WHat was the name of the pitchman for Orange Glo International?”
William “Billy” D. Mays, Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitches made him a recognizable television presence. Mays was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and began his career as salesman on the Atlantic City boardwalk. He travelled across the United States for 12 years, selling various items before he was hired to sell OxiClean and other products on the Home Shopping Network. His success as a TV pitchman lead him to found Mays Promotions, Inc. On April 15, 2009, the Discovery Channel began airing Pitchmen, a documentary series that features Mays. On the morning of June 28, 2009, Mays was found unresponsive in his Tampa home. He was then pronounced dead at 7:45 am, appearing to have died sometime overnight. The day before his death he was aboard a plane that blew out its front tires
Billy Mays, the pitchman for cleaning products such as Orange Glo, Oxyclean, Kaboom!, etc. was quite the lively gentlemen. Sadly though, today he passed away at the age of 50. He suffered some head trauma during a rough landing when he was coming home from his business trip. He thought he was fine and he was found today dead in his apartment. You can find all sorts of news about it over the internet.
