Billy Mays — and his booming voice — was a fixture on television screens in the early 2000s, selling products like OxiClean and Kaboom. But his career as a pitchman was tragically cut short when he ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.Tampa police ...

"Billy was such a sweet guy, very lovable, very nice, always smiling, just a great, great guy," she said, adding that Mays met his future wife at the network. "Everybody thinks because he's loud and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack in his sleep, but further tests are needed to be sure of the cause of death, a medical examiner said Monday.