http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529328,00.html
2009 is claiming a lot of lives. I was a big fan of this guy.
Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Police said there were no signs of forced entry to May's residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.
Mays, 50, was on board a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday, MyFOXTampa.com reported.
US Airways spokesman Jim Olson said that none of the 138 passengers and five crew members were injured in the incident, but several passengers reported having bumps and bruises, according to the station.
Authorities have not said whether Mays' death was related to the incident.
"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times," Mays wife, Deborah, said in a statement on Sunday.
Saw someone say something about this in facebook. Like wow. This is insane. What's going on? I liked him too, he was a great salesman. =/
Now he'll never settle the score with Vince 
Yeah, I saw this on comcast.net, and I was completely and totally shocked! What the heck is going on?! This is 4 celebs in less than a week, and two were really unexpected not to mention Mays was 50 too! o_0
I saw him on Conan last week, so yeah this is a shock.
My condolences to his friends and family.
Seriously! I thought Hell week was done but it seems I was wrong. I just found out on Facebook. I liked the guy, he was good at what he did. RIP Billy!
Last Sunday a good friend died in a boating accident. So yeah 4 celebrities and a close friend.
I did manage to revive my car, otherwise I would've added it to the casualties.
Most enthusiastic seller ever.
Epic beard.
Wow. I saw him last week on Conan. He looked so full of energy. And yes his beard was made of awesomeness.
RIP Billy Mays .
Man...my sympathies to his family. Also, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend as well, Hidoi.
Yeah, I also found out through Facebook through my brohams. God damn, what the fudge is going on this week, for serious?
I heard they found the culprit.
Another celeb dead in the SAME week?! Uh, guys..... 2009 is SERIOUSLY f****d up..... 
r.i.p.
Good Lord, that's four in less that two weeks. 2009 claims yet another victim.
My condolences go out to his family.
Source: Yahoo! TV
Billy Mays, well known for pitching a variety of products in U.S. television commercials, had heart disease but did not appear to have suffered head trauma in a rough airplane landing prior to dying in his sleep on Sunday, a medical examiner in Florida said on Monday.
The bearded, black-haired Mays, 50, who gained fame as an enthusiastic TV "pitchman" advertising an array of commercial products, was found dead by his wife at their home in Tampa, Florida.
On Saturday, Mays was among the passengers aboard a U.S. Airways flight from Philadelphia that landed roughly at Tampa International Airport after apparently blowing a tire.
Mays told local TV shortly afterward that objects had dropped from the ceiling of the plane upon impact and he had received a blow on the head, although he said at the time he felt fine.
In a preliminary statement on Monday after an initial autopsy, Hillsborough County medical examiner Vernard Adams said his examination found that Mays had "hypertensive heart disease," which refers to heart disease caused by high blood pressure, but "there was no evidence of any head trauma."
Adams said this heart ailment "was certainly capable of causing the sudden death." He said Mays had died in his sleep.
"It's not unusual for persons with heart disease to die this young," Adams said, adding that a formal report on the cause of death would be issued only after the results of toxicology tests were considered.
Toxicology tests can show the presence of drugs in the body.
Tampa police said no foul play was suspected.
Executives from the television home-shopping industry praised Mays' role in promoting TV salesmanship.
"DRTV (the direct-response television industry) has grown to be a $300 billion business during the last 20 years, and Billy Mays played a key role in making this possible," Julie Coons, president and CEO of the Electronic Retailing Association, said in a statement.
I had no clue who Billy Mays was until I heard the name in conjunction with the name of one of his products, then I was like WTF! That guy is amazing and commercials will be far less tolerable without him. He made me want to order a lot of what he pitched, which is something that almost no commercial ever does.
This is a much bigger deal than the others, to me.
That. Is. Awesome!!
i never saw the adverts, but i agree that he was the advertising father of the cillit bang guy.
hope the media leaves his family alone.
he seemed a bit too chipper, yeah
