Sealy (ZZ) 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

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Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of Sealy Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 27, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), David J. McIlquham, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and James B. Hirshorn, Senior Executive Vice President, Finance, Operations, Research and Development of the Company, each certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

October 11, 2006

/s/  DAVID J. MCILQUHAM      David J. McIlquham
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/  JAMES B. HIRSHORN      James B. Hirshorn
Senior Executive Vice President, Finance, Operations,
Research & Development
(Principal Accounting Officer)

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350