"Buckwild" star Shain Gandee dead
 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/170...eactions.jhtml



Minutes after the news of "Buckwild" star Shain Gandee's death, fans blew up in disbelief. But what many MTV fans saw as an awful April Fools' joke turned out to be the tragic truth.

After going missing, the beloved reality TV star was found dead Monday (April 1) morning in his Ford Bronco with two others, one believe to be his uncle. Police were told by bar patrons that the 21-year-old and his uncle were going off-roading at 3 a.m. Sunday.

The Sissonville, West Virginia, man was best known for his southern accent, goofy smile and love for "mudding," the dirty four-wheeling excursions he took with his castmates and friends. "Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly," MTV said in a statement

Arguably the most popular character on the show, fans took to the Internet to share their shock and to reach out to those close to Shain.

"Praying for Shane's family and friends!!! He will be greatly missed!!! He made the Buckwild show!!!" Patricia wrote on MTV News' site, while Justin added, "he lived life while he lived.RIP SHAIN."

"This is terrible! i cant believe we lost him, such a funny and spirited individual!" Ashley wrote. "more than anything im sad for his family.."

Shain didn't play up his "redneck" character, but merely embraced who he was, never altering his southern roots, and that meant a lot for many fans.

"I wish I lived closer I'd go to the funeral . This a worse shock to the redneck community than Dale Earnhardts death because he was so damn young n full of life," Eric wrote. "Shain was such a good driver I cant believe this happened. I feel as if I lost a member of my family. Life and this world will never be the same without him RIP Shaun YoU WILL BE MISSED."

Fans who didn't know Shain personally still felt like they were losing a family member or friend.

"it's so sad! I feel like I lost one of my friends because he acted just like most of my friends," tweeted Timbra Sierra.

Friend Autumn Martin took to Twitter with her heartbreak. "I can't breathe. I can't move. This can't be real. Nobody was a better person than Shain. Nobody."

Never heard of him

Who?

RIP, I guess, whoever you ... were.

Everybody who has the misfortune of dying on April 1 gets, "No way, that's gotta be a joke!"

never heard of him or buckwild. well, bye.

At times like this I'm simply at a loss for words. Mostly because I have no idea who that is.
It says he loved being a redneck, and that's all I have to say about that.

Shain! Come back, Shain!

drinking and driving I bet. Also reading comments like, 'why do good people have to die?' what all us living are a bunch of pricks? So I gotta die to be a good person?

Kevin ware's Leg...this dude...who's the third?

well...uh.....ok

If your last words are, "Hey Guys Watch This!", you might be a redneck

thoughts and prayers.

...wait, who again?

Mike Moustakas

MTV is still on the air?

WHO? RIP none the less I guess.

Come on, Joeckel...

Tyler flowers

Who?

I read somewhere they got drunk, decided to go mudding at 3am, got stuck, and fell asleep waiting for someone to come pull them out, and died of carbon monoxide inhalation inside the cab.

source; DGAF

And this article talking about how much he will be missed but the qoutes call him Shain and Shaun. GG MTVmerica.

I kinda know who this kid is, read a short interview once where he was defending some kind of west virginia backlash from local poobahs about how the show portrayed people from the upstanding state of w.virginia as mindless hillbillies.

Truthfully though, parts of this guys life remind me of my very closest cousin who died drinking and driving... a rowdy but good natured and loving, outdoorsy, work hard play hard kind of guy... some people just get a belly full of booze and think they cant be stopped, its pretty sad really, i bet most here would have a grand old time knocking back a few around a campfire with a kid like this.

RIP, kid.

People still watch MTV, huh?

Define "people"

Its become a joke, i can honestly swear to not having watched it in atleast 10 years.

They should change it from mtv to r(eality) tv... they're too busy trying to create american culture instead of reflecting it.

John Doe

More people watch SNL than MTV.

And that ain't sayin much.

Snookies baby, healthy as a mule.

He died like he lived: stupidly.

Never knew this show or person even existed

was it the quote about the bar patrons at 3am that gave that away ?

hold my beer at watch this

I've seen the show and he seemed like a truly happy kid. Bummer man, we've all made dumb young mistakes, it's a shame that his killed him.

:LOL: have to admit this cracked me up.

what the ****?
that is one pathetic ending, least hoping the wrecked the hell out of the truck
they died because they didn't get out of the car and left it running
DUMBASS

You almost have to feel sorry for him given what the gene pool gave him.

HEY! lol be nice man Tyler's the shit

Atleast he died do something he liked. Living here in South Carolina. These rednecks love that shit. It's just their culture their way of life. Nothing wrong with that

Ditto

If he was drinking and driving :facepalm:

don't know who it is, but I love 4 wheeling too. There's a couple times I narrowly made it back. he must be a real cool guy.

He's whatever room temperature is at the morgue I'm guessing

People must have short lives in South Carolina. To bad they spawn children at 12 from their first cousins or the circle may be broken.

We need AIDS to be more prevalent in the south.

Ya they must. Im not from here so if thats a jab at me lol not gona work

http://www.crazyengineer.net/wp-cont...04/redneck.jpg


Do we really need these people anymore?

Why the ****nis this still on he front page? I blame you Deberg. You posted this non news.

Isnt it about time for your weekly Oil of Olay Pore Cleanser and a hot bath to read a Nicholas Sparks book in?