Billy Mays Trumps All Deaths This Weekend

Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50.

Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m.

There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play, said Lt. Brian Dugan of the Tampa Police Department, who wouldn't answer any more questions about how Mays' body was found because of the ongoing investigation. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.

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

Born William Mays in McKees Rocks, Pa., on July 20, 1958, Mays developed his style demonstrating knives, mops and other "as seen on TV" gadgets on Atlantic City's boardwalk. For years he worked as a hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds with his booming voice and genial manner.

No one had him.

Moonwalking into the afterlife...

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, is dead. No more moonwalks. No more awesome songs like Rock With You, Man in the Mirror, Thriller and so many more. No more baby dangling. No more plastic surgery. For the first time playing this game, we have had two major celebrities die on the same day. First Farrah and now Michael. Michael Jackson was the first record I had as a kid and I wore it out playing it so much. Even today, I still have a well used Michael Jackson playlist on my iPod. I'm a bit ticked, I never did get to one of his concerts.

I wonder what caused the heart attack...

Conz's Corpses and Grateful Dead both scored a big pile of skulls today. Conz's Corpses pull into a tight race at the top with just about half a year left to go.

Former Charlie's Angel is Now... An... Wait For It... ANGEL!

Farrah Fawcett, whose stunning looks and blinding smile made her a pop icon of the 1970s, has died. She was 62.

Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, says Fawcett died Thursday morning in a Santa Monica hospital. Her 2 1/2-year battle with cancer was depicted in the TV documentary "Farrah's Story."

She burst on the scene in 1976 as one-third of the crime-fighting trio in TV's "Charlie's Angeles." A poster of her in a clingy swimsuit sold in the millions.

She left the show after one season but had a flop on the big screen with "Somebody Killed Her Husband." She turned to more serious roles in the 1980s and 1990s, winning praise playing an abused wife in "The Burning Bed."

That's 38 points that are going to a whole bunch of you.

Way to shake up the board Farrah...

Gary Papa Passes The Olympic Torch ...

Action News sports director Gary Papa, 54, died Friday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, more than five years after telling viewers that he was losing his hair due to treatment for prostate cancer. His last appearance on Action News was May 13.

Mr. Papa, a Buffalo, N.Y., native who lived in St. Davids, joined WPVI-TV in April 1981 as a weekend sportscaster. His first story was a recap of a 76ers playoff game from Milwaukee. He became Action News' sports director in 1990.

Congratulations to Conz's Corpses for his 46 points.

Theeeeeeeerrrrrreeeeee goes Ed...

Ed McMahon passed away today at the age of 86 after suffering complications from pneumonia. He spent many years uttering the catchphrase "Heeeeeeeeeerrrrrrre's Johnny!" and giving people millions of dollars in Publishers Clearinghouse prize money. Unfortunately, like me waiting for my Publisher's Clearinghouse check after subscribing to 18 magazines, none of you get anything in his death. No points, no checks, no magazines.

Richard Quick Ain't So Quick Anymore...

Richard Quick, a swim coach who won a record 13 NCAA titles at Auburn, Stanford and Texas and also led the U.S. Olympic teams in 1988, 1996 and 2000, died Wednesday in Austin, Texas. He was 66 and had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in December.

Former winner Dead Grandmother? gets 34 points for having the wisdom to pick this fella.

Good work.

All Pistons Stop Dead for Chuck Daly

Chuck Daly, who coached the original Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, died at age 78 Saturday morning, the Pistons said.

He was renowned for his ability to create harmony out of diverse personalities at all levels of the game, whether they were Ivy Leaguers at Pennsylvania, Dream Teamers Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, or Pistons as dissimilar as Dennis Rodman and Joe Dumars.

"It's a player's league. They allow you to coach them or they don't," Daly once said. "Once they stop allowing you to coach, you're on your way out."

The Pistons announced in March 6 that the Hall of Fame coach had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.

Daly was voted one of the 10 greatest coaches of the NBA's first half-century in 1996, two years after being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the first coach to win both an NBA title and Olympic gold.

NO ONE HAD THIS 28 POINTER....

Hold the Anchovies!

Hold the Anchovies! The voice of Pizza the Hut in Spaceballs, Dom DeLuise, died Monday. No points to any of you as you didn't have the big man on your lists. For those that don't know he was an American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, and chef. DeLuise was probably best known as a regular in Mel Brooks's films. He appeared in Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part I, Spaceballs & Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Some of the FUNNIEST movies of all time.

Jack Kemp Supply Sides Death

TWO PEOPLE SCORE!

Pierre and DeathAnn!

Jack Kemp, the quarterback-turned- congressman who contributed early intellectual rigor and a dollop of star power to Republican-led “supply-side” tax cutting in the 1980s, died last night. He was 73.

“Jack Kemp passed away peacefully shortly after 6 o’clock this evening,” Marci Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Kemp family, said by phone yesterday. “During the treatment of his cancer, Jack expressed his gratitude for the thoughts and prayers of so many friends, a gratitude which the Kemp family shares.”

Kemp, a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, disclosed in January 2009 that he was being treated for cancer.

A Republican who represented a blue-collar district, an advocate of racial reconciliation and urban redevelopment along with low taxes, Kemp called himself a “bleeding-heart conservative” and wielded an independent streak that made him hard to label.

President Barack Obama, in a statement issued by the White House today, said Kemp was “a man who could fiercely advocate his own beliefs and principles while also remembering the lessons he learned years earlier on the football field: That bitter divisiveness between race and class and station only stood in the way of the common aim of a team to win.”

Golden Girls Star Bea Arthur Finds Her Deadly Golden Ticket

A family spokesman for Bea Arthur says the star of TV's "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" has died.

Spokesman Dan Watt says the 86-year-old Arthur died at home early Saturday. He says Arthur had cancer, but he declined to give further details.

The tall, deep-voiced actress won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame" and Emmy Awards for "The Golden Girls" and "Maude." Arthur's razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines helped make the sitcoms hits and turned the veteran stage and film actress into a popular TV star.

Arthur first appeared as the character Maude in the 1970s landmark comedy series "All in the Family," making guest appearances as the loudly outspoken, liberal in-law of blue-collar Archie Bunker.

NO ONE had her and NO ONE earned 14 points.