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Billy Mays Is Gone...
Merrick here...
Iconinc TV pitchman Billy Mays passed away this weekend; he was 50. Mays was best known for high energy info-hocks of products usually priced at $19.99 or less.
Many people know Billy only from his assertive, often grating advertising appearances. But the Discovery Channel's television series PITCHMEN, not surprisingly, Mays to have been so much more.
Mays worked very hard, for many years, to find success - and felt he only truly "made it" around the age of 40 (roughly ten years ago). Over the past few years he'd reconnected with a semi-estranged son and even given him a bit of work (if I understand the story correctly). Mays championed affordable health care for those who could not pay high premiums. He was a family man with a three year old daughter and a 20-something year old stepson.
Discovery & Discovery HD are broadcasting a marathon of PITCHMEN on July 1 (Wednesday) - HERE is a list of air times. It's a surprisingly interesting look into May's "direct response marketing" techniques - the struggles to get the price tags of certain items to the magic $20 or less range, the payoffs of doing so, how the success of Mays-pitched products impacts the lives of their inventors - and an illuminating insight into a man who...in many ways...we were just getting to know.
Check it out.
NBC has thoughtfully provided Billy's recent appearance on Conan O'Brien's TONIGHT SHOW (with business partner Anthony Sullivan). You can view this as an embed here:
Peace, Billy.
Please, let's try not dilute memories of Billy in this Talkback by hammering AICN about failing to note Ed McMahon's passing last week. The omission was a failure on our part, pure and simple. We fucked up.
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3 AM ain't gonna be the same without running across one of those LOUD ASS informercials! RIP.
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Why exactly is this on here?
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They're more fun than a lot of the crap in theatres.
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. . . He really seemed to not like that Sham-Wow guy.
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With the forever new Oxy-Clean, The man will be missed!
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Is AICN antiEd Mcmahon?
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From the reports I've read...
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....will never be the same.
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... Happen yesterday? Late again AICN.
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Seemed like a good guy. So long Mr. Mays.
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that Oxi-clean stuff is amazing....i highly recommend it!
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Was he a founding member of the KKK? Maybe all those cleaning products were meant to protect the purity of the white race.
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Jun 29, 2009 11:24:29 AM CDT
You guys creat a thred for Billie Mays but not Ed Mcmahon?
by supermans
You guys creat a thred for Billie Mays but not Ed Mcmahon?
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still no Mcmahon.Pathetic.
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How hard is it to post news on a website over the weekend?
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Billy Mays was probably the only TV pitchman I ever saw that came off as a truly decent guy. Reading up on him now, it's clear that he was also a total pro who really cared about his craft - and I never thought I'd considered salesmanship a "craft", but this guy was so good that he made me reconsider.
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Get over the McMahon thing. Did you not read the end of the article? AICN screwed the pooch. Get over it.
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Billy Mays here....Step a little closer Saint Joe and let me show you something that will clean and protect the pearly gates and make them shine like they were when you first came through. Cleans not just pearl but brass on the harps and gold on the halo's look so shiny even Christ the Lord will claim it is a miracle. Order now and we'll double the offer so you can send it to your Jewish friends so they can try it over in Jew Heaven. But you have too order now!
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Who was last seen being frosted by a prostitute
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"Please, let's try not dilute memories of Billy in this Talkback by hammering AICN about failing to note Ed McMahon's passing last week. The omission was a failure on our part, pure and simple. We fucked up."
Dilute the memories of Billy? WTF?
He was a late night pitch man. He's not an actor. Man this site has gotten so fuckin lame.
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Jun 29, 2009 11:38:42 AM CDT
If you truly feel so bad about no Ed McMahon Talkback then creat
by drunkenbusboy
It's never too late to create one. I also believe it won't cost you any money.
Jesus, Ed had more relevance and influence on the TV medium than Mr. Mays ever had or will.
According to my parents my first words were Budweiser due to his commercials back in the late 60's. My mother bought Alpo for our dog simply because Ed would plug it on the tonight show.
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was during the time of the death? I bet he's behind it and the police showed up before he could Slap Chop his body.
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I'm glad we are on the same wave length my friend.
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There's was nothing like falling asleep with the television on and getting a rude awakening from this guy (YELLING AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE!!! About how great Oxy-clean or some other shit he was selling.
R.I.P. BILLY MAYS, Your voice shall forever ring in my head. -
Seriously, I am freaked out.
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Watch Out, Mr Magic Bullet!
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Do you people really think his family and friends care if there is a post on Aint it Cool News about his death? Do you think a site like this even matters to a family who has lost someone? Christ, they didn't think to write a couple of paragraphs about someone who passed away, it's not the New York Fucking Times.
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Now Vince the Shamwow guy is going to be pitchman #1
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Jun 29, 2009 11:49:32 AM CDT
Mays' death had something to do with that fucking wind tunnel
by stuntcock mike
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yup..happens all the time. Seriously, all this celebrity worship might be coming to an end with the overwhelming stupidity at the amount of focus for a pretty blond, an old sidekick, and a washed up pop singer.
Cap and Trade bill gets passed in the house last week, yet another nail in the coffin of what was America. That will impact everyone who reads this living in the US if passed in the senate, but all the dumb masses get is what they deserve... -
Viewers of Pitchmen came to know Billy Mays as a genuine guy. A mench. He wasn't putting on a role in his commercials - he was just being himself dialed up to eleven. And he personally used and endorsed every product he pitched. If it sucked, he didn't pitch it.
Thus passes a really nice human being. -
act now, we'll throw in a fourth for free.
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When someone of no importance whatsoever dies we just love to know.
Sure it's sad he had a family but LET THEM DEAL WITH THIS. Why is it any of our business? Why the fuck does AICN report on this? It's not even like he was a cult actor or something. He was an insanely annoying pitchman for products that don't work so once again, why is this news? -
Harry must not have gotten a set visit invite to Ed's deathbed.
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Same thought hit you too huh? :)
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And let me tell you why. This site covers all things tv and movie related so yes Mr, Mays does fit in as he was a tv personality. It has covered reality tv before and you cannot tell me this site only caters to actors because if you can call even a percentage of those scumbags involved "actors" in that trivial bullshit you are clearly off your fucking rocker. As for those who complain in this talkback about Ed McMahn show some fucking respect. Yes he did die unfortunately and he did deserve a talkback but don't complain about it in the one for this guy. Because it is the epitomy of douchebaggedness to do such a thing. You probably wont be considering the type of person you are if you are low enough to do such a thing but you should feel deeply ashamed of yourselves.
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Seriously, what the fuck is the matter with you guys? Just put up a brief "In Memoriam: Ed McMahon" post, talkback attached. Better late than never. You can waste space on Script Girl (for the love of Christ, get rid of that garbage already), but not Ed? Fuck that shit.
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...should really get over himself. Or herself.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:01:00 PM CDT
Where's the Fred Travalena Talkback!??!
by the_floating_skull_of_robert_loggia
He's dead, too, you know!! And he made Rich Little look like a pile of crap with his impressions. What, no love for Vegas?
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You were a fantastic salesman and even better person. Too soon...too soon.
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He's on his deathbed.
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... Perfect.
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For Satin Coffin!
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and this Billy Mays thing is messed up. He's tweeting and then dead. It sounds like the same thing that happened to Natasha Richardson. Why they're trying to say it's something else is beyond me. He got hit on the head went home and died. I mean I know they want to take blame away from the airline but how convenient is that? He got hit in the head but coincidentally went home and died of heart disease? Come on.
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could market the hell out of the chocolate dildo like ol' Billy.
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That being said, I find it interesting that we respect an infomercial pitchman more than we respected Michael Jackson.
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progressive OxyClean Toxicity.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:14:39 PM CDT
BILLY MAYS IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
R.I.P.!
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Jun 29, 2009 12:16:58 PM CDT
so how did you guys manage to not honor ed mcmahon?
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
you should at least tell us what kept you so busy from doing your tough, physically tiring "jobs".
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Jun 29, 2009 12:17:14 PM CDT
1000s of people die in USA! other countries are immortal.
by ironic_name
idjet.
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back to Hollywood. Did any of these people report seeing a powdered japanese kid in a diaper hiding under their dinner table? Well, I guess that wouldn't really signify anything in Jackson's case, but...
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And then he cries, kissing a little porcelain doll.
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I always loved seeing his commercials. When they first came on, I thought for sure he was the inventor of Oxi-Clean and Orange-Glo. I hope this TB can stay classy. Come on AICN, let's give it a try.
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... none of whom have anything to do with AICN's usual topic list. Maybe the real idea is to create a sight that hilights passing of notable people of all interests and accomplishments. Oh wait- New York Times Sunday obits has that covered!
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Fuck Hays and I hope he's getting raped by demons in Hell. For chronic insomniacs like me, late night TV used to consist of Movie Macabre with Elvira, Off-Beat Cinema and Night Walk from Toronto. They also played lots of good horror movies and TV shows back then until these fucking infomercials started choking every channel. Billy Hays BURN IN HELL!!!
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Are you kidding me? This guy's not a celebrity--he's a fucking salesman, for crying out loud. A salesman--that's it. Not anyone of importance, and certainly not anyone worth mentioning on an entertainment fan site. I'm sorry he died, just as I would be sorry that anyone died, but really--what does that have to do with AICN? What the hell is going on with this site lately? Who's running the show? Why are you even mentioning this guy's death? I fail to see the relevance to entertainment. Are you going to start celebrating the deaths of lawyers, grocery store clerks and pool cleaners as well? A salesman? Seriously? For fuck's sake, guys.
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I'm usually the anti-cynic on this site, but really this guy?
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...no way Oxyclean guy gets one and I don't...GOT THAT? BIG FUCKING TALKBACK WHEN FLICKAPOO BITES IT. And you can make all the autoerotic asphyxiation jokes you want.
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"Powdered Japanese Kid." Classic! Sounds like a product old Billy himself might pitch. No idea what it would be for. Anyone?
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I can rememeber so many topics with a SPOILER tag that had nothing at all in it, and some un-tagged news stories FILLED with horrible, horrible spoilers. Now this guy gets a huge mention, over Ed McMahon. PIECE OF SHIT, HARRY! PIECE OF SHIT!
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DAVID, ED, FARRAH,MICHAEL, BILLY,FRED
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The point is, this site SHOULDN'T be covering so-called reality TV. Reality TV is the infomercial of entertainment--it's no more intelligent or entertaining than the crappy, annoying Oxi Clean ads this late pitchman put together. This site used to be about cool news, but somehow, it has become very diluted by the completely pointless addition of articles about the shit that is reality TV--and, apparently, now about the even shittier shit that is infomercials. It's unreal.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:28:33 PM CDT
Mcmahon, WW2 VET, 30 YEARS CO-HOSTING WITH CARSON....
by charlesthomasmathews1978
Not a fucking peep from this shithole of a shit but there is always time to lament the passing of a woman famous for being in a shitty TV show and posing for a poster or a pedophile who rode on the success of ONE great album for over 25 years not to mention some piece of shit who peddled garbage on late night TV. God forbid but if Obama is assassinated let’s hope that Paul Reubens doesn’t die the same day or we’d never know from reading AICN.
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Carradine must have been about to uncover some nefarious Ra's Al Ghul-type plot with the help of Billy Mayes, Ed, Farrah and MJ, and after silencing the whistle blowers, now the Foot clan is tying up the last few loose ends. I bet Corey Feldman will go all Rorschach on the washed-up celeb-killer theory. But at least they didn't lash Billy to his willy and stuff him in a closet. -
Hilarious. If they hadn't mentioned the McMahon thing...
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Is that he spent his whole life working. First just learning his trade then as he plied said trade as a young man, he lost his first marriage to his craft just trying
to provide for his initial attempt at a family.
I like that he had his son working with him and seemed to have a good relationship with his father. I hope that (being as successful as he was) he had more time to share with his new wife and adorable daughter. I hope he rests fulfilled with the life he lived and that his family keep his memory close.
He seemed very genuine and vital. He will be missed.
tldr; I hope Billy Mays lived a life he was happy with.
RIP Billy Mays
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Six what? Six human beings? A whole lot more than that have died this week.
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Just saying. R.I.P., Billy Mays. The Michael Jackson of direct telemarketing.The odd thing is, I associate him the the Sham-Wow, but I don't think he ever sold the Sham-Wow. He did sell Oxi-Clean, though, didn't? Or Oxi-something.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:35:35 PM CDT
A CELEB DIED TONIGHT, SOMEBODY KNOWS WHY, SOMEBODY KNOWS.....
by charlesthomasmathews1978
Maybe someones picking off celebs?
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why would it be this site's responsibility to be the first or even mention a "star's" passing.
the criticism on here is wild.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:39:13 PM CDT
I'M SURPISED THE ARTICLE WASN'T WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS!
by duct tape wallet
HIS CONSTANT YELLING WILL BE MISSED!
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Here's a list of all Medal of Honor recipients buried at Arlington National Cemetery. None of them have ever been mentioned at AICN...but a dead salesman is being honored.
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George Emerson Albee - USA
Edward G. Allen - USN
Beauford T. Anderson - USA
Edwin Alexander Anderson - USN
Marion T. Anderson - USA
Richard Nott Antrim - USN
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O. C. Badger - USN
Absalom Baird - USA
Frank Dwight Baldwin - USA
William E. Barber - USMC
William Croft Barnes - USA
John Basilone - USMC
Richard Napoleon Batchelder - USA
Matthew A. Batson - USA
John Joseph Beaufort - USA
Bernard Pious Bell - USA
Dennis Bell - USA
James Franklin Bell -USA
Floyd Bennett - USN
Randolph Carter Berkeley - USMC
Horatio L. Birdsall - USA
William Birkhimer - USA
Zenas Randall Bliss - USA
Robert Blume - USN
Peter Martin Boehm - USA
Joel Thompson Boone - USN
John Gregory Bourke - USA
John Boutwell - USA
Gregory H. "Pappy" Boyington - USMC
Henry Van Ness Boynton - USA
Sanford Bradbury - USA
Felix Brannigan - USA
George Breeman - USN
Lloyd Milton Brett - USA
Andre Walker Brewster - USA
Deming Bronson- USA
Bobbie Evan Brown, Jr - USA
John Harties Brown - USA
William H. Brown - USA
Allen Buchanan - USN
David E. Buckingham - USA
John Duncan Bulkeley -USN
Daniel Webster Burke - USA
Lloyd L. Scooter Burke - USA
George Ritter Burnett - USA
Richard Evelyn Byrd - USN
Bernard Albert Byrne - USA
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Thomas Cahey - USN
James Spencer Calvert - USA
James A. Campbell - USA
Tedford Harris Cann - USN
Charles C. Capehart - USA
Henry Capehart - USA
Wayne Maurice Caron - USN
Edward A. Carter II - USA
Joseph Edward Carter - USN
Joseph Franklin Carter - USA
Robert Goldthwaite Carter - USA
William Harding Carter - USA
Robert Webster Cary, Jr. - USN
Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle - USN
Albertus Wright Catlin - USMC
Isaac Swartwood Catlin - USA
Josephus Samuel Cecil - USA
Justice Marion Chambers - USMC
Cornelius H. Charlton - USA
George Charrette - USN
Benjamin Harrison Cheever, Jr. - USA
James Isaac Christiancy - USA
James Robb Church - USA
Joseph Clancey - USN
Cecil Clay - USA
John Walton Collier - USA
Martin Comboy, USA
Clarence M. Condon - USA
Donald Gilbert Cook - USMC
John Cook - USA
John Coughlin - USA
George McCall Courts - USN
Orson Leon Crandall - USN
George Cregan - USN
Michael Joseph Crescenz - USA
Frank William Crilley - USN
Thomas Cruse - USA
Louis Cukela - USMC - DOUBLE
James Madison Cutts - USA
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Rudolph Davila - USA
Charles Willis Davis - USA
John Davis - USN
Percy A. Decker - USN
John Carroll Delaney - USA
Merlyn Hand Dethlefsen - USAF
Bartholomew Diggins - USN
George Dilboy - USA
Michael Augustus Dillon - USA
Stephen Helden Doane - USA
Francis Safford Dodge - USA
John L.Donohue - USA
James Harold Doolittle - USAF
William Joseph Donovan - USA
Henry Clay Drexler - USN
Neils Drustrup - USN
James R. Durham - USA
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Merritt Austin Edson - USMC
Walter Atlee Edwards - USN
Alan Louis Eggers - USA
Michael B. Ellis - USA
Henry Talmage Elrod - USMC
James Edgar Engle - USA
Lewelyn Garrish Estes - USA
Forrest E. Everhart - USA
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Don Carlos Faith, Jr. - USA
Arthur Medworth Ferguson - USA
Almond Edward Fisher - USA
Frank Friday Fletcher - USN
Frank Jack Fletcher - USN
Bruno Albert Forsterer - USMC
Joseph J. Foss - USMC
Paul Frederick Foster - USN
Hugh Carroll Frazer - USN
Henry Blanchard Freeman - USA
Eli Thompson Fryer - USMC
Frederick Fuger - USA
Leonard A. Funk, Jr. - USA
Samuel Glenn Fuqua - USN
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Frank Gallagher, Seaman, USN
Ernest Albert Garlington - USA
Julien E. Gaujot - USA
Isaac Gause - USA
Thomas Parke Gere - USA
Robert E. Gerstung - USA
John Curtis Gilmore - USA
Edward Settle Godfrey - USA
Peter Grace - USA
John Grady - USN
James Albert Graham - USMC
Joseph Xavier Grant - USA
Adolphus Washington Greely - USA
Allen James Greer - USA
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Loren Douglas Hagen - USA
William Preble Hall - USA
William Francis Hamberger - USN
Francis Colton Hammond - USN
Hans Anton Hansen - USN
Benjamin Franklin Hardaway - USA
Joseph Gabriel Harner - USN
David Harrington - USN
James H. Harris - USA
William Kelly Harrison - USN
Charles Conway Hartigan - USN
Raymond Harvey, USA
John Porter Hatch - USA
Harry LeRoy Hawthorne - USA
David Ephraim Hayden - USN
George Price Hays - USA
Joseph Henderson - USA
Guy Vernon Henry - USA
Charles Heath Heyl - USA
Walter Newell Hill - USMC
Richardson Pearson Hobson - USN
Milton M. Holland - USA
Joe Ronnie Hooper - USA
Freeman V. Horner - USA
Charles H. Houghton - USA
James H. Howard - USAAC
John Arthur Hughes - USMC
Henry Lewis Hulbert - USMC
Charles Frederick Humphrey - USA
Henry McLaren Pinckney Huse - USN
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Jonas Howard Ingram - USN
Edouard Victor Michael Izac - USN
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Douglas Thomas Jacobson - USMC
Alexander Jardine - USN
Delbert Owen Jennings, USA
Lawrence Joel - USA
John Peter Johanson - USN
Johan J. Johansson - USN
Dwight H. Johnson - USA
Henry Johnson - USA
James Edmund Johnson, USMC
Joseph Esery Johnson - USA
Leon William Johnson - USAF
William Johnson - USN
Gordon Johnston - USA
Rufus Zenas Johnston - USN
Claud Ashton Jones - USN
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John Riley Kane - USAAC
Philip Bogan Keefer - USN
Leverett Mansfield Kelley - USA
Thomas J. Kelly - USA
John Thomas Kennedy - USA
John Brown Kerr - USA
Thomas R. Kerr - USA
Charles Evans Kilbourne, Jr. - USA
David Richard Kingsley - USAAC
Dennis Thomas Kirby - USA
Alton W. Knappenberger, USA
John Kelvin Koelsch - USN
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Cary DeVall Langhorne - USN
James Patrick Lannon - USN
John Cridland Latham - USA
Gaines Lawson - USA
Henry Ware Lawton, USA
John Harold Leims - USMC
John Lee Levitow - USAF
George Dalton Libby - USA
Harry Lipscomb - USN
Israel W. Little (Also Known As John Rush) - USN
Berger Holton Loman - USA
Charles Joseph Loring, Jr. - USAF
Cryus B. Lower - USA
William Ludgate - USA
Alexander Gordon Lyle - USN
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Arthur MacArthur, Jr. - USA
William Palmer Maclay - USA
Charles Andrew MacGillivary - USA
Ross Andrew McGinnis - USA
George Martin (Also Known As Martin Schwenk) - USA
Marion Perry Maus - USA
Frederick W. Mausert III - USMC
Clarence Edward Mathias - USMC
Isaiah Mays, USA
William McBryar - USA
David McCampbell - USN
Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy - USMC
Edward John McClernand - USA
John McCloy - USN
James McConnell - USA
Edward Orrick McDonnell - USN
William Loren McGonagle - USN
Robert McGovern - USA
Thomas Buchanan McGuire, Jr. - USA
Hugh Jocelyn McGrath - USA
Patrick McGunigal - USN
Martin Thomas McMahon - USA
John William Meagher - USA
Henry Clay Merriam - USA
Nelson Appleton Miles - USA
Archie Miller - USA
Willard D. Miller - USN
George Washington Mindil - USA
Alexander H.Mitchell - USA
William Adger Moffett - USN
Walter Carleton Monegan, Jr. - USMC
Sterling Lewis Morelock - USA
George Horace Morgan - USA
John C. Morgan - USAAC
Frederick Muller - USN
Audie L. Murphy - USA
Robinson Barr Murphy - USA
Fred Myers - USA
Reginald Myers - USMC
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Wendell Cushing. Neville - USMC
Alexander R. Ninninger, Jr. - USA
Charles Luere Nordsiek - USN
Isidor A. Nordstrom - USN
Michael J. Novosel, Sr. - USA
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Timothy O'Connor - USA
Carlos Carnes Odgen, Sr., USA
Richard H. O'Kane - USN
John Osborne - USN
Edward A. Osternamm - USMC
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John Upshur Dennis Page - USA
George Henry Palmer
Harry Jeremiah Parks - USA
Alexander Peters - USN
Jackson Charles Pharris - USN
James Milton Pipes - USA
George Plowman - USA
Thomas A. Pope - USA
William David Port - USA
David Dixon Porter - USMC
Donn F. Porter - USA
Arthur Murray Preston - USN
John Henry Pruitt - USMC (DOUBLE)
James J. Purman - USA
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Peter Quinn - USA
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Laszlo Rabel - USA
Lawson Paterson Ramage - USN
Charles Franklin Rand - USA
Jacob F. Raub - USA
William H. Raymond - USA
Robert Dale Reem - USMC
George Croghan Reid - USA
Edmund Rice - USA
James Richmond - USA
Hampton Maury Roach - USA
Charles DuVal Roberts - USA
Robert Guy Robinson - USMC
Robert E. Roeder - USA
Charles Calvin Rogers - USA
Henry Romeyn - USA
George Rose - USN
John Rush (AKA lsrael Little) - USN
William Rees Rush - USN
Henry Peter Russell - USN
Francis Thomas Ryan - USN
Thomas J. Ryan, Jr. - USN
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William Hamden Sage - USA
Rufus Saxton - USA
Christian Franklin Schilt - USMC
Oscar Schmidt, Jr. - USN
Fred Jurgen Schnepel - USN
John McAllister Schofield - USA
Herbert Emery Schonland - USN
Julius Alexius Schou - USA
Theodore Schwan - USA
George Schwenk - USA
Alexander Scott - USA
Robert Raymond Scott - USN
William Seach - USN
William Sidney Shacklette - USN
Patrick Shanahan - USN
George Clymer Shaw - USA
Thomas Shaw - USA
David Monroe Shoup - USMC
Daniel Edgar Sickles - USA
George Dallas Sidman - USA
Franklin Earl Sigler - USMC
Edward A. Silk - USA
Carl L. Sitter - USMC
Luther Skaggs, Jr. - USMC
John Oscar Skinner - USA
Sherrod Emerson Skinner, Jr. - USMC
Clayton Kirk Slack - USA
Larry Eugene Smedley - USMC
Charles Henry Smith - USA
James Smith - USN
John Lucian Smith - USMC
Joseph Sewall Smith - USA
Maynard Harrison Smith, Sr. - USA Air Corps
Paul Ray Smith - USA (Iraq)
William Ellsworth Snyder - USN
Robert Henry Stanley - USN
Julius H. Stahel-Szamwald - USA
Adolphus Staton - USN
George Evans Stewart - USA
Herman Osman Stickney - USN
John S. Stokes - USN
Freddie Stowers, USA
George Levick Street III - USN
Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan - USN
Clarence Edwin Sutton - USMC
Jon Edward Swanson - USA
Wager Swayne - USA
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Clyde Thomason - USMC
William George Thordsen - USN
Walter Thorn - USA
Henry Remsen Tilton - USA
John Joseph Tominac - USA
Martin Torinus Torgerson - USN
Julius Curtis Townsend - USN
Edwin M. Truell - USA
Charles William Turner - USA
George Benson Turner - USA
John Tweedale - USA
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Frank Monroe Upton - USN
Matt Urban - USA
Michael Emmet Urell - USA
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Alexander Archer Vandegrift - USMC
Ludivicus M. M. Van Iersel - USA
Wilson J. Vance - USA
Bruce Avery Van Voorhis, USN
Wheelock Graves Veazy
James David Vernay
Humbert Roque Versace, USA
Forrest Lee Vosler - USAAC
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John Wainwright - USA
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV - USA
Kenneth Newton Walker, USAAC
Kenneth Ambrose Walsh - USMC
William Gary Walsh - USMC
George H. Wanton - USA
Keith Lincoln Ware - USA
Charles Joseph Watters - Chaplain, USA
Frank West - USA
Karl Westa - USN
John Francis Weston - USA
George Howard (Huber) Wheeler - USN
Henry W. Wheeler - USA
Edward Washburn Whitaker
Hulon Brocke Whittington - USA
Thomas W. Wigle - USA
Theodore Stark Wilkinson, Jr. - USN
Orlando Bolivar Willcox - USA
Charles Q. Williams - USA
Edward Bancroft Williston - USA
Louis Hugh Wilson, Jr., USMC
William Gordon Windrich - USMC
Henry Clay Wood - USA
Leonard Wood - USA
Zachariah T. Woodall - USA
Samuel Woodfill - USA
Y
Frank Albert Young - USMC
Gerald Orren Young - USAF
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Jay Zeamer, Jr. USAAC
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Jun 29, 2009 12:41:10 PM CDT
DIDN’T ARTHUR MILLER WRITE ABOUT THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN?
by charlesthomasmathews1978
But I can’t remember the title.
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...yeah. Really is a shame. The man who put a hearty face on infomercials. RIP big man!
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I bet if you go to the DOD's website, you won't see any stories there about celebrities, either. You douche.
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And here's a list of Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington--also never mentioned on AICN:John Abney, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 45th Georiga Infantry
Albert J. Akers, Captain, Cpmpany E, 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
George W. Amiss, Private, Confederate States of America Army
Edward Willoughby Anderson, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Ordnance Department
John Anderson, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army Georgia Infantry
Francis M. Angelo, Private. Confederate States of America Army - Company C, Mosby's Virginia Cavalry
Edward S. Arms ( J. T. Armes) Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 5th South Carolina -
John Wesley Armsworthy, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 54th North Carolina Infantry
John Jamison Ashby, Civilian, Confederate States of America Army - Possibly Cousin Of General Turner Ashby
Charles H. Ashton, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company C, 9th Virginia Cavalary
Henry L. Aylor, Confederate States of America Army, Virginia
William S. Ayres, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia Infantry -
Joseph B. Bailey, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 1st Maryland Battery
Rice W. Bailey (or Balley), Secon Lieuenant, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 19th Virginia Infantry
James D. Ballowe, Confederate States of America Army
Robert S. Barbee, Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 6th Virginia Infantry
Hillard A. Barber, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company F, 6th North Carolina Infantry -
Benjamin Franklin Barham, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia -
John W. Barkley, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 59th Alabama Infantry -
Jacob Barnes, (Possibly Jesse Barnes), Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 2nd North Carolina Infantry
Harvey Barnett, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 19th Mississippi Infantry
Nathaniel S. Bates, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry -
A. J. Bayless, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Tennessee -
Marcellus Clairborne Bass, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Courtney's Company, Virginia -
Robert Beachman, Listed Only As "CSA" - INFORMATION NEEDED
William M. Beal, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company G, 48th North Carolina Infantry
Fred Beall, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 10th Mississippi Cavalry -
Tobias Beaver, Confederate States of America Army, Company C, 57th North Carolina Infantry
James Beck, Confederate States of America Army - Artillery -
John Y. Bedingfield, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Company G, 60th Georgia Infantry
James Alexander Bennett, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company B. 7th Georgia Infantry
William Woodhull Bennett, D.D., Chaplain, Confederate States of America
William P. Bernard, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 44th Georgia Infantry
George W. Berry, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company G, 6th North Carolina Infantry
Alexander A. Bethune, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 63rd North Carolina Infantry
James A. Bethune, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Campbell's Siege Battery of Georgia -
Robert Bibb, Confederate States of America Army - COmpany E, 4th Virginia Infantry -
James Booth, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 11th Mississippi Infantry -
Andrew A. Bostian, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 57th North Carolina Infantry
James D. Bounds, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company E, 38th North Carolina Infantry
Samuel J. Boyce, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, Company K, 30th North Carolina Infantry
Patrick Boyle, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 19th Georgia Infantry
Warren Hill Brand, Private, Captured & Died While A Prisoner Of War
Leon Brower, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 61st Alabama Infantry -
Benjamin Brown, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 19th Virginia Infantry -
David E. Brown, Adjutant, 14th South Carolina Infantry -
George Wilmer Brown, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia Horse Artillery -
John Brown, Confederate States of America Army -
Joseph Alleine Brown, Second Lieuenant, Confederate States of America Army - 22nd Virginia Infantry -
Merida Brown, Confederate States of America Army - 17th Battalion, Georgia Infantry -
William H. Brown, Confederate States of America Army, Virginia -
Homer Broxton, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 3rd Georgia Infantry -
Needham B. Bryant, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 19th Missisippi Infantry
B. B. Burdick, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry -
Thomas T. Burke, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion -
John Burns, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia -
Francis Mason Burrows, Musician, Confederate States of America Army - 7th Virginia Infantry -
John F. Butler, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 8th Georgia Infantry -
Thomas W. Byassee, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company C, 21st Virginia Infantry -
William H. Cain, Confederate States of America Army - 9th Alabama Infantry -
John T. Callaghan, Private, Confederate States of America Army, 14th Virginia Artillery -
C. M. Cannon, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry -
H. W. Cannon, Company F, Third Georgia Volunteer Infantry,
J. C. Cannon, Confederate States of America Army - 61st Alabama Infantry -
E. W. Capps, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, 15th Virginia Cavalry -
Thomas R. Carlton, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 67th North Carolina Infantry
D. L. Carroll, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 5th Alabama Infantry -
M. Chew, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 1st Mississippi Cavalry -
W. C. Chiseldine, Confederate States of America Army - Company B. 1st Maryland Cavalry -
James R. Chism, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 38th Virginia Infantry -
T. C. Christopher, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company D, 14th South Carolina Infantry -
Edward L. Clagett, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 2nd Maryalnd Battery -
Francis J. Clements, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 1st Maryland Infantry -
William H. Cole, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 7th Virginia Infantry -
D. G. Coleman, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 20th North Carolina Infantry -
E. R. Coleman, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 17th Mississippi Infantry -
William H. Colquitt, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 31st Georgia Infantry
Dan Conley, Confederate States of America Army -
Alfred Conner, Confederate States of America Army -
Elias M. Cook, Lieuenant, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 10th Alabama Infantry -
Enoch Cook, Private, Confederate State of America Army - Company F, 6th Virginia Cavalry -
James Andrew Jackson Cooper, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 35th Virignia Cavalry
Alex Corder, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 49th Virginia Infantry -
Thomas Cowan, Jr., Lieutenant, Confederate States of America Army, Company B, 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry
John W. Cox, Private, Confederate States of America Army, 2nd North Carolina Infantry
Nathan L. Craft, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company K, 52nd North Carolina Infantry - Civil War
Lee Crandall, Colonel, Confederate States of America Army - 47th Arkansas Cavalry -
Horace L. Cranford, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 9th Georgia Artillery -
William Crawford, Confederate States of America Army - 44th Georgia Infantry -
Jerry Cronan, Private, The Only Canadian-Confederate Buried At Arlington
H. W. Crone, Confederate States of America Army - Page's Battery, Virginia Artillery -
Chales Neuman Cross, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Stewart's Flying Artillery -
Charles C. Crouch, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 3rd Missouri Infantry -
James Cunningham (Stone has Conaghan), Private, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia
JNO A. Curry, Confederate States of Amrica Army, Company E, 12th Georgia Infantry - Information Needed
William Davidson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company G, 2nd Maryland Infantry -
Joshua Davis, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Baltimore Light Artillery -
Weldon Edwards Davis, Captain, 30th North Carolina Infantry
Robert Dawson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 4th Virginia Infantry -
George Daymond. Confederate States of America Army - Prisoner of War -
James F. Dean, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 43 North Carilona Infantry
W. R. Dearing, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 9th Mississippi Infantry -
Perry M. DeLeon, Assistant Paymaster, Confederate States of America Navy - AKA J. Calhoun Moses -
George D. DeShields, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Cooper's Company -
James Donohoo, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 9th Alabama Infantry -
Gersham T. Drake, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 1st Virginia Cavalry -
John Waters Drew, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Company F, 23rd Virginia Cavalry -
Jefferson Waite Duffey, Private, Confederate States of America Army - McNeil's Rangers -
Charles Allen Dunnington, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Troop A, 4th Virginia Cavalry
William H. Dyess, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 12th Georgia Infantry
Allen H. Earley (Eady), Confederate States of America Army - 4th Georgia Infantry
Gabriel Edmonston, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, Company D, 4th Virginia Infantry -
Henry T. Elam. Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 11th Virginia Infantry -
James B. Ellen, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, Company D, 30th North Carolina Infantry -
Charles Oscar Embrey, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company I, 11th Virginia Infantry
George Emmart, Confederate States of America Army - 2nd Maryland Battery -
James Emory - Listed as Citizen-Prisoner - INFORMATION NEEDED
James L. Epps, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - Cobb's Legion of Georgia -
William Esters, Confederate States of America Army, Company D, 5th South Carolina Infantry -
David N. Estes, Second Lieutenant, 9th Tennessee Cavalry - INFORMATION NEEDED
Frank D. Evans, Private, Confederate States of America Army, 6th Virginia Infantry -
Sir Moses Ezekiel, VMI Cadet & Sculptor Of Confederate Memorial
Henry M. Fairfax, Privae, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 38th Virginia Infantry -
Noah Farmer, Confederate States of America Army - Company G, 24th Virginia Infantry -
Thomas W. Farrell, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - 12th Mississippi Infantry -
Loudon Feast, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company C, 1st Maryland Infantry -
George Thrift Ferneyhough, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Troop F, 35th Virginia Cavalry -
Ephriam Ferrell, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 60th Virginia Infantry -
Elligah K. Field, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 24th Georgia Infantry
George W. Field, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 17th Virginia Infantry -
John Finch, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 47th North Carolina Infantry -
Thomas Findley, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 7th Virginia Infantry -
John Thomas Finney, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 7th Virginia Infantry -
P. H. Flanney, Confederate States of America Army - 18th Alabama Infantry -
John M. Follin, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 4th Virginia Cavalry -
Henry R. Fones, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 47th Virginia Infantry -
James Foreman, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 59th Alabama Infantry -
Frank N. Furr, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 14th Alabama Infantry
John Nelson Garrison, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 8th Virginia Infantry -
Joseph Geurard, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry,
L. G. Geuss, Confederate States of America Army, Mississippi Infantry -
Lewis Glease, Confederate States of America Army -
William T. Goldsmith, Assistant Surgeon, Confederate States of America Army, Virginia -
John Goodener, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 24th Virginia Infantry -
C. Powell Grady, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Assistant Adjutant General, Payne's Brigade -
Joseph T. Graves, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 45th Georgia Infantry
W. J. Gray, Confederate States of America Army - Prisoner of War -
S. Monroe Grayson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 2nd Maryland Infantry -
Robert Russell Green, Private, Confederate States of America Army - COmpany B, 6th Virginia Cavalry -
John C. Greene, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry
W. S. Grigsby, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, Company M, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry -
Albert S. Grover, Confederate States of America Army, Virginia -
Henry L. Gunnell, Second Lieutenant, Confederate States of America Army - 1st Battalion of Virginia Infantry -
illiam H. Gupton, Private, Confederate States of America Army = Company E, 44th North Carolina Infantry
Josiah H. Hagan, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 44th Georgia Infantry
George W. Hall, 60th Georgia Infantry
James Thomas Hardy, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company B. 60th Georgia Infantry
John Harris, Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 24th North Carolina Infantry -
John Robert Haskins, Musician, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 32nd Virginia Infantry -
Marcus Hawkins, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 2nd Virginia Artillery -
George W. Hawley, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 21st Texas Infantry -
W. A. Heavener, Confederate States of America Army -
Thornton B. Helston, Captain, Confederate States of America Army -
A. T. Henderson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company M, Almetto's South Carolina Infantry -
Dan Hennessy, Private. Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 8th Alabama Infantry -
William Herod, Confederate States of America Army - 6th Alabama Infantry -
Henry Arthur Herrell, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Company D, 33rd Virginia Infantry -
Fannie Bayard Hickey, Wife of John Hickey, Confederate States of America Army -
Benjamin H. Hickman, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 38th Georgia Infantry
Thomas H. Hickman, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 12th Georgia Infantry -
Samual Hill, Confederate States of America Army, 41st North Carolina Infantry
W. Hodgkins, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 115th Virginia Infantry -
William Holder, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 24th Infantry -
Harman Howard, Confederate States of America Army - 61st Alabama Infantry -
Francis Asbury Howell, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 17th Virginia Infantry -
George W. Hubbard, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 28th Virginia Infantry -
Thomas W. Hungerford, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 47th Virginia Infantry
R. T. J. Harris, Confederate States of America Army - 6th Alabama Infantry -
Hiram Cornelius Harrover, First Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 49th Virginia Infantry -
Robert Montgomery Harrover, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 43rd Virginia Cavalry -
Lafayette Hogan, Confederate States of America Army, Company G, 14th Tennessee Infantry -
George J. Holmes, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 26th Georgia Infantry -
Granville Simpson Holt, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army
Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins, The "Florence Nightingale" of the South
John D. Hubbard, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 8th Florida Infantry -
John Huddleston, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 25th Virginia Infantry -
T. H. Hudson, Confederate States of America Army - Page's Battery of Virginia Artillery -
James Huffman, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company I, 10th Virginia Infantry -
Birtie K. Hughes, Wife of Hyland B. Hughes, Confederate States of America Army
Ryland B. Hughes, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia Light Artillery -
Samuel L. Hughes, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 26th Georgia Infantry
Alexander Hunter, Confederate States of America Army - Black Horse Troop, Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry -
Philip Augustus Hutchinson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 43rd Virginia Cavalry -
James Adam Imboden, Sergeant Major, Confederate States of America Army - 18th Virginia Cavalry -
William Inkfield, Confederate States of America Army -
John A. Jackson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 12teh Georgia Infantry
Wyatt Jackson, Confederate States of America Army - Company K. 2nd Florida Infantry -
William Jarvis, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Drewry's Virginia Battery -
Horatio N. Jenkins, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Company I, 18th Louisiana Infantry -
W. E. Jenkins, Confederate States of America Army, Company C, 44th South Carolina Infantry -
Walter N. Jenkins, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 19th Mississippi Infantry
Samuel Jessup, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - 4th Georgia Infantry
George Johnson, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 17th Mississippi Infantry -
Oliver P. Johnson, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army, Corporal, Company H, 32nd Virginia Infantry -
Richard Johnson, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 25th Virginia Artillery Battery -
Robert Johnson, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company E, 11th North Carolina Infantry
George Seton Johnston, Private, Confederate States Marine Corps
C. M. Jones, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 14th Mississippi Infantry -
W. B. Jones, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 9th Georgia Infantry -
Fleming Jordan, 4th Georgia Infantry -
J. F. Jordan, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Virginia Infantry -
G. Joyce, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 6th Virginia Infantry -
Willis Kenneman, Confederate States of America Army - 12th Alabama Infantry -
John Kephart, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 35th Virginia Cavalry -
John F. Key, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Tennessee Cavalry - Nathan Bedford's Escort -
W. Keyes or W. Keys, Confederate States of America Army -
Minter P. Key, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company F, 18th Tennessee Infantry -
Fritz Kimple, Confederate States of America Army - 12th Mississippi Infantry -
Clark Kinchen, Private, Confederate States of Armerica Army, 44th North Carolina Infantry
Armstead King, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Company H, 55th North Carolina Infantry
John Floyd King, Colonel, Confederate Army, US House of Representatives
Thomas D. King, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army, 19th Louisiana Infantry
William R. King, Confederate States of America Army - Company K. 28th Virginia Infantry -
Benjamin Kirby, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 61st Virginia Infantry -
John Kirk, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 13th Infantry -
R. H. Kirk, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 3rd South Carolina Cavalry -
Joshua Kirkland, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 48th Georgia Infantry
B. Knowles, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry -
George W. Lash, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Grimes' Battery -
Ephriam Latham, Captain, 26th Alabama Volunteer Infantry - Deserted & Joined Union Army
Henry E. Lawhorne, Confederate States of America Army - Page's 2nd Virginia Artillery Battalion -
Theldred S. Lay, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 35th Georgia Infantry
John Leacock, Confederate States of America Army -
Samuel E. Lewis, Captain, Assistant Surgeon, Confederate States of America Army -
John C. Littlepage, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 9th Virginia Cavalry -
Jacob Manning Locker, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Sturdivant's Virginia Light Artillery -
John F. Lloyd, Confederate States of America Army - 45th Georgia Infantry
J. T. Looney, Confederate States of America Army - Louisiana Infantry -
George W. Loop, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 11th Virginia Infantry -
William Loveless, Died As Prisoner of War (POW) - INFORMATION NEEDED
Carlos Elphonse Lowrance, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 57th North Carolina Infantry
James Lyddane, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Trayhern's Company, 41st Virginia Cavalry -
James Lynn, Confederate States of America Army - 12th Mississippi Infantry -
Robert P. Many, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army, 3rd Company, Louisiana Washington Artillery
Henry M. Marchant, Captain, Confederate States of America Army, Company A, 4th Texas Infantry - INFORMATION NEEDED
Henry Hungerford Marmaduke, Captain, CSA Navy - US Government Official, US Naval Academy
Jesse E. Marshall, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 13th North Carolina Infantry
John W. Matthews, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 20th Virginia Infantry -
Albert L. McAllister, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company L, 10th Virginia Infantry -
Andrew M. McAllister, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 19th Mississippi Infantry
Wilson L. McClain, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 4th Georgia Infantry
James McClendon, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 64th Georgia Infantry
James R. McCord, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - 13th Georgia Infantry
Francis McCummings, Private, Confederate States of America Army, 4th Maryland Artillery -
J. McDonall, Confederate States of America Army - 3rd Alabama Infantry -
Elias McElveen, Private, 20th Georgia Infantry, - INFORMATION NEEDED
Henry D. McFarland, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 22nd Virginia Infantry -
Thomas McGee, Confederate States of America Army -1st Alabama Infantry -
W. J. Mclendon, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 23rd Geogria Infantry
Thomas McMeekin, Confederate States of America Army, Company F, 12th South Carolina Infantry
John Mead, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company G, 10th Alabama Infantry -
William S. Mears, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery -
John N. Meeks, Private, Company F, 19th Virginia Infantry - INFORMATION NEEDED
M. Melvin, Confederate States of America Army -
Isaac N. Merchant, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 2nd Virginia Infantry -
W. Meredith, Confederate States of America Army - Jones' Battery -
Fred W. Miller, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 17th Virginia Infantry -
John S. Miller, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 18th Virginia Cavalry -
Joseph Henry Milstead, Private, Confederate States of America, 2nd Maryland Infantry -
David Guin Mohler, First Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 43rd Virginia Cavalry -
D. Monroe, Confederate States of America Army -
Julian Godwin Moore. Captain, Confederate States of America Army - North Carolina Infantry -
William E. Moore, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Battery A, North Carolina Light Artillery -
Samuel Moorman, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 7th Virginia Cavalry -
Timothy F. Morgan, Confederate States of America Army - 59th Alabama Infantry -
Aaron Morris, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry
W. L. Morris, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 38th Virginia Artillery Battalion -
Peter Moss, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 1st Virginia Infantry -
Jackson Russell Mullins, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 42nd Mississippi Infantry -
J. A. Murphy, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 17th Virginia Infantry -
John A. Muse, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company C, 9th Virginia Cavalry -
A. J. Mustain, Confederate States of America Army - Company H, 21st Virginia Infantry -
James Nail, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company K, 61st Georgia Infantry
John D. Nauck, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 2nd Virginia Reserve Infantry -
Isaac Neill, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 16th Mississippi Infantry -
John J. Newcomb, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 56th Virginia Infantry -
D. P. Nichols, First Tennessee Infantry, CSA - INFORMATION NEEDED
Jonathan H. Nickens, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company A, 5th North Carolina Infantry
William Hamilton Nichols, Captain, Confederate States of America Army - Nichols' Battery of Texas & Louisiana -
W. L. Nicks, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - 61st Alabama Infantry -
Jacob A. Norton, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 2nd Mississippi Infantry -
Arthur F. Nowell, Private, Confederate States of America Army - 31st Georgia Infantry
James Wesley Norwood, Confederate States of America Army - 3rd Alabama Infantry -
Francis Belton Orchard, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - Troop B, 6th South Carolina Cavalry -
Henry W. Overcash, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 57th North Carolina Infantry
Alfred Owens, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 3rd South Carolina Cavalry -
John M. Page, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Georgia Infantry
William Page, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company B, 2nd Maryland Infantry -
H. S. Palmer, Confederate States of America Army - Mississippi Infantry -
John B. Pannill, Private, Confederate States of America Army, Troop C, 39th Virginia Cavalry -
Richard L. Parry, Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army - Company D, 53rd Virginia Infantry -
W. G. Parson, Confederate States of America Army -
Joseph M. Paxton, Corporal, Confederate States of America Army - Company I, 4th Virginia Infantry -
Amos Parker Payne, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Troop F, 6th Virginia Cavalry -
C. M. Pendleton, Private, Confederate States of America Army - Company E, 42rd Virginia Infantry -
W. A. Perkins, Confederate States of America Army - Cavalry -
Jesse M. Perry - Vompany K, 12th Goergia Infantry - Submitted By His Relative, George Perry
Benjamin F. Person,
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Uh...you completely missed the point of why I posted those names. I wasn't saying dead soldiers SHOULD be covered here...my point was that a dead salesman is not relevant to AICN, any more than dead soldiers would be. You douche.
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Jun 29, 2009 12:47:15 PM CDT
rfid, at first I thought that was a list of all obits over...
by flickapoo
...the weekend in alphabetical order...now that would have been cool..
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i demand to get upset about upsetting things that upset me. Harry!!!!!!
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I tried...but I couldn't find such a list. :)
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6 celebs... we all know how this stuff works.
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Billy Mays died. So what? Who outside of some people who actually knew him cares? Why don't you just go through the obituaries and fire up a page for every motherfucker who died today and then repeat that until the end of time? Look, Billy Mays sold stuff on the television. If he "touched you" in some manner I pity your empty world because he was about as significant in most peoples lives as that guy who stands outside the titty bar in the French quarter of New Orleans handing out cards advertising the next show when Kitten Vuvlanonich is going to blow bubbles with her vagina. In this day and age you would think that above any other website online this one would know that the act of appearing on television does not make you a celebrity, noteworthy, or even talented.
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Oh, okay. I'm the asshole. Please continue your liberal use of the cut-n-paste tool. We're all enjoying it.
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This guy isn't a celebrity.
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Billy Baterman Gage Creed Rachel Creed I dont want to be buried in a pet sematary, I dont want to live my life again.......
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she was on tv once
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... she owned a TV.
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the end
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of short circuiting while trying to figure out the digital television conversion.
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He's probably the only talkbacker that will get an obit.
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At least you weren't a pedophile, RIP
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Shut the fuck up. Who cares about them?? Were they entertaining TV personalities...? NO! If they were, then they would be on AICN. Douche.
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Those other three, while sad, could have been seen coming for a while now. Billy was just about to be mega huge with Taco Bell, and his show was a lot of fun. On one episode they showed him, his dad and one of his sons. And I was thinking how old his dad was and how we will be seeing a lot of Billy for a long time.
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Flava Flav? STILL ALIVE!
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Jun 29, 2009 1:03:08 PM CDT
Hervoyel, CELEBRITIES USED TO BE PEOPLE WITH A TALENT....
by charlesthomasmathews1978
Usually writers, musicians, actors, directors etc...But today you can simply be famous for being famous even if what you did to gain notoriety wasn’t all that special or important to begin with i.e. Paris Hilton. I will just say it again….WE ARE SEEING THE END OF THE USA!!! What other explanation can there be for a society that actually reports, on a national scale, the death of a fucking infomercial host. Too bad we don’t hear about all the doctors, nurses, police officers and firefighters who die every day. “Society is too sick to survive.”
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Guess there are worse things to go on a tombstone.
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Jun 29, 2009 1:06:35 PM CDT
PARIS HILTON, LINDSAY LOHAN, KIM KARDASHIAN....STILL ALIVE!
by charlesthomasmathews1978
Where is your God now?
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But rfid, should be just for showing how stupid and out of the loop he is.
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Dibs.
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Get over yourself. I've done nothing worth being banned over--merely expressed my opinion that it's ridiculous that AICN is making such a big deal out of the death of this non-celebrity, when thousands more die every day.
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So we get the Billy Mays sendoff, but not Ed McMahon. Ed McMahon, the sidekick of Johnny Carson on the tonight show for what.. 40 years or something? The host of Star Search, etc... vs. a loud Oxyclean pitchman who also pitched a few other products. On any other website, this would be ridiculous. on AICN, it fits.
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Give me a break. Look - it's a shame when anyone dies...I'm sorry for the guy's family and I'm sure those who knew him are sad to see him go. But what the hell is this doing at AICN news??? Exercise some restraint guys, not every death of a semi-celebrity out there needs to be covered here.
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yeah I get that, but this is a website dedicated to all things entertainment. Billy Mays is part of that world. Wasn't like you went to Solider of Fortune's web city or something. I mean if thats your argument then why don't you call CNN up and tell them to stop running special reports about MJ since other people have died since then. And your just being a douche.
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shame on you. My beloved Scraps did more than sit on a couch for a couple decades.
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Just kidding! Blanks, see? Scraps is fine.
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Billy Mays was a celebrity because most people know who he is. He is on this site because of the Coaxial aspect and because of the show Pitchmen, which had just been renewed for a 2nd season.
Apparently he drew a crowd at public appearances and signed autographs...like a celebrity. I don't get your hangup or why it angers you so much. Maybe it's because you know you will never be known for anything more than being a douche on AICN.
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Bill Mays is NOT part of the entertainment world. He was a salesman, nothing more. That was my whole point--the death of a salesman, while sad, is no more relevant to this site than the deaths of soldiers. Your comment about CNN completely misses my point--I'm NOT saying celebrity deaths shouldn't be covered on this site. I'm saying this guy wasn't really a celebrity--he was just an ad man. Why anyone would see him as part of the entertainment world, let alone a subject that should be covered on AICN, is beyond me.
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Obits should be posted only if its some guy you know, or if its some filmmaker who had a big impact on your life. why should you feel the need to post one for every single minor celebrity, or even major celebrity? i'd rethink this if i were you.
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Just because people know who someone is doesn't mean he's relevant to the entertainment world. Most people know who Osama Bin Laden is. Should this site start covering world news events? In any case, your last point is just stupid since you know nothing about me and have no idea what I do for a living, or if I'm someone you'd know by name. Perhaps I am.
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and does not like what he sees...
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Goodbye DVD column. You will be missed *tear*
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You really have no idea how big and popular Billy Mays was.
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HE IS UNSTOPPABLE! HE IS INVUNERABLE! HE IS STILL ATOP HIS THRONE LAUGHING AT YOU PUNY MORTALS! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY ABE VIGODA!
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You don't have to mourn anyone. And, judging from your posts, you won't, but will instead post repetitively about how ridiculous it is that you're being "forced" to show respect. But yeah, some people are going to take this opportunity to write sympathetic sentiments about a public figure that died. You should be grateful, as this allows you a platform to show how much you don't care. Everyone wins! Except Mayes.
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i need time to mourn.
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gone. Who's next? Shields & Yarnell??
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...Honduras had a military coup over the weekend and he's under house arrest until things settle down. Anybody want to Talkback about it?...No?
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Does anyone remember that old Twilight Zone episode with Ed Wynn as a pitchman who tries to make the best pitch ever to Death, to save the life of a child? For some reason, I'm reminded of this. The guy may have been annoying, but he was a working stiff. An everyman on the television. So quit bitchin' whiners.
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I do know how popular he was--but not as someone in the entertainment world. He was a pitchman. Pitchmen are not entertainment. They're advertising. I work in editorial and advertisement, so I'm well aware of who he was. But he was not an entertainment celebrity. When push comes to shove, he's just a well-known encyclopedia salesman.
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Sad...
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...rolled his car? That foot must be pretty fucked up.
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Look dude, he was someone that a lot of people liked, what about his skits on the late night talk shows? He did become a celebrity from doing nothing more than hocking products, but being able to get his own tv show means he was more than that. Also, do you think a chain like Taco Bell would hire him if he was a nobody that nobody cared about. As for my 2nd response about you, that's general psychology. If you are an important person with self esteem, you would not need to get on a website and make fun of other people just to get noticed.
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Thanks, Alanis.
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My cheeks hurt. Well done.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:05:41 PM CDT
I speak for 95% of the world: Who-D-Fok-is-Billy Mays?
by damien chowder
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but seriously... who cares.
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W.T.F. ??????????????
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Jun 29, 2009 2:09:12 PM CDT
BMacSmith why the fuck do you post whiny shit in obit?
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
If you don't want to say anything nice about the subject stay the fuck out of the TB! Do you need to draw attention to yourself so badly that you just have to post whiny ass negative shit? Does that give you a hard on when people respond. Are you whacking off now you stupid git?
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So your saying that you are jealous of the success he had then.
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Chef Tony better watch out! And that Debbie Meyer chick with her Green Bags. I can see it now: She'll be reported missing for a week, and the police will find her in a car in her garage with a green bag over her head. The question is: will she still look fresh?
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He was going to expose their mystical secrets to the world.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:18:45 PM CDT
rfid - the same goes to you dickhead
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
This is AICN not the Military. There are a bazillion other sites out there that honor all tpes of dead and living. Go post over there. This site is for contemporary news and info you asslip! Honor the men where they deserve to be honored and stop playing politics with dead men just so that someone responds back to you and you can whack off over the attention.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2rD322UR4
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Same reason my grandmother still buys the newspaper. I feel old.
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I'd even settle for Kate Jackson.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:23:27 PM CDT
I thought rfid was being a self-righteous cock...
by giant_dick_bag_filled_with_taco_meat
...in a thread about reality TV but I'm finding out he's pretty much a cock in every thread.Thanks for that Billy Mays Obituary Thread.
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you heard it here last
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is 100% correct
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If he gives his approval for a Billy Mays obit TB, then I'm cool with it.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:33:17 PM CDT
Subtitties - That aint a milk mustache on your lip
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
Thanks for the lip service and clean up! Tell me how my ass tastes!
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NOW TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES!
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I believe it was Paul Scahfer that said he only watched it for the tainment, not the info
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I am just saying....
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Jun 29, 2009 2:36:55 PM CDT
RFID: Where is the list of Iraqi's killed after the invasion....
by darfurontherocks2
Perhaps we should just leave politics out of it..... RIP Billy Mays
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i think yours better qualifies as whiny negative shit. I dont consider myself so important that i think anyone actually reads much less gives a shit what i write on a silly little movie blog, but you just proved me wrong! I REALLY AM SPECIAL!! Thanks, Ass-tasting Kobe!
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He was this century's carnival snake oil salesman, and we loved him for it.
That said, there the fuck was this site last Monday when Ed McMahon died? This man was a fucking pillar of the entertainment industry and he was ignored. Shame on you! Shame! -
John Basilone has been mentioned here repeatedly, as he is one of the lead characters in HBO's 'The Pacific.' ...Egg on your face!
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Hey -can you come up with an original line, or are you dickless and brainless? Oh wait, you are indeed. Subtitties says your ass tastes like rancid goat cheese
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this is fucking AICN, what do you expect? When did AICN decide they were the official solemn obituary site for every minor figure that ever appeared on TV? It all feels like TMZ gossip magazine crap to me.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:41:00 PM CDT
Hmmm... ANOTHER dead 50 year old celebrity in the last few days.
by hb_dad
...WEIRD!
Apparantly the clunk on the head was not responsible for his death and is instead being attributed to Heart Disease. I guess the perfect burger slider he was peddling wasn't a good choice in his day to day eating... :-( -
Aint it cool's new just ain't that cool anymore.
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either way you sound like a mental titan. NO YOU ARE DICKLESS AND BRAINLESS!! NOW TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES!!!!
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Wow...congratulations, you've COMPLETELY missed the point of why I posted the lists. I wasn't making any military statements or honoring the dead, and I'm amazed that THAT is what you came away with. As it happens, I'm very much NOT in favor of the military, and would be the last person to go about making pro-military political statements since I believe the U.S. military is currently engaged in illegal wars. But that's irrelevant. I used those lists because they were the easiest lists of non-famous people I could find online. But again, good job completely missing my point--well done.
Series7...dude, why would someone be jealous of a guy who spent his life hawking products? No, thank you. I'm not trying to disrespect the guy--as I have already said, I am sorry he died. But I just...ah, never mind, there's no point in my continuing this point. It's already done to death.
Mr. Mays, I hold no ill will against you and am sorry you died. If there are people here who considered you a celebrity whose death was relevant to an entertainment fan site, than who am I to say otherwise? Rest in peace. -
Sorry, man, I'm not sure what you're talking about, in order to reply to you. Can you elaborate? Who is John Basoline, and when did I bring him up? If I did, I don't recall it. Thanks.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:46:29 PM CDT
So, BSmackSmith, you just post because your lonely?
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
You really are such a loser that you have no hope or expectation of getting a response because you feel so pathetic (and you are) that you can't imagine anyone would pay attention to you. So you post ignorant shit and check forlornly hoping against hope that someone might respond, and lo and behold, your most fervent wet dream have been answered! Now that someone did, it makes your ass wet.
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Barry Scott was responsible. One Cillit Bang upside the head and Billy was a dead man...
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He will look so much sexier........
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it was every bit as full as the hair on his head. it was unbelievable. i bet the guy never got cold. i am sad that a beard like that had to leave us so soon. it was truly legendary.
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Cocksucker.
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I was not making a political statement. Politics were irrelevant to my lists. As I've said, I listed dead soldiers because that's the easiest list of non-famous people I could find. Nothing more sinister or political than that to my motivation.
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Thank you for the support. I seem to be the one under attack because of the lists I posted, when in fact a lot of people here are making the same point I'm making, sans lists. C'est la vie. Thanks for agreeing with me.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:52:20 PM CDT
rfid - so you posted in an obit just to draw attention
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
To your politics and to yourself, and not because you had anything meaningful to say about Billy Mays who was a self made and Cool news person? That is exactly what I accused you of. You are pathetic.
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until i read this talkback and saw you all completely miss the point of rfid's post. The paint-huffing, meth-tweaking, Transformer loving imbeciles have taken over the asylum. Idiocracy is in full effect!
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Billy Mayes' beard should be exhibited next to Steve Reeves' in the Hirsute Hall of Fame.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:57:17 PM CDT
BSmackSmith must have finally read his own posts
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
He now knows how badly he has missed the point of an Obit. If you have nothing to say about a subject, why the FUCK would you post in a TB that is of no interest to you just to talk shit about the subject and the people who are interested in it> Just like the dumbasses in the scriptgirl TB who always bemoan it, but damned if they don't add to the numbers by posting in it and saying how people who post in it are retarded - stupidity.
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For owning up to your what I know unerstand was a mistake on not noting Ed McMahon. My faith in you is restored. But wait! There's more...
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and the damned things don't work.
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Jun 29, 2009 2:59:16 PM CDT
INTRODUCING DEATH! NOTHING WORKS BETTER OR LASTS LONGER
by glory_fades_immaxfischer
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For all of you who can't understand why he gets so much praise, you obviously do not use the internet for anything except AICN. He had a virtual cult on the net the likes of Bruce Campbell gets here.
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Steal his pitchman crown, will you? Set it and forget it motherfucker!
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Dude, learn to read before responding. It'll make your response make more sense. As I already explained, politics had NOTHING to do with the point I was making. Idiot.
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Thank you for the support. Apparently, there IS some intelligence here. This board is largely a bunch of idiots. No wonder they enjoy reality TV and infomercials. Ridiculous.
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Is a pop culture icon. You may not agree with that, but then your wrong. Maybe you don't understand that (rfid). But think about how often that guy is on TV, probably more hours a day then any other person out there save for Regis.
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that there was no Obit for ED MCMAHON, but Billy Mays gets one. Harry et. al. dropped the ball on this one. Admit it and gain some respect.
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Cancer got him.
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Jun 29, 2009 3:06:38 PM CDT
goddamnit! and to think i just wasted $39.99 (3 easy payments)
by jackknifed_juggernaut
on an immortality amulet Mayes peddled a few months back. a lot of good it did YOU!
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Dead pool part 2..who's next??
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honestly, im trying to make some sense out of what you are writing, but its just noise. Calm down, sweetheart, stop crying and try to control yourself. I'm sorry i upset your delicate sensibilities. Please forgive me for pointing out how utterly retarded it is to rush out thrown together obituary for someone not in the entertainment industry who had absolutely no connection to this site, the people who run this site, or the people who read this site. AND TELL ME HOW YOUR ASS TASTES!
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You think it's retarded to run an obit for a television personality-- fine, your complaint is registered in the annals of talkback history. But understand, many of us think it's equally, if not more, retarded that you're in here repeatedly complaining about the decision to run an obit for Billy Mayes. And, being a talkback, the fact that you're SHOCKED that someone would criticise your pointless criticism is, well, retarded. But, then, maybe this is less to do with Mayes' obit, and more about your stated desire to have guys taste your ass. Good luck with that. -
Jun 29, 2009 3:18:26 PM CDT
want to know how i know Vince 'with the Slap Chop'
by jackknifed_juggernaut
is the better salesman? because he's not a dead bastard... and he punches prostitutes. ShamPow FTW!
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He'd spent most of his life on the road, working hard to earn a living. He wasn't given a billion dollar empire, this guy earned every penny the hard way. Though he got divorced from his first wife, he did reconnect with their son who seems like a real nice as hell guy. He worked as a grip for Sully but is now directing. He's got that same Mays work ethic. He's good people.
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Got your posts mixed up. Your only mistake was getting caught in a conversation with a guy with "ASS TASTE" in his screen name. -
I will type slow so you can understand. There are mulitple TB's on this site. Do either of you post in all of them? Most of them? Half of them? Do you post in TB's that are of absolutely zero interest to you? Then why the fuck would you post in an Obit that you have no interest in other than seeing your name come up and having someone respond? You are simply trying to draw attention to yourselves. Ok, you don't like Billy Mays. Dtay the fuck out of the TB. No one is forcing you to post. If it is no interest ignore it! and rfid, posting military names, especially when you said yourself that you think the war is illegal, is damn sure a political statement. Whether you are too retarded to understand that, is another matter.
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Im not SHOCKED that an idiot with a stupid name starts ranting about dicklessness and asstasting at me, in fact im sad that im not shocked. but anyway, MY COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LOGGED! I can only hope Scraps forgives you all for ignoring him.
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oh ha yes my mistake.
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Why do you care? Obviously there are those of us that did feel he made his mark in society. How many pitchmen aside from Mays can you name? How many actually had a reality show based around them and their technique that did well enough (because I dunno, I guess people liked it), to not only get a 2nd season but also got him a gig with Taco Bell (if that is not Americana I don't know what is). The website is AintitCOOL and that is what I thought Mr. Mays was, cool. What you are doing in here, purposely trying to stir up negative comments is the opposite of that. Get a life.
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forget his name, but he was influential or some shit.
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And I am truly sorry for your loss. Scraps could have finally settled the debate of what Kobe's ass really tastes like.
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Jun 29, 2009 3:33:28 PM CDT
ebonic_plague - live up to your name asslip
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
Bsnack and rfid are in here complaining about an Obit to a TV personality - when they could easily just ignore the TB. They just want to draw attention to themselves. You got that part right. Where your bifocals went of the track was in talking about my screen name, like yours really is sublime.
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I have never gone into a talkback for something I did not like just to antagonize people that were there. Get a hobby losers. :P
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So he was on tv to sell his wares, um, cool?
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im trying to lead you out of your lives of ignorance and stupidity. i'm trying to save AICN from getting caught in a endless cycle of posting a bullshit fake disrespectful obituaries for every celebrity on the planet. Is this a celeb gossip blog now? this is why idiots are complaining about Ed Mcmahon not being mentioned. why should he? He and Mays both seemed like nice people and i hope the best for their families, but they werent 'legends'. Doesnt that sound condescending to you? save the write-ups for dead people you actually care about, dont cry fake tears and pretend to be in mourning everytime some guy on TV croaks. it makes you look like an asshole.
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You know, I was going to make a point about the purpose of AICN and talkback itself, but I've ceased to care. RIP Billy Mayes is the only thing left to say. Except for one thing... you register a name like that and expect that we're just going to let it pass WITHOUT mockery? And where's Subs_Off to point out the irony? -
is to dispell the overreaction that our (pop) culture had to the death of Michael Jackson. It is sad that people die, but Billy Mays is no better than Michael Jackson who is no better than Neda from Iran who is no better than Joe/Jospehine Blow who died anonymously in a gutter somewhere in anywhere USA. Get over it. I'm dying in a cancer ward this minute, and all you people are worshipping millionaires. God help you all!
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and what he has to say...
*crickets*
*crickets*
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KIRK DOUGLAS! Long live Kirk Douglas!
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I didn't even know this guy's name until he appeared on Conan the other night. When I first heard about it, I thought Willie Mayes had died. Now that would've been newsworthy.
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today we mourn what is hoped to be a quick exit for RobotKing. Fans recall how he posted to talkbacks and basically said asinine things for attention, and generally contributed nothing to anything.
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...who decides who is worthy of an AICN obit, then? Harry and Co? Talkbackers? Carradine gets one but not Billy Mayes? Why? Mayes is more recognizable to television viewers today, but Carradine's more of a fan-favorite among movie geeks. What sort of criteria qualifies or disqualifies someone? And what are these "standards" that AICN has you think are in jeopardy of being overrun by unwarranted obits? The same standards that brought us GONE and ScriptGirl? I think if you make the conscious decision to visit AICN you should know what to expect by now. -
aicn often overlooks obits for famous people or even people that contributed famously in the industry.
yet when an infomercial shill dies, aicn covers it.
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you will be missed. Except not for your shitty Alfred.
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Is AICN going to be "mourning" every two bit celeb who was ever lucky enough to be on tv? Will we get a special retrospective look at Paris Hilton or The Biggest Loser when their times come?
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in the sell for the impact gel. Understandably, he couldn't do it. The hand you see being run over is Sully's. RIP Billy. Here's hoping heaven is a little oxycleaner with you there.
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...for Pinewood Boxes. The revolutionary new system for storing dead people. Pinewood Boxes are comfortable, durable, will last for eternity and can even withstand the weight of my body. Watch as I crawl into one myself, because I'm dead.
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That made my day...
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or the impending Britney Spears death, i guess i dont really care. But AICN has apparently decided they are gonna try to write a halfhearted write up for everyone. hopefully not though. but if they do, loyal assholes like myself will be there to point out the stupidity and crassness (with equal stupidity and crassness). We're like the fucking Avengers!
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I am sure he was a nice guy to his family and friends, but this world needs less sales people. They have to convince themselves that they are also providing value to the world, and by making big money (that they do) is some type of validation. Wake up, you are an over paid trash man. Society can survive with out you, and would be better off.
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We're dis-Mayed.....
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Billy talked to you directly. Popeil relied on fake audiences, fake hostesses, editing tricks and multipayment schemes and hyperinflated handling charges that would have you paying 2 to 3 times more than if you bought his POS at Walmart. With Billy, you spent $19.95 plus reasonable handling charges.
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At least living in Cloud City he didn't have very far to travel.
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you'd find the same product for 19.95 at the "As Seen On TV" section in Walgreen, saving the ridiculous handling charge.
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It's 2009. You don't have to watch commercials anymore
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Fly Me To the Moon is one of my favorites.
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We've gotta stop her.There MUST be someone out there who can master BATES!
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Father Geek here to let everyone know that the great Gale Storm has passed on. Harry and I met her at a autograph show back in '79 and she was the warmest, most generous person you can ever imagine. I actually never watched My Little Margie, but I caught The Gale Storm Show when it was called O Suzannah in syndication, and I always had a warm spot for Ms. Storm.
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This guy is a pop cultural icon, a modern Ron Popail. Fare thee well!
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Beaks here with some devastating news. A. K. Lohithadas, the great Malayalam writer and director, has shuffled off the mortal coil. I'll never forget the first time I saw Arayannangalude Veedu, a film that will always live in my heart due to its elegant simplicity of story and searing performances. Lohithadas was only 54 years old and died unexpectedly. Prayers and condolences to his family.
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...nothing more, nothing less.
He will be remembered as something so much more than a creepy pedophile. a woman famous for a poster or even an old guy who squandered his money.
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It all evens out. RIP Billy!
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Jun 29, 2009 4:28:50 PM CDT
Sad news coming out of Korea: Yu Hyun-mok has died....
by cerebralassassin
Hey folks, Capone here with some blisteringly sad news to report. Yu Hyun-mok, the legendary South Korean filmmaker, is pushing up the daisies. I remember the first time I saw Yu's work was at the Chicago Underground Film Festival back in 2003 when a pristine print of Yetnal Yetjeok-e, Hweo-oi Hweo-i was screened to universal adulation. Yu was there for a Q&A afterwards and to bask in the applause of the appreciative audience. It was a moment I'll never forget. Godspeed Master Yu. You were truly my favorite South Korean filmmaker born in 1925.
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Hi folks. Merrick here with even more depressing news. Lucia Lauria Vigna, the oldest person in Europe has died at the ripe old age of 113. An Italian by birth, Ms. Vigna lived a full and diverse life. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends, as well as the many moviegoing geeks who read this site.
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Following Ed McMahon...long time Tonight Show guest and man of a million voices Fred Travalena has taken his last bow.
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Billy Mays made me feel good about White people. He was the Ron Popiel of his generation and a great pitchman.
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Hey folks. Herc here with some sad news. 29 year old Deanna Thompson was killed in a car accident in Milwaukee on June 27. Our hearts go out to her friends and family.
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Fishing accident
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... aren't we kind of stretching the definition of celebrity?
Hey, at least BMacSmith's Sparky is still alive!
Here, Sparky! Goo'boooy! -
DATA! FUCKING DATA!!!
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One Hell of a good chess player.
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What the fuck has happened to this place?
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SHIT!!! WHO WILL I WATCH ON LATE NIGHT TV NOW?
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Otherwise known as, 'Mailman with Red Bandana', he was a kind and hearty soul.
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Please grieve for it.
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Jun 29, 2009 5:14:11 PM CDT
MAY ALL YOUR WALMARTS AND COSTCOS RUN OUT OF OXYCLEAN
by ayatollahsexyback
You'll miss the greatness that was Billy Mays when you're walking around with hard-to-remove ketchup stains.
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I saw him on Conan not that long ago it's just crazy.
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The guy came from nothing..and through sheer will, determination and hard fucking work rose to the top of his game. People the world over know Billys face and his products. The guy took the infomercial and made it more than just a boring demonstration with a canned audience...he made it an event, a spectacle. For $19.95 the guy fucking changed lives...for the better. How many of you can say that?
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Ironic that ingredients in Oxiclean were used to bleach Jackson's skin.
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Aspiring inventors went to Billy and even if he couldn't use their product, he would encourage them to keep trying. That's the essense of the American spirit right there, and he was not one to kill it.
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HOW IN THE FUCK IS THIS MOVIE RELATED? DID I CLICK ON VARIETY ?!
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when he started showing up at my bowl games at the behest of ABC and ESPN I couldn't help but wish this would happen. The moral of the story is, be careful what you wish for...
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i have no clue who this guy is... rip anyway.
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Jun 29, 2009 5:36:10 PM CDT
"Where's the beef?" lady died - DISCUSS!
by david_carradines_death_spunk
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Jun 29, 2009 5:41:21 PM CDT
Hey, you ever noticed people die in alphabetical order
by lockesbrokenleg
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There are alot of cunts here on this TB.
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Every bit the 80's icon of any recently deceased celeb.
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Jun 29, 2009 6:11:12 PM CDT
Yet the "Shamwow" guy is still having punch ups with Whores...
by gus van rant
Where is the justice in this world?
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I enjoyed Mr. Mays 'Pitchmen' show and was both surprised, then moderately sorry, to hear of his passing.
Question - and please don't take offense but I genuinely don't understand the following taken from the write up; 'But the Discovery Channel's television series PITCHMEN, not surprisingly, Mays to have been so much more.' I'm not trying to be a smart-alec, but what does that mean? -
NAIL GUN TO THE HEAD!!!
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The prequels and Indy 4 were one thing. But, he's trying to build a replica of Hearst Castle near Skywalker Ranch. This bitch has gone bonkers.
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Too many shits posting inane comments.
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While Mays is ordering Drive Thru in Heaven...something is not right.
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were crap. OxyClean onlyh worked if you let it sit for ten hours, in a much stronger concentration than expected. Some were misguided - Awesome Augur needed a bit more juice than some household drills offered. But he did his job, tried to make the products inexpensive, and sold a lot of material for a lot of inventors and marketers. He was a loud bastard, but I hear he was a nice guy.
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The sentence was supposed by to, so far as I can figure, 'But the Discovery Channel's television series PITCHMEN, not surprisingly, [shows] Mays to have been so much more.' It's far from a perfect sentence, but at least it makes sense, now.
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Fucking child molester.
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Jun 29, 2009 6:47:26 PM CDT
Autopsy found lime and calcium deposits in his arteries.
by david_carradines_death_spunk
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Guys, AICN isn't just a film site. If you think it is, you must have missed the articles about comic books, and tabletop and video games. This is an entertainment news site. He may have been a salesman at heart, but Billy Mays was on TELEVISION and was a minor celebrity because of it.
To the guy who posted the list of dead soldiers... get over it. This isn't Ain't It War News. People like you aren't happy unless we're all walking around with the goddamn Vietnam Memorial tattoo'd on our foreheads. We get it, soldiers died. We respect their sacrifice. News of it is already posted where it is appropriate. THANK YOU.
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Nothing personal against Mr. Mays, but... we're really lamenting the passing of a huckster? Everything he sold was crap product designed to generate profits from the non-refundable shipping and handling.
In essence, he was a con-man. A charming con-man, perhaps - maybe even a nice con-man, but a con-man nonetheless.
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Actress Gale Storm died Saturday. "My Little Margie," people. And Sky Saxon of the Seeds ("Pushin' Too Hard") died Thursday. He arguably brought more to the history of entertainment than Farrah Fawcett.
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Which is great, because I swore that he was.
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We've had to endure enough over-hype of this NON-NEWS NON-EVENT on the other wasteful chunks of the electromagnetic spectrum that still pretend to call themselves news organizations.
If you're gonna start posting about the death of every tabloid slime level of psuedo-celebrity on the homepage, I'll stop visiting this site altogether. We visit this slice of the media world as a respite from all the noise of pointless crap, the latest serial obsession.... now you're starting to follow the herd on this crap too?
We're in a DV-R world, commercials are a relic of the past. This fuck was a nobody. I'd honestly never even heard of this fuck until yesterday. I wish I could've kept it that way. But no, all of you gossiping turds with nothing better to do have turned this fuck into some sort of psuedo celebrity. Unless AiCN is going to turn into a fucking obituary section if you keep this up. Who's next? "AiCN mourns the loss of Bobby Slackpenis from Big Brother 3 (UK).... breaking news... AiCN regrets to inform you that the guy in the purple shirt who spilled a beer in the 3rd row at Wrigley Field during a Cubs/Reds game broadcast on ESPN in 1993 has succumbed to his battle with toenail fungus" ???
FUCK THIS FUCK! GET HIM OFF MY SCREEN! -
Jesse Jackson was asked to comment about the death of Billy Mays. He said, "Billy Mays was a damn good baseball player."
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He was a damn good baseball player.
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HOLY SHIT!!!
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You had David Carradine, Shih Kien- Enter the Dragon, Ed McMahon. That's the first 3. Farrah, Michael, and Bill Mays are the next 3.
So there you have it. It came in 3's, without resting before the next batch. -
Pfft
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Jun 29, 2009 8:36:40 PM CDT
alientoast is the greatest poster of all fucking time
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
a god amongst fucking men
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2 more to go to make it an even 9.
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Man, this has been an extremely sad week. We have lost so many. May God bless Billy Mays' soul. Blessings to his family and loved ones.
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DAMN
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DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD IS GONE...(lol)
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Some of you people are cold mother fuckers (but I am laughing my ass off)
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Mays may wanted cheaper healthcare (who doesn't) but on The Factor appearences he was no lib.
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Billy Mays, may God bless his soul. I fail to understand though how this site could ignore Ed McMahon, who spent what, 50 years in Hollywood, was very relevent to this site, is ignored completely? What the fuck is wrong with you people?
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reviews, and a link to an old Trek script
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Billy Mays dying is more upsetting then either of them. RIP Billy.
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So, they say celebs die in threes, leave it to Billy Mays to throw in one extra one, COMPLETELY FREE!
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now that Jackson's dead and it seems June is celebrity-death month.
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I spent more time than I should have writing this for a guy I don't give a crap about. Infomercials? Right...
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is there some unwritten rule that people need to post on a talkback when they don't care about the topic? i must have missed that memo.
have some respect the man died, this tb wasn't about anyone but billy mays. he may not have been impactful on everyone's life, but he was a human.
rip billy mays. i'll personally miss the late night informericals (which when you can't sleep are good entertainment) and the beard. -
Is the soon to be released biopic about Billy Mays. RIP.
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Is the soon to be released biopic about Billy Mays. RIP.
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Jun 29, 2009 11:17:05 PM CDT
ROGER FRIEDMAN FILES $5.2 MILL LAWSUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS....
by charlesthomasmathews1978
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/29/roger-friedman-files-52-m_n_222791.html
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AssimovLives.Is there no justice?
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Jun 29, 2009 11:39:02 PM CDT
Friedman's lawsuit blames Scientologists for his termination...
by axel fff
no, really.
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My cat "Socks" heard that "Scraps" died, and slipped silently away as I held her.How do I contact AICN so I can get a Talkback for her,*sniff*
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I will probably go straight to hell for this, but that post about the cleaning of the pearly white gates made me laugh "Christ the Lord will claim it a miracle" holy shit that's funny
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Read your Heywood post, LMFAO!
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Police report on Sky Saxon (the Seeds) states that he was found dead, united with his Life partner. Too HARD!
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Post got cut off for some reason...Guess he was, "Pushin' too HARD!
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TO YOU COCKSUCKERS WHO HAVE TO CONSTANTLY TELL US MORE IMPORTANT PEOPLE HAVE DIED, PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY, WHY DON'T YOU MENTION VETERANS, BABIES WHO DIE OF SIDS, PEOPLE IN CAR CRASHES, THE GUY WHO JUMPED OFF A BRIDGE SO HIS WIFE COULD COLLECT HIS INSURANCE POLICY - WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKIN' GET ABOUT IT? COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE ZERO GODDAMN CONNECTION TO THOSE PEOPLE! And if you don't think you have any personal feelings or a connection to television, music, and movie personalities, then what the hell are you doing on an entertainment news website? If you want to comment on the veterans, GO POST ON A FUCKING ARMED SERVICES WEBSITE. I can't believe the same stupid, bullshit argument gets trotted out and said in TB after TB after TB. We FUCKING GET IT. If you don't like it, DON'T COME AND POST IN THIS TB... for the love of God, I'm so sick of hearing this asinine argument... AICN didn't post an obit on my grandmother, or my wife's uncle, or anyone else that I know personally nor, I'm guessing, have they done it for you, except you don't see me fucking complaining about it like a little bitch! Just SHUT - THE - FUCK - UP ABOUT IT ALREADY!
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respect.
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Jun 30, 2009 1:30:04 AM CDT
HEY GOD BILL MAYS HERE, LET ME INTO HEAVEN
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF 29.99
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RIIIICKKK!!!!
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Jun 30, 2009 2:25:22 AM CDT
I NEED AN OBIT FOR THE CRABS I JUST KILLED ON MY BALLS...
by charlesthomasmathews1978
She looked like a clean girl.
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sloooooooooooooooooow "movie" news these days...
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You fucked up again. It's rather subjective whether you choose to post memorials about McMahon, or other celebrities, but even in the age of the internet, where 15 minutes get doled out all too easily, one thing I do know is that a pitchman such a Mays who created nothing, wasn't an entertainer, and generally had nothing to do with good movies and TV gets a fucking memorial post. How far the standards for this site have fallen.
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is because the only thing he put his fingers in was a bowl of OxyClean.
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The only 12 year old he ever molested was a bottle of Scotch
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Oh, I think you'll find if you ask around that he has been a great source of entertainment for late night potheads. On a broader note, he was a TV personality who's face we all recognize, hence the nod is appropriate.
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Abe Vigoda will outlive everyone!! All hail the great Abe Vigoda!!
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Michael Jackson's doctor was caught on tape fleeing Billy Mays' home.
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Jun 30, 2009 6:25:16 AM CDT
His beard is the pubic hair of dead prostitutes he's killed.
by stuntcock mike
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Honestly.
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But no Ed McMahon!! Once again, fuck you guys. You guys suck. Ed would say to that "You are correct sir"
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Johnny's sidekick, Ed produced so much stuff it isn't funny. He and Dick Clark's TVs bloopers in practical jokes were great. So he doesn't get one, but some dude who hawks detergent gets one. This is utter crap.
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and a 10% restocking fee.
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product: The David Carridine Rope. It's durable. It's strong. It does the job. Unfortunately, he tried it out alone.
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How do you kill a dead prostitute?
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..Because he found the codex.
It took 5 precisely timed headshots simultaneously, but our proud soldiers got the job done. -
...oops, too late.
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...EVER.
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.... they let Jack Elam's death go by without mention. BTW, that is a true story.
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No one could get me to change a channel faster. I'll give him that.
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Thanks, man, Hope you're having a decent non celebrity death filled day
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he reinvented the television sales pitch by taking it back to basics. His style was a throwback to a simpler time and it was extremely effective. Anyone who comes here posting opinions in the hopes of appearing clever is pretty much falling on his/ her face because that is not how you approach Billy Mays or the function he performed. Even though he isn't a celebrity in a classic sense, he was on TV and at the top of his game. He is the first recognizable pitchman in over twenty years, and since everything we come to AICN for involves serious advertising, it is appropriate to mark the occasion of his death. Ed McMahon was clearly overlooked, but that another argument altogether.
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I am dead. So long, everybody. It's been fun. Over and out.
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Oh, the humanity!
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Jun 30, 2009 10:51:17 PM CDT
Didn't he get thrown in a Turkish Prison in Midnight Express?
by drdoom_v
Ohhhh That was Billy Hays!
(Boobs pressed up against glass)
"OOOhhhh BILLYYYY!" -
I think he died about 6 years ago. What bothered me at the time was they were reporting some really obscure deaths. Elam had more than 200 acting credits in his career and actually is a film icon - unlike so many others. I wrote to several AICN people and asked them to right the wrong. They all fell on deaf ears. I have a feeling they're doing the same with others regarding Ed McMahon.
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Billy Mays cartoon: http://bit.ly/iuSqd
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his magnum opus was The Incredibly STrange cCreatures who stopped living and became mixed up zombies!?!?!?!?
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Not at all shocked that this guy was on coke.
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