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Paul Harrell was a YouTuber who provided gun reviews and gun education to his audience. He passed away. He was fifty-eight. In a posthumously published YouTube video titled “I’m Dead,” Harrell declared his own demise.
YouTube Legend Lost Cancer Battle
According to an obituary on legacy.com, Harrell, a member of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, started his channel on “GunTube,” the moniker for gun-related video on the platform, in 2012. His channel focused on guns, gun rights, firearm safety, and responsible firearm usage.
He was an internet celebrity, YouTube influencer, and guns expert. He had 445 videos and more than 1.13 million YouTube subscribers. His bio on the site states that he joined in April 2012 and provides “real firearm information for citizens.”
Sadly, on September 3, 2024, he lost his fight with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer. The video, which his brother uploaded on his 1.13 million-subscriber channel, showed Paul saying goodbye to his followers in a December 2023 recording. This is how the devastating news of his passing spread.
His Last Words For His Fans
On December 20, 2023, the well-known gun rights activist revealed the news of his own passing in a video titled “I’m Dead.” His family posted the six-minute video to YouTube on Tuesday.
“I’m recording this and giving Brad instructions to publish it upon my death. So if you’re watching me I’m dead.”Paul Harrell discussed his cancer and how it had broken through to his bones, resulting in a hip fracture.
“You may have seen me recently using this crutch when I told you I broke my hip. Well, I did break my hip but it wasn’t because I was in any kind of accident. It was because the cancer spread to my bones and the bones just crumbled. My hip fractured and I fell down.”
Speaking on the future of his channel, he asked his Patreon backers to stick with it since he, along with his brother and other crew members, intends to keep it going: “For everyone who is a Patreon supporter, thank you. But don’t immediately turn off your Patreon support. We have hopes that a couple of the crew, primarily my brother, are going to continue making content on this channel.”
Paul Harrell thanked his fans, viewers, and Patreon backers for their unwavering support: “To everyone who has watched, hit the like or dislike icon, commented, shared, subscribed and donated on Patreon, thank you. All of those things support the channel greatly and I can’t even begin to articulate how beneficial and appreciated those things are.”
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