YouTuber And Gun Activist Announces His Own Death

Beloved YouTuber and gun activist Paul Harrell died at the age of 58.

After dying, a pre-recorded video from Harrell was released on his YouTube channel here he talked about the end of his battle with pancreatic cancer.

In the video titled “I’m Dead”, Harrel shared, “My goal in doing all of this was primarily to put out useful information — or at least interesting information.”

“I had hoped I would continue in this format for the next 10, 15 years. Even once I was diagnosed, I had hoped I would at least be here another two, three more years, which turned out to only be a few more months. My apologies for that, it really makes me feel like I’ve let everybody down,” added Harrel.

I just learned and was given permission to share that Paul has passed. A true lion of men, a paragon of integrity, the gun dad of the internet, and a role model for us all. May he continue inspire and call us to be better and do more. Rest in peace. #paulharrell #2ndamendment pic.twitter.com/uGE2gIFchx

— Tom Grieve (@AttyTomGrieve) September 3, 2024

Check out what The New York Post:

Respected firearms expert, Second Amendment proponent and “gun dad of the internet” Paul Harrell died this week at the age of 58 — posthumously releasing a pre-recorded YouTube video announcing the end of his lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.

In the video — which he gave the no-nonsense title “I’m Dead” — Harrell sits on a felled tree in a wooded area and shares the sad news that his health has taken a turn for the worse and he fears the end is near.

“My goal in doing all of this was primarily to put out useful information — or at least interesting information,” Harrell says of his YouTube career in the video, which racked up more than 1.5 million views within 12 hours of its posting.

A crutch can be seen leaning on the tree to his left, which he says he uses as the result of a broken hip he suffered as the disease attacked his bones.

“I had hoped I would continue in this format for the next 10, 15 years. Even once I was diagnosed, I had hoped I would at least be here another two, three more years, which turned out to only be a few more months. My apologies for that, it really makes me feel like I’ve let everybody down.”

He says he recorded the video on Dec. 20 of last year.

YouTuber and guns rights activist Paul Harrell announces own death: ‘If you’re watching me, I’m dead’ https://t.co/ym5NRUOfkF pic.twitter.com/rqCn81bO7D

— New York Post (@nypost) September 4, 2024

Here’s what The Daily Mail reported:

Popular YouTuber Paul Harrell has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 58 – and he announced his own death in a heartbreaking clip posted ‘beyond the grave’.

‘If you’re watching me, I’m dead,’ the Oregon-based content creator told his 1.14 million subscribers in a video titled ‘I’m Dead’.

The six-minute clip was filmed in December 2023, and his family published it following his death on Tuesday.

Here was Harrel’s last video: