OxiClean Forevs
Filed under: R.I.P.
Legendary late pitchman Billy Mays' funeral was held in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania on Friday, and pals of Mays paid fitting tribute to their close friend.
The pallbearers at Billy's funeral all donned bright blue OxiClean button-downs while paying their last respects!
Those, of course, are the same shirts most famously worn by Mays himself in his popular infomercials for his top selling multi-purpose cleanser.
Brings a tear to our eye!
[Image via AP Images.]
Posted: July 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Another stale story
can't you copy and paste in a timely manner?
That's so sad but I slightly blame his wife for this…if ANYONE gets a head injury they should get checked out ASAP especially if they are complaining about not feeling well after the head injury
R.I.P. Brotha
:P
Anthony Sullivan is a pallbearer, which is very sweet. RIP, Billy.
Rest In Peace Billy…
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I meant to say -
REST IN PEACE BILLY,
YOU WERE ONE OF A KIND
AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!
TRULY SAD, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE DYING BEFORE TOO SOON.
Wow, isn't that kind of disrespectful? Almost like a joke. Im sure to his wife he meant more to her than THAT.
sad 1st
If a Trash man died, would HIS pallbearer's wear trash man attire??
RIP MAYES
MAYS
I love billy!! going to be missed
RIP Billy Mays. OxiClean is the best! I can't clean without it. Prayers to his family.
What the crap? I found this on the msnbc homepage like, three or four days ago. What have you been doing, perez? Why can't you post at least within 24 hours of…everyone?!
Re: LuvAlwyzK –
He died from a heart condition. The coroner said that there was no evidence of major or minor brain trauma during the autopsy. His heart apparently just gave out.
It's sad. I feel bad for his family & friends.
R.I.P. Billy.
This was pretty cool.
Very weird. How about some respect for the man rather than the product he hawked?
I recognize three people in this photo. That's Billy's son, Billy Jr in the middle on the left. Anthony Sullivan (his co-star in "Pitchmen") is in the middle on the right. Behind him is Billy's father.
RIP Billy
For all of you that DON'T GET IT….this is how Billy was - he was fun loving, loved his products and, I believe, would have totally loved this idea….he probably had it in his paperwork to have a funeral like this. He was awesome. A lot of you on here need to pull the sticks out of your asses.
RIP Billy - I can't believe you are gone - love ya!
RIP, best pitchman ever!
He did not die from the head injury…no head trauma was found. Heart disease.
A fitting tribute for an awesome man. He was much more than just the OxiClean guy. RIP, Billy!
Re: petiteCobaye – Totally agree. He LOVED what he did - if you watched any of Pitchmen, he adored the blue shirt. He was so hilarious on that show. It makes it even more sentimental and a fitting tribute if you ever saw the episodes where Sully came in dressed in the shirt as a practical joke, and the jokes about the blue shirt from Billy himself.
And it should be noted - he wore the blue shirt long before Oxyclean and in all his other infomercials since. Not that much different than people donning single gloves for MJ - it's a trademark.
WHY DID GOD TAKE BILLY MAYS BUT LEAVE THE SHAMWOW ASSHOLE?
Love oxi`clean……….. Use it in my whites ALL the time. Too bad I have no idea who Bill Mays even was. I'm NOT a t.v watcher AT ALL.. So RIP big guy.
Re: petiteCobaye – they don't get it, THAT BLUE SHIRT meant alot to him. if anyone watched pitchmen-he and anthony had a whole thing about the shirt-so yes, it was not a surprise they wore it to the funeral-which his wife would have approved anyway-unless they were crass and hated her-but his son is out there too. Anthony Sullivan looks heartbroken. OH, and mario, get your ghost writers back to work, Billy died last week. RIP
Re: LuvAlwyzK – It was a heart disease that killed him.
I see that Billy's father besides his son and Anthony as a pallbearer. Parents are not made to bury their young.
billy mays son is soooo a cute little bear!
I still can't believe you haven't discussed Steve McNair's murder yet???? this is huge news in the football world
i got thrown out its wake because i tried to climb into its coffin and snuggle with it. i was able to lick its face and sniff its beard though.
Aww, that makes me want to cry. I still see his commercials on TV. You would think they'd take them off, wouldn't you?
:( bye bye
awh D:
it really did bring tears to my eyes
:( Bye bye, Billy. I was way sadder about this than Michael Jackson's death…Also, agreed with PetitCobaye, Billy Mays loved his work and he would have loved the tribute. Rest in Peace.
Aw!
Not a huge fan of the annoying ass commercials, but it's neat how they dressed.
I loved to hate his commercials but bought everything he sold. Rest in Peace. you will be missed.
…everyone who gave a eulogy was asked to speak in the highest volume possible. I heard.
So sad…they interviewed him after a flight he was on that had a dramatic landing at Tampa airport last Saturday………….said he was fine. Then Sunday was shocked to hear he had died! Best to his family and RIP.
It's hard to believe such an energetic man is in that box. Sad! And no, it's not his wife's fault. She's not a doctor. It look slike the head injuy was just a coincidence. RIP.
i care more about Billy Mays death than Michael Jackson's :'(
They say celebrity deaths come in 3's, leave it to Billy Mays to throw in the 4th for free.
Hate to break it to you all- THIS IS A GOSSIP BLOG. NOT THE FUCKING NEWS. If you want the news, go to yahoo or read the newspaper. Don't come to a gossip site expecting to read about world news.
R.I.P. Billy.
This hit me harder than MJ or Farah…only because I admired Billy Mays for the life he created for himself and his family. I guess 50 is the new 80.
Here's how to order..
I will Love you Forever Oxi-Man! RIP
Re: LuvAlwyzK –
It wasn't a head injury dumb ass, it was heart disease!
This makes me sad:( I loved Billy Mays…
Re: petiteCobaye – I agree!
This is a tight community that Billy came from. They wrote his eulogy in my restaurant. My husband's cousin was his best friend. People from China even came to his funeral. RIP Billy…you related to the "little people".
pitchman was my favorite show ):
i love billy mays and i love that they all wore his
signature shirt
I love the Shirts…it's like asking family to wear all white or that persons favorite color! It's a sign of respect and love!
We miss U Billy!
Re: buffymybasset –
Steve McNair is black and U know that P-Nasty only talks about black people when he thinks they have done something bad! Look at how he has treated the whole Chris Brown/Foreigner Girl thing…a lot of people let that shit go ALONG time ago. Now the Foreigner Girl is like his muse…gotta have a Foreigner Girl story at least once a week. Chris was never mentioned on this website B4 that. Go to his archives and check it out.
Whitney gets special treatment because she is an ex-crack head (whom he once talked about like a dog) and he wants backstage tickets to see her and report have fabu she was and how much of a fan he has been, blah, blah, blah!
rest in peace…