We Should All Grow Beards in Tribute

In a shock to the early-morning infomercial world, TV pitchman Billy Mays died last night at his home in Tampa, Florida. While an autopsy has not yet been performed, Mays was on an aircraft that had a hard landing last night when its tire blew out, and a portion of the aircraft ceiling fell and struck Mays in the head.

Mays probably didn't think it was much of a big deal, but then, neither did Natasha Richardson.

I hope that this serves as one more warning that when you take a nasty blow on the head, you really ought to go see a doctor. Maybe Billy Mays will succeed where others have failed? The dude could sell OxyClean, OrangeGlo, and ESPN360.com. If he could do that, well, he could do anything.

Oh, and as an aside, I can't believe Billy Mays was outlived by Sham-Wow Vince.