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  1. 06-28-2009, 11:19 AM #1
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    Billy Mayes found dead

    http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/

    wth? McMahon, Fawcett, Jackson, now Mayes???
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  2. 06-28-2009, 11:58 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by For-Life View Post
    http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/billy-mays-is-dead/

    wth? McMahon, Fawcett, Jackson, now Mayes???
    Wasn't he a baseball player or something?
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  3. 06-28-2009, 12:42 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johns View Post
    Wasn't he a baseball player or something?

    No, he was this guy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuRe...C12E09&index=1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40Oa2VzIVs
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  4. 06-28-2009, 01:10 PM #4
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    I think it might have been a pun.

    Pitcher - Baseball ;)
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    Oddly enough, both Billy and Michael were 50 years old. I think I'll miss Mays more than Michael. MJ hadn't put anything out in the last decade. Billy was also a local guy here in the Tampa Bay area. He seemed like a pretty funny guy, especially if anyone's ever watched that show "Pitchmen".
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  6. 06-28-2009, 02:09 PM #6
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    [QUOTE= I think I'll miss Mays more than Michael. MJ hadn't put anything out in the last decade. [/QUOTE]

    I was thinking the same thing Billy was in my living room almost every day but why was he always yelling at me?
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  7. 06-28-2009, 05:47 PM #7
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    i blame vince!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by k12311997 View Post
    I was thinking the same thing Billy was in my living room almost every day but why was he always yelling at me?
    Because he had something really amazing to show you!!!

    LOL!!!:cheers:
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  9. 06-28-2009, 09:17 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by braheem24 View Post
    I think it might have been a pun.

    Pitcher - Baseball ;)
    No, I was thinking Bill (William), may have been another name for Willie.

    I thought Willie Mays died a long time ago...
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  10. 06-29-2009, 07:10 AM #10
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    I think maybe his heart just went ........KaBoom!
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    Mays was 50, Jackson was 50, I'M 50...
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    If this kind of thing does happen in threes...let's see...
    Ed McMahon
    Farrah Fawcett
    Michael Jackson
    Billy Mays
    Fred Travelena

    Do they owe us one more? Patrick Swayze? Billy Graham?


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  13. 06-30-2009, 02:37 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Night Train View Post
    If this kind of thing does happen in threes...let's see...
    Ed McMahon
    Farrah Fawcett
    Michael Jackson
    Billy Mays
    Fred Travelena

    Do they owe us one more? Patrick Swayze? Billy Graham?


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  15. 06-30-2009, 04:02 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Night Train View Post
    If this kind of thing does happen in threes...let's see...
    Ed McMahon
    Farrah Fawcett
    Michael Jackson
    Billy Mays
    Fred Travelena

    Do they owe us one more? Patrick Swayze? Billy Graham?


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  16. 06-30-2009, 07:13 PM #16
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    I liked this guy. I swear he doubles as the younger 'most interesting man in the world' on the Dos Equis commercials.

    He lived vicariously through himself.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2SSZA0CjdQ

    'Stay thirsty my friends'.
    :cheers:

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  17. 07-01-2009, 03:36 PM #17
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    OK...now we have the second group of three complete.
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    Another Mystery Solved

    Every once in a while, I get one of those circuit-riding emails that is worth sharing:


    Why we lose people in threes:

    Arriving at the Pearly Gates, Farrah Fawcett is welcomed by St. Peter, who tells her she can have one wish granted because of her long suffering. Without hesitation, she wished that all of the children in the world would be safe!

    At that moment, back on Earth, Michael Jackson dropped dead.

    Then, when Michael arrived at the Pearly Gates, St. Peter asked him what he wanted. Michael said he needed a persuasive advocate to make his case before God.

    Poor Billy Mays never knew what hit him.
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    Dead Pool Winner

    Karl Malden had, if I am not mistaken, the longest lived marriage to a single person in the history of Hollywood. While it’s sad to see him gone it’s great news for my dead pool. I really lost out on all the other big names that just died. Check it out at TheDeadpool.com.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AngryFish View Post
    Karl Malden had, if I am not mistaken, the longest lived marriage to a single person in the history of Hollywood. While it’s sad to see him gone it’s great news for my dead pool. I really lost out on all the other big names that just died. Check it out at TheDeadpool.com.
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  21. 07-17-2009, 08:36 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    Walter Cronkite.

    You win
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    yep

    horrible finding
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  24. 08-08-2009, 08:46 AM #24
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    That explains why he was always running around and yelling like a maniac!

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