Is an autopsy planned for oxyclean spokesman, Billy Mays?
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) — TV pitchman Billy Mays’ death appeared to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the Hillsborough County medical examiner. OxiClean pitchman Billy Mays apparently died from heart disease, according to the medical examiner. Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at his home near Tampa Sunday morning, after his wife Deborah found him unresponsive, Tampa police said. The autopsy conducted Monday morning revealed Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, Adams said. “It’s not uncommon to have a sudden death with this kind of disease,” Adams said. Watch medical examiner discuss Mays’ autopsy ยป “Billy would be overwhelmed to see that his life touched so many people in a positive way,” Deborah Mays said in a statement Monday. “While it provides some closure to learn that heart disease took Billy from us, it certainly doesn’t ease the enormous void that his death has created in our lives,” she said. Billy Mays had told a friend before he went to sleep S