Whatever Became of...Art Bell?

Above, Art Bell.

There's no mystery on this "Whatever Became Of...? posting.

Art Bell, who hosted a late night radio talk show that focused on the paranormal, died last April 13 at his home in (what he called) "the Kingdom of Nye". I used to listen to his show while working the "graveyard shift" back in the 1990s.

It was revealed last August that his cause of death was an accidental prescription drug overdose.

From Fox News:

The cause of death for radio host Art Bell, famous for his show “Coast to Coast AM” and its "X-Files"-flavored focus on the paranormal, has been revealed as an accidental drug overdose. He was 72. 

According to the Nye County Sheriff's office, Bell's death "was the result of multiple drug intoxication from his own lawfully prescribed prescriptions." 

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Bell "had four prescription medications in his system: the opioid oxycodone, the analgesic hydrocodone, diazepam, often marketed as Valium, and carisoprodol, a muscle-relaxant." 

Bell died at his Pahrump, Nev., home, on April 13, Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly announced in a Facebook post to the community. She described him as a “longtime resident” of the area.

For more on Bell's death, go here.

Above, a historic front page of the L.A. Herald-Express from July 1947 on the Roswell Incident.

What prompted this post was that I came across a YouTube posting of a classic 1994 Art Bell Coast To Coast AM show on the flying saucer crash in Roswell, New Mexico. It is an interesting interview and warrants a good listen.

Here it is: