Billy Mays, one of the most successful infomercial salesmen, passes at 50

Billy Mays, known for his late night infomercials and wildly energetic pitches for products like Oxiclean, Mighty Putty, Steam Buddy, and Impact Gel, has died at the age of 50 of as-of-yet unknown causes. On the day prior to his death, Mays was involved in a relatively minor airplane accident on a US Air flight landing in his hometown of Tampa and was hit on the head, presumably by falling luggage. He was talking with family later that day and seemed to be fine afterwards, but was found dead in