Friday the 13th. April. This year.
The talk show legend passed away quietly into the night.. into the abyss.. into the aftermath of this worldly existence.
ART BELL’s role in this nation was important for 25 years.. and when he died on Friday the 13th this year his passing made fans grieve… we thought he would come back again.
He will not.
This was announced this week that an autopsy found the 72-year-old Bell’s death April 13 at home in rural Pahrump was from “multiple drug intoxication from his own lawfully prescribed prescriptions,” Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly’s office said in a brief Facebook announcement . It called the death an accidental overdose.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg, whose office in Las Vegas handled the medical examination, said Bell had the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone, the sedative diazepam and the muscle-relaxant carisoprodol in his system.
High blood pressure and the lung disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder were additional “significant conditions” in Bell’s death, Fudenberg said.
The coroner said there was no indication of foul play
Somewhat of a chaotic hue has existed since the death of Bell.. Midnight in the Desert host Heather Wade has somehow vanished.. while paranormal expert Dave Schrader has taken over the show.. George Noory, though the subject of criticism from Bell often, has cried often on air each time Art’s name and death came up..
Each Saturday night Coast to Coast AM still plays a ‘somewhere in time’ classic show on affiliates.. each time we hear his voice it feels like the blood of life rolls through his veins.
So many months later after that fateful Friday the 13th, fans still cannot grasp that he is gone forever…
