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We chose a random grave and OxiCleaned it.

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We chose a random grave and OxiCleaned it.

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Jan 1, 2013
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William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009)[2][3] was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and Zorbeez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mays

Phil told us of his long-held desire to see Billy Mays’s grave, we jumped to make that dream come true. You may not remember Billy Mays. He was the OxiClean guy from the commercials, the one who sounded like he was yelling every time he spoke. Yeah, that’s him.

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Phil never really asked for much, but he was always around when you needed him; he was there when your girlfriend dumped you, and he was there to pump you up for a job interview. On a chilly January evening in Baltimore, my teenage friends, Brandon, Nicky-poo, Pat, Aubrey, and I were giving Phil a send-off dinner at Don Pablos because he was to leave us soon to join the navy.

Losing him wou…

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