitting ceremony.” No further details have yet been revealed by the family.

Mays died Sunday in Tampa. He was 50 years old.

Billy Mays’ rise as a pitchman came in 1993 in Pittsburgh when he was hired to promote cleaning products – OxiClean, Orange Clean, Orange Glo, and Kaboom. His signature opener was  “Hi – Billy Mays here for …”

In April this year, Mays came to TV audiences in a new format – a Discovery Channel series called Pitchmen. LALATE featured several of his episodes. And yes, they were hugely read stories about LALATE readers.

Like Forbes Riley’s Spin Gym. The pitch was the following:

SpinGym® is portable so you can easily carry it in your purse, briefcase or even your pocket. It comes fully assembled and ready to use out of the box. Plus, it weighs less than 1 pound, but produces more than 20lbs of resistance per pull. A 5 minute workout with SpinGym® is all you need to re-energize and to effectively tone and strengthen muscles on your upper body.

Now you can get a workout anytime, anywhere with SpinGym® … Order now and receive a Neoprene Carrying Bag, an Instruction and Training Guide, an Additional Strength Cord and the “Anywhere in a Chair” Workout DVD, absolutely FREE!

On April 22, shortly after the show’s premiere, it was The Dual Saw episode covered on LALATE that readers loved.

On Monday, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams ruled Mays’ likely cause of death was heart disease:

“[Mays] had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart.”

The report found Mays had “hypertensive and arteriosclerotic disease of the heart”.

Billy Mays will be greatly missed. Send your love.

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Here is the Billy Mays 911 Call audio. The Billy Mays 911 Call matches autopsy report results revealed earlier on LALATE. The autopsy found Mays likely died of heart disease.

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The Mays call was made by his wife who told the operator Billy was “cold and unresponsive”.

Mays was found dead Sunday morning by his wife. Earlier today the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams ruledthe following details about Mays’ likely cause of death:

“[Mays] had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart.”

The report found Mays had “hypertensive and arteriosclerotic disease of the heart”. The complete report will take a few weeks but initial indications suggest Mays could have died from complications of heart disease.

Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Send your love.

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The Billy Mays Autopsy Report has released results showing heart disease the likely reason why Mays died. Billys Mays autopsy report results issues minutes ago reveal no connection with the US Airways flight and May’s death.

LALATE broke the news of the sudden death of Mays at age 50 Sunday. Mays was found dead in his home hours after a plane flight in which items hit his head. The Tampa Florida Coroner’s Office concluded no connection with that flight and Mays’ death.

Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams announced moments ago the following:

“[Mays] had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart.”

The report found Mays had “hypertensive and arteriosclerotic disease of the heart”. The complete report will take a few weeks but initial indications suggest Mays could have died from complications of heart disease.

Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Send your love.

Billy Mays will be greatly missed.

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VIDEO! Here is video of Billy Mays and that U.S. Airways plane Flight 1241 before his death. Billy Mays’ seat belt was not buckled during the plane’s landing, says reports Sunday.

On Saturday, the plane landed in Tampa from Philly.

Local FOX News spoke with Mays after he exited the plane. The report said the plane “landed with a bang” causing a runway to be closed for hours. Brenda Geoghagan of Tampa International Airport issued the following statement Saturday evening:

“We have two active runways here but keep in mind the West runway, probably 90 to 95 percent of our jet traffic uses that runway because that puts the noise out over the bay,” said

While reports state no passenger injuries occurred, the situation was described as a blown tire under the nose of the plane during landing.

Mays upon exiting the plane told FOX:

“All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head”.

Cause of death will be known Monday following an autopsy planned. Billy Mays was 50.

Watch below the video from Fox Tampa.

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The Coroner’s Office will have autopsy results for Billy Mays done Monday. Could seat belt use reveal in autopsy results Monday indications of how Billy Mays died?

UPDATE 6/29 CLICK HERE TO FOR THE AUTOPSY REPORT RESULTS
JUST RELEASED – HEART DISEASE

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May’s death has shocked PITCHMEN fans Sunday. But questions surround if a failure by Mays to wear his seat belt during an unusual plane landing hours before his death contributed to his suddenly passing.

Here is the latest.

Billy Mays arrived Saturday night on US Airways Flight 1241. In the landing, Mays’ head reportedly got struck from above by something when the plane’s front tire blew. Mays told local Fox News last night:

“All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head.”

Mays thought he was fine. But hours late, at home Sunday morning, Billy was found dead by his wife.

She has issued the following statement today:

“Although Billy lived a public life, we don’t anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times.”

Billy was 50.

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