PlasmaMasterDon

Donzel Edward "Don" Owens Jr. † (September 10, 1947 - December 21, 2020 [aged 73]), better known online as PlasmaMasterDon (rarely abbreviated as PMD) was an American YouTuber notable for his covers of popular songs, such as Conan Gray's Heather and Joji's Slow Dancing in the Dark.
==History==
Donzel was born on September 10, 1947, in Glenmoor, Ohio to Donzel Edward Owens Sr. and Norma June (nee Campbell) Owens, and had four siblings in total, three siblings named Gloria (born 1953), Jeffery (1958 - 2022), Danny (1951 - 1997), and one sibling who died infant on March 4, 1950. Donzel attended in East Liverpool and graduated in 1965. The 1964-65 yearbook revealed he was a library aide from 10th to 12th grade and went by the nickname "Froggy" at his school. He was also a graduate of "W.C Smith Joint Vocational High School" and a 1985 graduate of . Donzel was a retired plasma cutter for TP Tools & Equipment in Canfield, Ohio, and also spent time as a computer networker.
Donzel used to have a channel, "PlasmaDude47" and a second channel, "PlasmaDon1947" that he ran in 2007 with the same variety content as his main, he was 59 to 60 years old at that time, but both of the accounts were hacked and removed. He made a new channel on August 17, 2012, just 1 month before his 65th birthday, and uploaded his first video on the same day. He posted a variety of content on his channel, including vlogs.
==Death==
On December 21, 2020, it was announced that PlasmaMasterDon had passed away at Salem Hospital due to a lengthy illness.https://www.carechapel.com/obituary/donzel-e-owens-jr He was 73. There were no services, per Don's wishes. He was buried next to his parents, specifically next to his father, at Columbiana County Memorial Park in East Liverpool, Ohio. 
==Subscriber milestones==
===Decline===
*Below 500,000 subscribers: December 21, 2020
==Trivia==
*Don had a female dog, Penny, who passed away due to pneumonia & uterus infection. She was only 9 years old. He had also owned another dog named Dukey.
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Deceased YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006