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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Popeil, the infomercial icon who popularized the catchphrase "set it, and forget it" for Showtime Rotisserie oven, has died.

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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. Microphone to the Pocket Fisherman ...

Infomercial king Ron Popeil, who turned kitchen gadgets into billion-dollar brands and paved the way for the modern direct-response business, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 86. Popeil, a ...

Ron Popeil, the infomercial pioneer and inventor who served as the enthusiastic pitchman for products like Chop-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie, has died at the age of 86. Popeil’s rep confirmed ...

Ron Popeil, who died July 28, was an infomercial pioneer whose products included the Chop-O-Matic, the Veg-O-Matic, the smokeless ashtray and other household gadgets. Originally broadcast in 1996. RON ...

Infomercial king Ron Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said a family representative. He was 86. Popeil started his sales career in ...

To say there would be no direct-to-consumer industry today if Ron Popeil didn’t exist is a bit of a stretch… but not by much. Popeil, who if he didn’t invent the informercial and the concept of ...

Ron Popeil, known for starring in infomercials for dozens of his own inventions, died Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 86, the Associated Press reported. Popeil got his start as a salesman in a ...

Infomercial king Ron Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said a family representative. He was 86. Popeil started his sales career in ...