TAMPA, Fla. — Television pitchman Billy Mays, shown above, likely died of a heart attack in his sleep, but further tests are needed to be sure of the cause of death, a medical examiner said Monday.
Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams said Mays suffered from hypertensive heart disease, and the wall of the left ventricle of Mays’ heart and the wall of one of his arteries were enlarged. The boisterous, bearded 50-year-old known for hawking OxiClean and other products on national commercials was found dead Sunday by his wife.
"The heart disease is perfectly consistent with sudden death,” Adams said.
An official cause of death will be issued after toxicology and other tests are completed.
"While it provides some closure to learn that heart disease took Billy from us, it certainly doesn’t ease the enormous void that his death has created in our lives,” his wife, Deborah, said in a statement. "As you can imagine, we are all devastated.”
by the associated press
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