Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death

[darkwarrior3007]

TAMPA, Fla. – An autopsy report shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday.

The Hillsborough County medical examiner's office previously determined that the bearded, boisterous TV spokesman had a heart attack in his sleep. His wife found him unresponsive in bed in their Tampa condo June 28.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_en_tv/us_billy_mays

 

[thebear247]

we both posted it at the same time . i ask the mods to close mine but it is a shame i thought he was better then that he just didnts eem like the type to me

 

[D-rock]

So,...could cocaine be considered a performance enhancing drug in Billy Mays' job?

 

[coolbeers]

who is gonna be the first to start a thread about pitchmen on drugs?:dunno:

 

[JakeSnake]

So,...could cocaine be considered a performance enhancing drug in Billy Mays' job?

That's exactly what I thought. His slightly manic personality makes a lot of sense now. Do you think he was under the influence in the ads?

 

[24788]

I fucking knew it! I always told my friends they had to be on cocaine to act like they do!

Just look at the shamwow guy.

 

[SiCo]

In other news today, Michael Jackson's brain was returned.

 

[Will E Worm]

I still don't believe it.

They would have found this much earlier. The first story was heart problems.

 

[mastagambit]

I always knew he was an oxy-MORON.:thefinger

 

[Ace Bandage]

I always knew he was an oxy-MORON.:thefinger

:ban: :1orglaugh Damn, I wouldn't have been surprised to learn that Billy was on uppers, but cocaine is a shock. I didn't really expect this out of him. No wonder he shouted all the time. It just goes to show that you never know what people are up to in their own time.

 

[lickknob25]

John Entwistle of The Who died the same way. He had heart problems and the coke he snorted the night he died was just too much for the old ticker.
It says he hadn't done the coke in a few days. I was under the impression that coke is out of your system after about 3 days.
I think I'll do a line or two now, in their honor. lol

 

[feller469]

he's gone, sniff, sniff, snort

 

[Drederick Tatum]

That's bullshit. It said he used coke days before his death. Not that he died of an OD or anything. Why would they release that to the public? If any other average citizen died under the same circumstances and they found that he "may have used cocaine days before his death" they probably wouldn't even tell the family let alone the press.

 

[Hypergalaxy]

I believe it. You could tell by the way he acted even off the infomercials he was on something

 

[EwaSonnetIsGod]

Why are they releasing his medical records? I thought there were hipa laws preventing this unless the family agreed to release them.

 

[SiCo]

Why are they releasing his medical records? I thought there were hipa laws preventing this unless the family agreed to release them.

The Oxy company are keen to make clear by revealing his blood test results that he wasn't snorting their product. It's called damage control.

:turnturn:

 

[gunslingingbird]

I knew he was a little too enthusiastic! I mean, who gets excited over the Sham-Wow? :dunno:

 

[Friday on my mind]

I knew he was a little too enthusiastic! I mean, who gets excited over the Sham-Wow? :dunno:

Somebody out to part you with your dough lol.

Sorry he passed but won't miss those infomercials.Pass out in front of the boobtube and wake up to Billy Mays yelling at ya.:eek:

 

[gunslingingbird]

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Sorry he passed but won't miss those infomercials.Pass out in front of the boobtube and wake up to Billy Mays yelling at ya.:eek:

:glugglug:

 

[girk1]

That's bullshit. It said he used coke days before his death. Not that he died of an OD or anything. Why would they release that to the public? If any other average citizen died under the same circumstances and they found that he "may have used cocaine days before his death" they probably wouldn't even tell the family let alone the press.

Well they released Steve McNair's autopsy & we know gunshots was the cause of his death. It said he had two times the legal limit of alcohol ,but he was in his home at the time so I didn't see why it mattered:dunno:

The average citizens doesn't care what's in the autopsy of another average citizen ,but these are PUBLIC records which the public/media does have a right to see & the media/public WAS interested.

I was doing a family genealogical trace & I had easy access to deceased members autopsy report.:dunno: These are public records.