YouTube firearms professional Paul Harrell introduced his loss of life Tuesday in a pre-recorded video.
“He everybody, let me get proper to the purpose, Harrell mentioned within the opening of the video posted to his YouTube channel, which he mentioned was made on Dec. 20.
“I’m recording this and giving Brad directions to publish it upon my loss of life, so if you happen to’re watching me, I’m useless,” he mentioned, referring to Brad Nelson, his supervisor.
“Now a number of months in the past I sat right here on this log, and informed you I’d been recognized with pancreatic most cancers and I informed you we caught it early and we have been going to be right here for a while. Properly, we did catch it early however not as early as I had thought and it has unfold quicker than I believed,” he mentioned.
“You’ll have seen me lately utilizing this crutch once I informed you I broke my hip. Properly, I did break my hip, however it wasn’t as a result of I used to be in any type of accident, it was as a result of the most cancers unfold to my bones,” he mentioned.
“The bones simply crumbled and my hip fractured and I fell down,” he mentioned.
Harrell famous that “My purpose in doing all of this was, sure, to have enjoyable, do some issues that have been enjoyable, however primarily to place out helpful data. Or if not helpful not less than fascinating data.
“And what I actually hope is that, as you’re watching me, you’ve seen some issues which have made you say, ‘Oh I get it, OK,’” he mentioned.
“The ultimate I might wish to say is, my honest apologies. I had hoped that I might proceed on this format for the subsequent 10 and even 15 years. And even as soon as I used to be recognized I had hoped we might be right here two or three extra years, and it’s turned out to solely be a number of extra months. And my apologies for that. It actually makes me really feel like I’ve let all people down,” he mentioned.
“I suppose the ultimate line, I’ve probably not rehearsed this, is that I’m actually glad to have had the chance to do all the stuff that we’ve finished,” he mentioned.
“I actually hope it’s been useful and I actually respect you watching, commenting and collaborating, and I’ve in all probability only a few regrets in what we’ve finished right here,” he mentioned.
“So, as all the time, don’t do this at residence and thanks for watching,” he mentioned as his a part of the video ended.
I simply realized and was given permission to share that Paul has handed. A real lion of males, a paragon of integrity, the gun dad of the web, and a task mannequin for us all. Could he proceed encourage and name us to be higher and do extra. Relaxation in peace. #paulharrell #2ndamendment pic.twitter.com/uGE2gIFchx
— Tom Grieve (@AttyTomGrieve) September 3, 2024
Paul Harrell’s brother Roy mentioned the channel will endure with out his brother.
“It was his want that I keep his legacy by way of this channel. He’ll stay an inspiration to us all,” Roy Harrell mentioned.
The channel had 1.2 million subscribers. As of Friday, the video had been seen greater than 4 million occasions.
In accordance with an obituary on legacy.com, Paul Harrell was 58, and was a veteran who served within the Marine Corps and the Military.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
