The man behind the viral “Double Rainbow” YouTube video died Saturday, proving that we really can’t get a fucking break around here. According to the Modesto Bee, Paul L. Vasquez, who posted the delightfully earnest relic of ye olde YouTube in 2010, was 57 years old.
, “I thought I might be having a heart attack today but I’ve vowed never again to go to an ER or hospital so I just rode it out... [the hospital is] where people go to die, I don’t want to die in a hospital hearing beeps, alarms, getting poked and woken up, hell no!” He noted that it took him several minutes to catch his breath after walking 50 feet, said his lungs felt “congested,” and had a temperature of 100.2, but doubted he had covid-19.
and said he would have his results in two days. Three days later, Vasquez died in a Mariposa County hospital.Vasquez’s life didn’t change too dramatically after his video went viral, but his video changed what it meant to go viral in the early 2010s.
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