Notable Las Vegas area deaths in 2018, including Dennis Hof, Robin Leach and Art Bell.
Pahrump radio personality Art Bell died of an accidental overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs, the Clark County coroner’s office said. Bell died April 13 in a bedroom of his Pahrump home at age 72. The coroner’s office determined he had four prescription medications in his system: the opioid oxycodone, the analgesic hydrocodone, diazepam, often marketed as Valium, and carisoprodol, a muscle-relaxant. Bell was known as the late-night host, engineer and producer of the show “Coast to Coast AM.”
Radio host Art Bell dies at 72. Longtime radio host Art Bell died Friday at his Pahrump home, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office announced. Bell was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on June 17, 1945. Bell’s paranormal-themed show, “Coast to Coast AM,” was syndicated on about 500 North American stations in the 1990s.
Radio host Art Bell dies at 72. Longtime radio host Art Bell died Friday at his Pahrump home, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office announced. Bell was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on June 17, 1945. Bell’s paranormal-themed show, “Coast to Coast AM,” was syndicated on about 500 North American stations in the 1990s.
Nye County Sheriff’s Office announces the death of Art Bell (Nye County Sheriff’s Office)