TV pitchman Popeil dies at 86

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TV pitchman Popeil dies at 86
Veg-O-Matic, Pocket Fisherman among gadgets he hawked
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Ron Popeil, founder of Ronco Industries, poses with some of his products in the kitchen of his Los Angeles home in March 1999.
(Chicago Tribune/TNS/David McNew)
LOS ANGELES -- Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died, his family said.
Popeil died "suddenly and peacefully" Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement. He was 86. No cause of death was given.

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