I don't mean to sound cold, but if I'd been given my druthers, I'd druther it had been the Shamwow guy instead of Billy Mays that croaked, if we had a choice to vote a pitchman off the island.
Billy - ostensibly a nice family man. I kinda liked him. Couldn't you just picture him as the type of guy playing a uke at a family BBQ?
Shamwow guy - hired hookers and got into altercations with at least one, leading to his arrest. Can't really feel sorry for him.
Oh, well, this ain't a tv reality show so it doesn't matter.
R.I.P. Billy Mays.