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TAMPA, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- Tampa police say 50-year-old television pitchman Billy Mays was found dead at his home Sunday.
WASHINGTON, July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is taking flak for his role as pitchman for a firm whose president has been accused of shady dealings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
