Billy Mays' Death Related to Bump on Head During Landing?

While he's definitely not the same stature as Michael Jackson, so his death is not going to be covered by multiple infomercial channels showing marathons of his products, he is still a face (and voice) that many probably will recognize. Billy Mays, who some call the king of the infomercials, has passed away, ironically at the same age as Michael Jackson, 50.

Billy Mays was found at 7:45 AM inside his Tampa, FL home on Sunday by his wife. Police said that foul play is not suspected in his death. Authorities anticipate that an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon.

Billy Mays' wife, Deborah, said in a statement on Sunday:
"Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days. Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

You have probably seen Billy Mays in commercials for such products as Oxi-Clean, Mighty Putty and Orange Glo. He was also featured on the reality TV show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery Channel, which followed Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their jobs. Mays and Sullivan appeared with Conan O'Brien on Tuesday night, in fact.

What has come to light is that on Saturday night, less than 24 hours before his death, Billy Mays was on a US Airways flight that blew out its front tires as it landed at a Tampa airport on Saturday. Billy Mays' actual quote to Fox13:

"All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

As mentioned above, the autopsy will not be completed until Monday, so the question of how Billy Mays died will stay open until then. Interestingly, TMZ received the following quote from the FAA, since retracted:

"The passenger needs to wear a seat belt during landing and he didn't."