Orange Glo was purchased by Church & Dwight Co. He gained notoriety for selling household cleaning products, primarily for Denver-based Orange Glo International, including "OxiClean" and "Orange Clean," in the early 1990s on cable television's Home Shopping Network. He began his sales career pitching various items along the boardwalk of Atlantic City, New Jersey, honing his promotional style. Mays was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, on July 20, 1958, the AP said. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times." "Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days," Mays' wife said in a statement through the police department. It would be "speculation" to link his death to the incident, the Associated Press cited a police spokeswoman as saying. "After all the passengers were off the plane, we didn't receive any report of injuries," Olson said. June 27, according to airline spokesman Jim Olson. flight 1241 from Philadelphia to Tampa which landed at 2:23 p.m. He was a passenger on US Airways Group Inc. "Just had a close call landing in Tampa," Mays said. He also wrote about it on his Twitter page. On June 27, Mays told a Tampa TV station he hit his head while on board a flight that made a rough landing. Still, not every product did what Mays promised it would, according to complaints from customers on Web sites such as. The pitchman often began infomercials by saying, "Billy Mays here." He claimed to use many of the products he peddled. Last week, Mays appeared on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" to discuss the show and his pitching style. In the show, Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan vet inventors' projects for infomercials. Mays's influence was acknowledged by a Discovery Channel reality-TV series "Pitchmen," that premiered this year. Starting next week, the company plans to air a spot Mays did for the "Jupiter Jack," a device that turns a car radio into a hands-free phone, Khubani said. Mays appeared in infomercials for TeleBrand products such as the "Rotomatic" tool kit. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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