The family of legendary pitchman Billy Mays are on the medical examiner, like white on rice, who believes cocaine was a factor in his death back in June!The Mays family finds the results of Billy's autopsy to be "speculative conclusions" and believe the complication of coke in their loved one's death "[obscures] the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension."
So they think it was all for publicity? ha, yea right!
He had been treating chronic pain for a "hip condition" with prescription meds for the past two years.
Says the family in a statement released Friday:
"Given the hectic nature and pace of Billy's life, especially during the past 10 months of his exhaustive travel across the country, it was not surprising to hear that hypertension was the cause of his death. We were totally unaware of any non-prescription drug usage and are actively considering an independent evaluation of the autopsy results."
Are they in denial?