As announced at Newsbusters;
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.

Sail on, brother.
And the answer is after all these years of non smoking cadillac converters shut down the coal plants no second hand smoke etc.what have we gained. I guess that is a question.
I couldn’t say it better. Rest well old son.
I must have been extremely scary for the poor man. Right out of the blue. I had stage 4 melanoma in 1978, and obviously survived, but every unique pain in the ensuing years was a scare. I’m sure his family is just shell shocked. My sympathy for all concerned.
Very sad. RIP Noel.
My condolences go to his family. Its not going to be easy for his wife or daughter & maybe other kids.
He wrote his own epilogue in splendid prose.
God bless you, Noel. You were a true soldier in the face of liberal, Democrat fascism. My prayers to you and your family.