Billy Mays died

[Karen]

Regardless of what you felt about Billy Mays, and his commercials, etc., let his death serve a purpose. It is being said now that he likely died from heart disease and long undiagnosed high blood pressure.

Take the time to get your blood pressure checked, okay? High blood pressure is known as the "silent killer" for good reason. You may think it is just caused by being overweight, or by being 'high strung,' but that is not the case. Many factors, including unknowns, can cause high blood pressure, even in seemingly healthy, calm people.

If you are a member here, it means there are people who love you and care about you, and that you probably have pets that depend on you. Getting your blood pressure checked is often a free service at malls or pharmacies, and what you don't know CAN kill you. Get yours checked today.

[Catty1]

[K9soul]

I don't get the joking over the loss of people's lives.

[Catty1]

From an earlier post in this thread:

I have to make a joke about this.......


I can see people at his service listening to the eulogy and at the end someone jumps up and says, "BUT WAIT! THERE"S MORE!"

And a reply from another poster two posts later:

RICHARD, I think those words should be his epitaph.

Like the picture above - pokes fun at his style, commemorating what he will be remembered most for (which others have mentioned here), but does have the RIP message at the bottom of it. The pic struck me as heartfelt, humourous and yet sincere.

Nothing was said in that picture that hasn't been said on this and in other threads. I see nothing disrespectful about the pic or the other comments - including ones that refer to the 'dying in threes' rule definitely not applying (see the thread "They're dropping like flies").

[pomtzu]

Catty:

I believe what some found to be inappropriate, was the post referring to his "obnoxious voice" and saying to "go yell somewhere else". Otherwise, I don't see that the other posts were malicious at all.

[Catty1]

I didn't say the other posts were malicious - my point. They weren't saying anything that this pic wasn't.

[RICHARD]

Now,
Some of you were really irritated about Billy Mays yelling all the time?


Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Uj-4PbahE

I saw this commercial a while back, I admire the fact that this guy can pitch in espanol....But, he sure has a creepy voice and inflection!

[lvpets2002]

Nope dont like Sham Wow guy nether.. He also advertises the Veggie Chopper thing & of you will like his Nuttss..

Now,
Some of you were really irritated about Billy Mays yelling all the time?


Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Uj-4PbahE

I saw this commercial a while back, I admire the fact that this guy can pitch in espanol....But, he sure has a creepy voice and inflection!

[Grace]

Doesn't anyone NOT use drugs these days?

(CNN) -- An autopsy report issued Friday by Hillsborough County, Florida, cites cocaine as a contributing factor in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June at age 50.
The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office said cocaine use contributed to Billy Mays' heart disease.


"Mays died from a lethal arrhythmia of the heart caused by hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease," the county said in a statement attributed to Dr. Leszek Chrostowski, the associate medical examiner who conducted the autopsy.

"He further concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death," it added.

[Medusa]

I think he would've loved this pic.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Regardless of what you felt about Billy Mays, and his commercials, etc., let his death serve a purpose. It is being said now that he likely died from heart disease and long undiagnosed high blood pressure.

Take the time to get your blood pressure checked, okay? High blood pressure is known as the "silent killer" for good reason. You may think it is just caused by being overweight, or by being 'high strung,' but that is not the case. Many factors, including unknowns, can cause high blood pressure, even in seemingly healthy, calm people.

If you are a member here, it means there are people who love you and care about you, and that you probably have pets that depend on you. Getting your blood pressure checked is often a free service at malls or pharmacies, and what you don't know CAN kill you. Get yours checked today.

Karen, this is a beautiful message to all of us. I also think we should think about making sure our own health is in order. Billy Mays seemed like a very healthy guy. Always neat, clean, and energetic. It should give us all a wakeup call.

I think it was Grace that said he had a hip replacement last year. Pre-op should have detected a possible problem. This wasn't true in this case. No matter what great health we think we have, we should be 100% positive.