File picture of double rainbow man.
The explanation for demise has not been launched. Vasquez had not too long ago posted on his Facebook web page that he had gone to get examined for covid-19 however discovered about one other unspecified ailment.
- Associated Press
- Last Updated: May 12, 2020, 12:29 PM IST
Mariposa, California: Paul L Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose awestruck response upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to web stardom and turned him right into a people hero, has died in Central California. He was 57.
Vasquez, who referred to as himself Yosemitebear on social media, died early Saturday at a hospital emergency room, the Mariposa County coroner’s workplace instructed the Modesto Bee.
The explanation for demise has not been launched. Vasquez had not too long ago posted on his Facebook web page that he had gone to get examined for COVID-19 however discovered about one other unspecified ailment.
In January 2010, Vasquez posted on YouTube a video shot from his mountainside home of a set of rainbows overlooking the Yosemite valley. He notes within the caption that the digicam could not seize the rainbows’ depth and brightness.
But that wasn’t what led to 46 million views of the video. It was Vasquez’s response.
Over the course of the 3-minute video, he repeatedly stated “whoa,” laughed and even sobbed as he marveled on the sight of the rainbows.
“It’s a double rainbow all the way in which throughout the sky!” he exclaimed.
He went on to ponder: “What does all of it imply?”
The video went viral that summer time after discuss present host Jimmy Kimmel tweeted about it, and it led to appearances on quite a lot of TV reveals and commercials for Smartwater, Microsoft and Delta Air Lines.
“His ‘Double Rainbow’ basically wrote the book on what a viral video was,” Vasquez’s pal, Robert Borchard, instructed the Bee. He referred to as Vasquez an “amazing character” who was at all times enthusiastic in regards to the world.
In a 2015 interview with CNN, Vasquez stated he was working as a Los Angeles County firefighter earlier than transferring within the mid 1980s to Mariposa, the place he labored odd jobs and lived alone in a cell residence near Yosemite National Park.
A hashish grower and consumer, he stated he wasn’t excessive when he shot the video. He instructed CNN that his solitude allowed him to connect with nature on a deep degree and gave him a freedom most individuals may by no means perceive.
“You can’t look at a rainbow anymore and not think about me,” he stated.
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