John Schnabel Passed Away....RIP

[Hefty1]

John Schnabel is a legendary gold miner in Alaska. He is the patriarch of the Schnabel family, former mayor of Haines, Alaska and shareholder of the Big Nugget Mine.
On 11th February 2016 he celebrated his 96th birthday. On March 18, 2016 he passed away. Surrounded by friends and family. Please show that we are all caring humans during times like this and keep the comments positive and supportive. We are better than this. [SUP][1][/SUP]
Deceased 3/18/16, per post by Gold Rush.
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[Bodfish Mike]

My condolences go out to his family and friends -- he was a man among men from what I saw -- this world need more people like him in my opinion -- RIP

 

[flyadive]

He was the grandfather everyone wanted!
Seemed to be a good man!

 

[G-bone]

Sad to hear about Mr. John Schnabel.
I really liked the last few episodes where Mr. Schnabel would answer viewer mail and would have liked to see more of that next season.
From what I could tell watching the show, that man had something you really don't see much of anymore in the younger people.......and that's CLASS.

God Speed to you Mr. John Schnabel.

 

[2 Gold Nougats]

A true man RIP john

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

That was a tough watch.