TV pitchman Billy Mays poses with some of his cleaning products at his Palm Harbor, Fla., home in this Dec. 6, 2002, file photo. An autopsy report, released Friday, showed that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed Mays in June.

Tampa, Fla. ? The family of TV pitchman Billy Mays said they were never aware that he used cocaine or other non-prescription drugs before his death and they were considering whether to have an independent review of an official autopsy.

The Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office released the results of its autopsy on Friday, finding that cocaine use had contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed the 50-year-old in June. He was discovered by his wife in bed at their Tampa condo the morning of June 28.

Mays was a pop-culture fixture with his energetic commercials pitching gadgets and cleaning products like Orange Glo and OxiClean.

While heart disease was the primary cause of his death, the medical examiner listed cocaine as a “contributory cause of death.”

Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause thickening of the left wall of the ventricle and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries, the release said.

Mays’ family questioned the finding of cocaine and criticized the medical examiner’s officer for issuing the report.

“We were totally unaware of any non-prescription drug usage and are actively considering an independent evaluation of the autopsy results,” Mays’ family said in a statement.

The statement said the family was “extremely disappointed” by the release of the information. They said the report “contains speculative conclusions that are frankly unnecessary and tend to obscure the conclusion that Billy suffered from chronic, untreated hypertension, which only demonstrates how important it is to regularly monitor one’s health.”

Longtime friend and colleague AJ Khubani, founder and CEO of the “As Seen on TV” product company Telebrands, said Mays never showed any signs of drug use and was always prepared for his many commercial shoots.

“I’m just shocked,” Khubani said. “He was the model of a responsible citizen.”

Mays, a McKees Rocks, Pa., native, developed his style on Atlantic City’s boardwalk. For years he worked as a hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds with his booming voice and genial manner.