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Billy Mays' cocaine use aided death

Billymays_pitchmen_290 Billy Mays died of a heart attack, but it was brought on by cocaine use.

An autopsy report Friday shows that cocaine was a "contributory cause of death" to the development of the heart disease that killed him suddenly in his sleep in late June, reports the AP.

According to the medical examiner's office, the TV pitchman had used cocaine in the few days before his death, although he wasn't actually under its influence when he died.

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The release also said that cocaine can raise blood pressure, exacerbate atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries and thicken the left wall of the heart ventricle.

Mays, who had been suffering from hip problems and was due for surgery, was also found with therapeutic amounts of painkillers hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol, as well as anti-anxiety drugs alprazolam and diazepam in his system.

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I didn't need to know this....sad :(

t's bcus Hnh lks t pst flth nd grbg n n wnts t rd.

Sorry to hear about anybody dying..... But, was tired of being yelled at by my TV. Wasn't cocaine, I reached into the TV and strangled him.

ALL OTHER REPORTS ARE FALSE!!

......

My ears are still ringing.

Was hoping for some silence.......Need to go buy some Oxyclean....Damnit, not sure why.

What is with the arguing about grammar?

WOW! What irony... Iggy Popp is giving his two cents re: drugs.

Billy Mays was a professional liar. He tricked people to buy crap, and he tricked people to thinking he was a good person. I thought he was a good guy, but this shows he was just another common, pathetic criminal that made it big by tricking us. Billy, you were a loser and it's good that you are dead.

BILLY BILLY BILLY ..AND I THOUGHT U WERE A "GOOD" MAN , BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS NO SUCH THING. WELL U SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN, DRUG ABUSE ALWAYS CATCHES UP TO YOU. U KNOW. BUT NOW THAT U ARE GONE AS U KNOW THE WORLD KEEPS SPINNING AND IT KEEPS TURNING....AND TURNING....AND TURNING....(MEANING U DONT MEAN **** AND WE DONT GIVA A F**K YOU JUNKIE DRUGIE CRIMINAL, YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE)

I am not shocked. He did what more people do than you think. All around every day are people that have to take a little extra to get through our days sitting in a cubicle or doing some other unnatural job that we as "man" we not meant to do. We are meant to work outdoors and agricultural forms of work are what we are built for-both physically and mentally. So, Billy Mays died. He sold us crap we don't need. It caused him stress, it helped to make him need momma's little helper to get him through the days of selling crap that no one needed. His contribution to society like most of us was useless sales followed by consumption of crap we don't need. I am sad for his kids. But, that is it. I ain't crying for you MR.OXYCODONE or OXYCLEAN. Whatever. Lets all do another line and get back in the cubicle, bunch of robotic *** wipes that we are.

Haha, what the hell?
I don't know why everyone is saying Mr. Mays is a terrible person now just because he did cocaine. Where is the report stating he was a chronic user? He could have only done it a few times!

As "Elvis Presley" said in his comment, he probably just did it to escape from his own problems. Bastards like "♥→THE WORLD☺←♥" and "God" have no idea what Mays' life was like, so they really have no room to talk; saying he's a bad person. **** that. Billy Mays was a total BAD***SSS.

p.s. - **** VINCE AND HIS CRAPPY *** SHAMWOW

I don't want to promote recreational drug use but how do the officials really know that cocaine contributed to Billy's death. Sure, cocaine does all the things they said it does (raises blood pressure, etc) and he had traces of it in his body. What was the heart disease he had, and just because there were tracesd of cocaine in his system, how do they really know that contributed to what killed him. I think it's an intellectually flawed, dumbed down conclusion.

Billy Mays was a wonderful father, husband, and pitchman. His son, Billy Mays III, has said nothing but good about him. He worked hard to get where he was, and he did everything he could for his family. He did cocaine, but he was not a long time user. Billy Mays is an inspiration to many people. Those of you saying things like "Billy, you were a loser and it's good that you are dead.", are not only severely disturbed, obviously, but you're also terribly misinformed. What about his death is good, what did you gain? I still see commercials featuring Billy, I still see his face on some of the products he sold, and I still see people posting on things concerning his p***ing. One day, you'll lose someone close to you, and I hope to God it's because of some type of drug use, and then that **** will comeback to haunt you. Don't talk **** about Billy mother ****in' Mays

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