At fifty years of age, commercial-star Billy Mays was found dead in his Florida home. Best known for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo and Mighty Putty, Mays was famous for his in-your-face sales pitches and booming voice. The cause of death is yet to be determined, but an autopsy will be performed today. On Saturday, Mays was a passenger on US Airways Flight 1241, which reportedly experienced a tire blowout upon landing. Mays told local Fox News TV reporters that he hit his head during the incident. “All of a sudden as we hit, it was just, I mean, the hardest hit. All the top things from the ceiling start dropping and hit me on the head,” he told Fox News Tampa. “But, I got a hard head.”
Avid online social networker, Mays Tweeted from the airplane “Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing. Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.” The airline has agreed to cooperate with any investigation launched by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).