Ron Popeil, infomercial icon, dead at 86
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Ron Popeil, an infomercial icon known for promoting products like the Showtime Rotisserie, has died at the age of 86.
Popeil was known best for the catchphrase "set it and forget it," which he used to sell the Showtime Rotisserie. The product reportedly grossed over $1 billion, blowing past other sales records, including those from QVC. The inventor got his start in a humble background of selling kitchen products in Chicago before his sales pitches "quickly became must-see live entertainment" that gathered audiences in the "hundreds" who would "marvel at his sales shows in the marquis booth at Woolworth’s flagship store."More Related News
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