RON POPEIL

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

From spray-on hair to countertop rotisseries, Popeil sold us the must-have products we never knew we needed.

Ron Popeil was both a high-spirited inventor and yarn-spinning salesmen, amplified by the airwaves into millions of homes. He died Wednesday, July 28, according to his family.

Obit Ron Popeil FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1982 file photo, Ron Popeil, the man behind those late-night, rapid-fire television commercials that sell everything from the Mr. These immediate forebears of home-shopping channels and, beyond them, the content marketing techniques of the 21st century were where Ron Popeil, an American original who gave the world the word "Ronco" and died Wednesday at 86, thrived. In the 1990s, you completely bought the notion that if Ron Popeil could stand there, on the set of his infomercial, and make a delectable sausage of fresh salmon, dill, soy and crushed red pepper in two minutes, that somehow you could too. For Ron Popeil, his feet planted squarely at the intersection of Barnum and Edison, there always was. ___Ted Anthony, director of new storytelling and newsroom innovation for The Associated Press, spent several days with Ron Popeil for an AP profile on him in 1997.

Ron Popeil, an American original who died this week at 86, thrived in the world of infomercials and home-shopping channels.

Ron Popeil, known for iconic infomercials, dead at 86 In this Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1982 file photo, Ron Popeil, the man behind those late-night, rapid-fire television commercials that sell everything from the Mr. >> Read more trending newsAccording to The Associated Press and People magazine, Popeil died suddenly on Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital. Under his company, Ronco, Popeil continued to sell his father’s gadgets and his own inventions, People reported. Popeil leaves behind wife Robin, four daughters and four grandchildren, the AP reported. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 143 Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86 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.

Obit Ron Popeil FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1982 file photo, Ron Popeil, the man behind those late-night, rapid-fire television commercials that sell everything from the Mr. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (Reed Saxon)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — 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. Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement. As his influence grew, he crafted an enthusiastic, guy-next-door presence that suffused the 1970s with commercials for such gadgets as the the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, a self-contained fishing apparatus, and Mr. I need a pocket fisherman!

Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died.