R.I.P Paul Walker (1973-2013)

by **! Yeezus** Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:27 pm

Santa Clarita, California (CNN) -- Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," died in a fiery car crash in Southern California on Saturday. He was 40. Walker was in the passenger seat of a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, driven by a racing team partner, that slammed into a light pole and burst into flames in an office park in the community of Valencia in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles north of Hollywood. Walker's publicist Ame van Iden confirmed his death Saturday. The driver, identified by CNN affiliate KCAL-TV as Roger Rodus, also died.

I remember the first timed I watched The Fast and the Furious. I was only a little boy and I was in love with the movie! Fast cars, pretending I was driving reckless like them, and playing with my toy race cars. Always wanted to be just like Paul in the movie and do a street racing like that. I watched every single Fast movie and have always been a fan of it. I nearly broke out in tears when I heard one of my favorite idols had passed away...Although I never met him before, Paul was actually a very loving man. I always admired him for that and hoped to be as kind as he was to others. He died driving a car which may be ironic in a way, but I thought of it as a beautiful symbolic end for the Fast & Furious actor. R.I.P Paul! You're gone, but never forgotten!

"I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything..."
-Paul Walker