ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Paul Snell, a 15-year veteran cameraman and videographer, died the weekend of June 14. Details are unknown, but according to a spokesman for his employer, Snell succumbed to colorectal cancer.

“We have lost more than a cameraman,” said Stephan Sirard, president of Next Door Studios, which employed Snell for the past seven years. “We have lost a dear friend. Paul was a great person. He made our models feel comfortable, and they all fell in love with his bigger-than-life personality.

“This past December he joined us at our Christmas party, where he laughed and partied with all of us. The following week he told us that his legs were bothering him. He was shortly after diagnosed with cancer, and now he is gone.

“No words can adequately express our sadness at Paul’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him,” Sirard said. “He will be greatly missed by his immediate and extended family and his many, many friends.”