The smiling face of infomercial salesperson Billy Mays will no longer be seen as according to reports, Billy was found dead on the 28th in his home in Tampa, Florida. According to the Tampa Police Department, Billy’s wife found him not responding at around 7.45 am on Sunday morning.

Sources confirm that Billy was quite normal till the night before he died and was even known to be talking about business with his father-in-law. Since it wasn’t clear about how he died, involvement of the Police was necessary. The reason of his death has not been known yet and the autopsy is expected to throw some light on his death. Lt. Brian Dungan of the Tampa Police Department is not expecting any foul play yet, as no signs of forced entry in the house have been reported.

50 years old Billy Mays was a television infomercial salesman, marketing home based maintenance products mainly Oxiclean and Orange Glo. He has been doing this work for nearly 12 years and has even been featured in a documentary series called Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel. He’s known to be a warm person with a kind heart, most of the time doing his work in his unique loud pitch and always with a smile.

It has been known that on the day before, Billy had been in the plane that faced a blown front tire just before it was going to land. He was returning from Philadelphia where he had gone for the shooting of his new ad for Oxiclean.
In a statement Billy’s wife, Deborah said, ‘Although Billly 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.”