RIP Paul Needell AKA Shockey

Starman, I think they were helping you read a newspaper when you were three.

 

Loved this man.

Heartbroken for his family and for his suffering....so incredibly grateful for his friendship. An extraordinarily special person.

No shortage of memorable shockey moments for me here and elsewhere, but I think this one will stay with me forever: He posted this last June, on the passing of Tony Gwynn....

....and I thought, "Heaven doesn't need you either."

How I wish that was true.

RIP, my friend.

 

RIP Shockey. A SJ legend without doubt.

 

Boy so sorry to hear about Shockey; may his family find some comfort in this hard time. I unfortunately never had the opportunity to meet him but am better for reading his posts here at SJ.

 

I did not know him but from here. He was fantastic on here, open, honest and insightful.

He will be greatly missed.

RIP Paul.

 

RIP, shockey.

 

I kind of got to know Shockey on this board over strange circumstances. We were going back and forth over something a reporter had done and he PMd me and said, "Are you OK, you're taking this one pretty hard?" and I PMd him back and told him the reporter in question was a close friend and he messaged me back and told me a story of a close friend of his who had made a mistake and how hard it was for him to watch. He also told me how much he respected me for defending my friend. He and I were completely cool after that.

All of the deaths here have been just brutal. Craig's hit me the hardest because it was so sudden but this one hits really hard as well...

RIP Paul.

 

It's so easy on an anonymous message board to get self-righteous and act less than gracious (Lord knows it's been a default for me a time or two), but Shockey never seemed to let the nonsense bother him. He always came off as a nice guy. From what I've heard on this thread, that was no accident.

RIP, Shockey.

 

I didn't know Shockey well but we PMed a little and he always came across as one of the good guys. I just hope that his family is fine.

 

Awww, this is a terrible way to start the week. RIP.

 

So very sad. Way too young to go.