I was/am out of the loop. I was seeing stuff pop up about Noel Sheppard, and glossed over it. But then my mind started seeing a theme… I am saddened to find he passed. I used a lot of his stuff over the years, and I pray for the family and loved ones he left behind. Although I didn’t “know” him, I knew him. God’s Speed. And keep his “greatest hits” alive.

(PJ Media) Noel Sheppard, prominent conservative media critic and one of the founding contributors and editors at Newsbusters, died of cancer March 28. He was 53 years old.

Newsbusters publisher Brent Bozell posted a short, elegant tribute to his friend and colleague:

Our Noel Sheppard passed away yesterday (Friday) morning at about 5:00 AM. Say a prayer for the soul of a man we’ll all miss professionally, and many, many of us will miss personally as well. Noel was not just a force of nature, he was a very good man.

How quickly this all happened. Just two months ago, Noel wrote about suddenly getting cancer at 53 called “Cancer’s Ray of Hope.” Nine days ago, he wrote us and said he was interested in writing about his “progress” — and he put “progress” in quotes. We were all wishing for better news, and really couldn’t imagine this was a battle that would end this way.

Noel joined us and was introduced to us by Matt Sheffield at the founding of NewsBusters in 2005, and he became our Associate Editor. It must be said that no blogger here was more prolific and more popular.

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Noel’s 2nd to last Tweet:

See more goodby’s via Twitchy. The below video is via Newsmax’s YouTube. It is from 5-months ago right before-or-after his diagnosis on the Steve Malzberg Show:

Brent Bozell goes on the Malzberg Show to talk about the quick loss of his friend:

Not related, but something Noel would approve of surely, is how the Left responds to these matter ~ the TOLERANT, CARING LEFT... the most recent attack on conservatives… or those that buck the “narrative.” If you do not know Julie Boonstra’s story, I am not surprised… the legacy media does not report on Obama-Care horror stories:

I am sure some “nice things” will be said about Noel via the TOLERANT, CARING LEFT, and I may post them… but remember Tony Snow’s passing… and how HAPPY the Left was? To remind us, I reach back to a WND post:

Moments after White House Press Secretary Tony Snow’s new personal battle against cancer became public yesterday, a vicious assault was launched at left-leaning websites, with some message posters hoping for a swift death for the presidential spokesman.

• “Under the heading of ‘What goes around comes around’, the cancer in Tony Snow is removing the cancer of Tony Snow from the national scene,” wrote TDoff on the D.C. gossip site Wonkette.com.
• Omnilation wrote, “Dear Tony, I hate you. -God.”
• A contributor called homofascist stated, “It is a bitch that I wouldn’t wish upon even a smarmy, evil f—face liar like Snow. Because really, isn’t he OUR smarmy, evil f—face liar?”

Sick!