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Product pitchman Billy Mays remembered in his hometown near Pittsburgh as natural salesman

References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh. Most mourners wore stickers showing a cartoon image of his distinctive bearded face. The six pallbearers eschewed suits and instead wore bright blue button-down shirts like the ones Mays wore on TV. At the conclusion of the ceremony, they gave a "thumbs up," just as Mays did at the end of one of his commercials. Mays, whose high-energy hawking turned products like... Full Story
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