According to reports, Billy Mays’ funeral will be held on the 3rd of July. Everyone’s favorite television personality Billy Mays had passed away very suddenly on Sunday, spreading shock among his fans and colleagues likewise.

He will be buried in his hometown Pennsylvania. According to reports the funeral is scheduled to take place at St. Mary’s Church in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania from 9.30 am. Though there has been no confirmation whether it will a private or a public affair, sources indicate that it will be a public one.

This may be due to the fact that after the news of his death spread, messages and tributes to this TV pitchman have been flowing all over most social networking sites with people feeling for him personally. In Twitter, Billy May’s much beloved son, who is a talented musician, has said that he is planning to release an album which he will dedicate to his father.

His wife had found him lying immobile in their home in Tampa, Florida. After the paramedics pronounced him dead, Billy’s body was sent for an autopsy. The autopsy results have been released today by the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s office that indicate a possible heart failure. Sources indicate that the final results of the autopsy will be out after 6 to 7 weeks. It had been reported earlier that he might have died because of an injury to his head while travelling in a plane which is supposedly not the actual reason.

Billy Mays is known as a television advertisement salesperson promoting home based cleaning products like Oxiclean. Sarah Ellerstein, who worked closely with Billy says, “Billy was such a sweet guy, very lovable, very nice, always smiling, just a great great guy.”