YouTube creator Paul Harrell has announced his own death from pancreatic cancer in a pre-recorded video that was recently uploaded to his channel.
In the video, titled “I’m Dead”, the firearms and gun safety educator sat on the same log he did to announce his cancer diagnosis months beforehand.
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This time, Harrell – who was 58 years old at the time of his death – shared that the illness had ”spread faster than I thought it would” and reached his bones.
“I’m recording this and giving Brad (Nelson – his manager) instructions to publish it upon my death, so if you’re watching me, I’m dead,” he began in the clip, which was recorded on December 20 last. year.
“Now a few months ago I sat here on this log, and told you I’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I told you they caught it early and we were going to be here for some time. Well, we did catch it early but not as early as I had thought,” he continued.
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He explained that the presence of his crutch, which had surprised some viewers, was due to his hip having “crumbled”, causing a fracture.
“My time is drawing short,” he said.
Harrell has a following of over 1.2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, where he posted videos discussing gun safety and reviewing firearms.
In the video, he shared that he hopes his brothers can continue making videos to continue the legacy of the channel, apologizing to his viewers for not doing more.
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“My sincere apologies,” he said, “I had hoped that I would continue in this format for the next 10 or even 15 years. And even once I was diagnosed I had hoped we would be here two or three more years, and it’s Turned out to only be a few more months. It really makes me feel like I’ve let everybody down.
“I guess the final line, I have not really rehearsed this, is that I’m really glad to have had the opportunity to do all of the stuff that we’ve done. I really hope it’s been helpful and I really appreciate you watching. , commenting and participating, and I have probably very few regrets in what we’ve done here.”
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