Greenville native, Netflix star, Rob 'The Rabbit' Pitts dies from stomach cancer

Published: Aug 26, 2024 Duration: 00:02:25 Category: News & Politics

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'LL TRACK THAT FOR YOU. COMING UP. CHRIS. THANK YOU. A GREENEVILLE NATIVE'S LOVE FOR CARS TURNED HIM INTO A YOUTUBE AND NETFLIX STAR. AND LAST NIGHT, HIS GOODBYE VIDEO TO FANS BROUGHT HIM 1 MILLION VIEWS. ROB RABBIT PITTS, STAR OF THE NETFLIX SERIES TEX-MEX MOTORS, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 45 FROM STOMACH CANCER. TO THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM, HE WAS MORE THAN A VIDEO STAR. HE WAS A 1 IN 1,000,000 FRIEND. HE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE OF CLASSIC CARS AND MAYBE EVEN MORE SO FOR THE VOICE DESCRIBED AS HONEY OVER GRAVEL. I HAD A CLIENT OF MINE ONE TIME THAT CALLED ME UP ABOUT A REALLY NICE RS SS CAMARO TONIGHT, TRENDING ON YOUTUBE. IT WAS A ALWAYS HIS DREAM TO BEN THAT TRENDING PAGE, AND I HATE THAT IT HAS TO HAPPEN THIS WAY, BUT I KNOW UP ABOVE HE'S HE'S HE'S PROUD OF THIS FOR HIS VIDEOGRAPHER JEFF TRAN. RABBIT WAS MORE THAN A VIDEO STAR. HE WAS A FRIEND. EVERY TIME I WOULD SPEND TIME SHOOTING WITH HIM, HE WOULD ALWAYS TREAT ME TO LUNCH AND AND, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS THINK ABOUT OTHERS BEFORE HIMSELF. AND RABBIT WOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT CARS. THE WADE HAMPTON HIGH GRAD OPENED. RABBITS USED CARS IN GREENVILLE. THEN IN SENECA. HE AND HIS BUDDY JEFF DID YOUTUBE CAR VIDEOS BEFORE GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT FROM NETFLIX. AFTER SIGNING FOR SEASON TWO OF TEX MEX MOTORS, HE GOT THE CANCER DIAGNOSIS HIS FRIEND AND COWORKER ROBERT PETTIT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL AS THE SHOW PROGRESSES THAT HE WAS GETTING WEAKER, BUT IN TRUE RABBIT FASHION, HE WAS ABLE TO PULL THROUGH AND PRODUCE PROBABLY THE BEST SHOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. SO THIS IS THE OLD BUILDING WHERE WE USED TO SHOOT ALL THE VIDEOS. TODAY, JEFF AND ROBERT WERE BACK IN GREENVILLE AT RABBIT'S ORIGINAL SHOP, MISSING THEIR FRIEND AND KNOWING WHAT MEANT THE MOST TO RABBIT. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE HAD IN HIS LIFE. THE ROOM OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO LOVE YOU ARE THE IMPORTANT THINGS. IT'S NOT THE CARS. IT'S NOT THE YOUTUBE, IT'S NOT THE FAME. IT'S NOT THE NETFLIX. ALL OF THAT IS FUN, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT MATTER THE MOST. AS ROBERT MENTIONED, RABBIT DID FINISH SEASON TWO OF TEX MEX MOTORS BEFORE HE PASSED. IT. WILL BE RELEASED SOON ON NETFLIX AND YOUTUBE. CARRIES MANY OF RABBIT'S VIDE

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