Paul Christensen Death – We are extremely saddened to announce the death of Paul Christensen, who passed away suddenly on July 26, 2022. Tributes flood the social media as friends and families expressed their grief over the death of Paul Christensen.
I don’t even know where to start. Paul was giving me a list of people to call and let know personally and make sure I don’t forget people but as you can imagine the list of people who care about Paul is huge. I hope to get around to people over the next few days. I’m sorry if this is where you are hearing the news but I thought it was a good place to start. You know how he loved his facebook crowd 😉
Our beloved Paul passed away this afternoon. He died peacefully in hospital surrounded by his family. We are devastated by this loss and the hole he leaves in our lives is huge. There is no one else quite like him. He lived big and loved big and died big (see previous video post 🙂) He is now resting in the arms of Jesus. Something else he told everyone he spoke to in the last 24 hours) I am so proud of him. 💙 – Karen Christensen wrote.
Feeling absolutely heartbroken 💔😢 Paul Christensen my friend my agent and duo partner I’ll never ever forget you and the great times we had on and off stage over the years … you looked after me so well and gave me a start on my musical journey in the solo land .. you trusted me and believed in me and for that I’m truly grateful… I remember that one day where I didn’t have a duo partner available and you stepped in after years of being retired from the gig scene and we hit it off … remember that cowbell that mysteriously appeared during our first gig ?? After sending you the more cowbell videos the cowbell never resurfaced again … but we laughed a lot about it throughout our duo gigs .. I’ll terribly miss performing with you and receiving your phone calls with your infectious laughter …
It’s such a shame I’ll never see you again but at least I know you’ll be in my heart and mind forever… remember the good times folks life is too short …
You said last night … Having you in my music life was always a nice little candle I can light to brighten it up each time … You’ve always had a way with words and I feel the same way … I’ll miss you forever my friend .. I love you x 😞 – Darren Rolling Keys & Company wrote.
I really believed Paul Christensen would still have some fight and be with us, sending emails or on the phone, chasing me for something 🤣
This morning I called to check on him because of the sudden change in his condition. i realised at that moment I had to call Mark Cashin and I had to get him to the hospital to say goodbye
Unfortunately we were 1.5 hours too late but Casho shared a beautiful hugging moment with Paul’s Mum Lyn and his wife Karen, very heartfelt moment to witness 🙏🤗
Let your spirit be free now Paul and away from the horrendous problems you have with your Health.
I watched you take over the business from your Father and grow it in to your own. Everyone in this industry has a love/hate relationship at times but at the end of the day we stick together, we have all worked with each for a long time and shared many Industry hurdles.
You have definitely left a huge hole in the Industry and your Memory will definitely live on 🙏💜 – Michelle Croker wrote
With the very sad news of Paul Christensen passing today, I want to send my deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Over the last 30 years of my gigging career, I have been with a booking agency that was in competition with Paul’s agency and it was rare that my gigs required Paul’s administration, usually only when I found myself performing in his venues – at the venue’s request.
So, we kind of lived in parallel.
Here in the Newcastle music biz, we all know that there was a lot of jostling (to put it mildly 😉) between agencies to gain the ascendancy on venues to book their artists in. I’m glad to have little to do with that side of the biz. I’m just happy to play the gigs.
What I do know is that Paul was a monster talent as an artist. I was lucky enough to catch his 80’s to the Max show before Covid hit – wow!
Covid mellowed the biz’s venue wars and it was during this time that Paul and I connected here on FB over a mutual love and appreciation of music. He was always supportive of my artistic endeavours throughout the lockdowns.
As a booking agent he was always there in competition. He never went away. He was not a shrinking violet and judging from the outpouring of messages online today, he was very much loved and respected by his colleagues. That’s very cool. What a legacy.
I know so many of his colleagues here in Newcastle and beyond and I’m feeling sad for all of you.
RIP Paul. -Bob Corbett
