"Billy Mays: 1958-2009"

Early this morning, Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman who became a pop-icon for his boisterous commercial pitches on television, died. He was 50.

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now Billy Mays. This has become a sad month for celebrity obituaries.

"TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home"

-Jon