Death of a Pitchman

Billy Mays, the well known infomercial pitchman of Oxiclean and other late-night products, is dead at the age of 50.  See the story here.  Pending an investigation, it may be related to a hard landing on an airplane flight.  I wanted to use this space to give him props.  Many people remember the death of celebrities or stars; far fewer remember the death of a salesman.  There was a lot of talk both here and on the 44s about Asian guys going into sales, and this guy was a master salesman.

By the way, it’s been a busy week with the obits.  I haven’t printed them all here, but in addition to Michael Jackson and Mays, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon also passed away.

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