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Coroner: TV personality Billy Mays died of heart disease

(CNN) UPDATED 2009-06-29

Television pitchman Billy Mays, best known for his OxiClean and Orange Glo commercials, died of heart disease, a Florida medical examiner says. Initial reports implicated a bump on the head Mays received on a flight. But an autopsy revealed that Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, which can often lead to sudden death. He was pronounced dead at his home near Tampa on Sunday after his wife found him unresponsive. He was 50 years old. Read full story >

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