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Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead

Jun. 28, 2009
Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN.
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TV commercial king Billy Mays dead at 50

TAMPA, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- Tampa police say 50-year-old television pitchman Billy Mays was found dead at his home Sunday.

Thompson chided over radio ad gig

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.

Rapper allegedly assaults former publisher

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.

Mays stadium idea strikes out

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.

Effort to name a street for Mays backfires

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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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch