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Ron Popeil, American inventor and the face of countless infomercials, has died.
He died Wednesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Sources say that he was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.
His first product was the Chop-O-Matic which you might still buy onAmazon(viaIMDb).
He spent his career inventing many more revolutionary products as well as appearing in countless infomercials.
But how much was Popeil worth at the time of this death?
After all, he coined the catch phrases, “But wait, there’s more!”
as well as “Set it and forget it” (viaCelebrity Net Worth).
Indeed, at the time of his death, Popeil was worth a whopping $200 million.
He revolutionized direct response television and kept many people company late at night watching TV."
