The YouTube community is mourning one of their own.
Paul Harrell, who made a name for himself on the platform posting firearms review videos, died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 58.
And Paul chose to share the news himself, having his editor Brad Nelson upload a video to his YouTube channel on Sept. 3 with the title, “I’m Dead,” in which Paul explained he recorded the message on Dec. 20, 2023.
“I’m recording this and giving Brad instructions to publish it upon my death,” he told his YouTube audience. “So, if you’re watching me, I’m dead.”
The content creator—who had shared his diagnosis in July 2023—noted that while doctors did catch his pancreatic cancer in the early stages, it was not as early as he’d hoped and that “it has spread faster than I thought it would.”
“My sincere apologies,” he said. “I had hoped I would continue in this format for the next 10 or even 15 years. And even once I was diagnosed, I had hoped that we would be here two or three more years, which turned out to only be a few more months. And my apologies for that, it really makes me feel like I’ve let everybody down.”
