YouTuber Paul Harrell Announces His Own Death at 58

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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024

The YouTube community is mourning 1 of their own. 

Paul Harrell, who made a sanction for himself connected the platform posting firearms reappraisal videos, died aft a conflict with pancreatic cancer. He was 58.

And Paul chose to stock the quality himself, having his editor Brad Nelson upload a video to his YouTube transmission on Sept. 3 with the title, "I'm Dead," successful which Paul explained he recorded the connection on Dec. 20, 2023.

"I'm signaling this and giving Brad instructions to people it upon my death," helium told his YouTube audience. "So, if you're watching me, I'm dead."

The content creator—who had shared his diagnosis successful July 2023—noted that portion doctors did drawback his pancreatic crab successful the aboriginal stages, it was not arsenic aboriginal arsenic he'd hoped and that "it has dispersed faster than I thought it would."

"My sincere apologies," helium said. "I had hoped I would proceed successful this format for the adjacent 10 oregon adjacent 15 years. And adjacent erstwhile I was diagnosed, I had hoped that we would beryllium present 2 oregon 3 much years, which turned retired to lone beryllium a fewer much months. And my apologies for that, it truly makes maine consciousness similar I've fto everybody down."

Despite his hard journey, Paul noted that helium was "glad to person had this accidental to bash each of the worldly that we've done," and that helium hoped his videos were helpful.

"To everyone who has watched, deed the similar oregon dislike icon, commented, shared, subscribed and donated connected Patreon," helium continued, "thank you. All of those things enactment the transmission greatly, and I can't adjacent statesman to articulate however beneficial and appreciated those things are."

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Paul ended his video by noting that helium had "very fewer regrets" astir the videos and the assemblage of implicit 1.1 cardinal followers that helium made.

"I deliberation we've been, for the astir part, successful," helium added, "and I anticipation you agree. So, as always, don't effort this astatine home, and acknowledgment for watching."

Following Paul's message, his member and collaborator Rob Harrell tacked connected a abbreviated addendum, explaining Paul had wished for him to "maintain his bequest done this transmission by continuing to enactment retired precocious quality, acquisition contented with the flair we each cognize and emotion from him."

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And portion Rob noted that the transmission would instrumentality immoderate clip to woody with the grief implicit Paul's death, helium hoped they would beryllium backmost soon and person a accidental to grant his brother, saying that helium " volition stay an inspiration to america all."

Paul's YouTube fans made definite to wage their respects successful the comments, noting however overmuch they would miss his videos.

"Paul's past acquisition was a maestro people successful dying with grace and dignity," 1 wrote, portion different added, "Only Paul Harrell would apologize posthumously for his ain death."

Another idiosyncratic commented, "There's a important void successful the beingness present that cannot beryllium filled. He was ‘what you telephone a professional,' and volition beryllium sorely missed."

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