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Autopsy set for TV pitchman Billy Mays

Jun. 29, 2009
Medical examiners are due to complete a preliminary autopsy Monday on Billy Mays, the man with the booming voice famous for fronting products such as OxiClean and Orange Glo in TV commercials.
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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., July 17 (UPI) -- Church & Dwight Co., which makes Arm & Hammer products, will pay $325 million to buy Colorado's Orange Glo International.

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MIAMI, March 31 (UPI) -- New York rapper Busta Rhymes reportedly smashed a champagne bottle into the head of former Source magazine publisher David Mays in Miami.

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HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 5 (UPI) -- Hagerstown, Md., officials have bowed to bitter objections and dropped plans to name the city's minor league stadium for Willie Mays.

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HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 22 (UPI) -- Hagerstown, Md., wanted to name a street for Willie Mays but unfortunately suggestions to change Memorial Boulevard angered war veterans.

Fan wipes Mays' autograph off guitar

SOMERSET, England, March 1 (UPI) -- A British man paid nearly $1,870 for a guitar autographed by Queen's Brian Mays, then accidentally wiped off the precious moniker.
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa