Bodog Beat

The funeral of Oxy Clean pitchman Billy Mays. (AP Images)

Fifty-year-old OxiClean spokesman Billy Mays sadly and abruptly passed away at the end of June and now toxicology tests reveals that drug use contributed to the death of the enthusiastic infomercial star, the Hillsborough County medical examiner concluded.

A Hillsborough County press release says, "from the presence of metabolites of cocaine and the absence of cocaine itself, it was concluded that Mr. Mays used cocaine in the few days prior to his death but not immediately prior to death."

Mays also suffered from heart disease and hypertension. His wife, Deborah, is upset that the medical examiner issued a press release.

She writes, "We are extremely disappointed by the press release released by the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office. We believe it contains speculative conclusions that are frankly unnecessary and tend to obscure the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension, which only demonstrates how important it is to regularly monitor one's health."