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. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension contributed to his death, the coroner’s office said.
The report did not give any quantities of the four drugs in question. Quite possibly it was suicide.This has happened so much, geez, what are these people thinking, they are dangerous drugs when mixed...
Quite possibly it was suicide.
The report did not give any quantities of the four drugs in question. Quite possibly it was suicide.
the more i think about it, the more this seems plausible, din't bell say after him closed his radio shows that he was being harrased?Quite possibly it was suicide.
But then so did Robin Williams
I say agree with you on thisBell had high blood pressure and cardiac problems. He had to have known all those opioids in his system could be the end for him. I'm guessing he had taken more than one pill each of those four drugs. He was heading down a road he couldn't turn back on.
No, that's not how this stuff works. Opioids are incredibly dangerous because they're both addictive, and deadly - they sneak up on you, which is why prescription drugs are now the leading killer above and beyond street drugs. Between his chronic back pain (the result of a major injury as a line pole electrician) and the muscle relaxants and the Valium, he was on a potentially deadly cocktail of prescription drugs...and probably didn't even know it.Bell had high blood pressure and cardiac problems. He had to have known all those opioids in his system could be the end for him.
Bell claimed he stopped because he received death threats. He claimed he saw ppl outside his home.the more i think about it, the more this seems plausible, din't bell say after him closed his radio shows that he was being harrased?
I don't have enough data to speculate about his final departure from radio, but I do know that Hoagland stuck it out for awhile after Heather took over MitD. Hoagland was the worst radio show host I've ever heard - in fact he was so bad that we used to listen to his show while chatting on BellGab to have fun with just how awful he was: a host who walks all over his own guests because he thinks it's all about him, is the absolute worst. In Hoagland's case, it was downright comical. Anyway, there was no link between Art's final farewell, and Hoagland's ultimate self-implosion - Richard seemed to think that he was going to be the next Art Bell after Art retired for good the last time, haha, but his show was awful and unlistenable. I still get PTSD flashbacks when somebody mentions "hyperdimensional geometry" or "17.5 degrees" - that dude is loonier than a toon =DBell claimed he stopped because he received death threats. He claimed he saw ppl outside his home.
He claimed someone shot at him.
Police found him hiding in a culvert
Now what I say now is my opinion.
Bell did "Dark matters and "midnight "
to stick it to Snorry. But he had no real motivation.
Bell found am excuse to bail ASAP.
the 2nd time he took his pal Hogland with him.
I'm sorry to hear about your chronic back pain; I have a ruptured disc so I know a little bit about it anyway. Art Bell had managed through 30-40 years or more following his back injury, and it never stopped him from doing his show or enjoying his family. I believe that it was ruled accidental, because it was accidental - it's way too easy to check out by accident with that cocktail of pain killers and muscle relaxants. Heath Ledger died from a very similar combination of drugs, and he was only 28. 'Nuff said.Sorry Thomas, you are so far off base. I know from the experience of 3 spine operations with fusion done and a rod and screws in my spine. There is no such thing as a 'good night's sleep' in my experience. I sit in a recliner chair to help alleviate some of the pain.
Taking pain meds amounts to a poor man's band-aid. Bell may have loved his family but the pain may have been too much. You never know such things unless you are in that position and I hope you will never find yourself in that place.
Actually, Art Bell retired due to his back pain problems around 2002. On this subject we will have to agree to disagree.I'm sorry to hear about your chronic back pain; I have a ruptured disc so I know a little bit about it anyway. Art Bell had managed through 30-40 years or more following his back injury, and it never stopped him from doing his show or enjoying his family. I believe that it was ruled accidental, because it was accidental - it's way too easy to check out by accident with that cocktail of pain killers and muscle relaxants. Heath Ledger died from a very similar combination of drugs, and he was only 28. 'Nuff 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. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension contributed to his death, the coroner’s office said.
In public Williams seemed fine but he must have been going through a psychological hell in his personal life to take it...
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No, that's not how this stuff works. Opioids are incredibly dangerous because they're both addictive, and deadly - they sneak up on you, which is why prescription drugs are now the leading killer above and beyond street drugs. Between his chronic back pain (the result of a major injury as a line pole electrician) and the muscle relaxants and the Valium, he was on a potentially deadly cocktail of prescription drugs...and probably didn't even know it.
One of the incredibly sinister effects of these kinds of drugs is their impact on memory and prudence. He probably took an extra pill or two, unaware of how many he already had in his system, thinking he'd get a good night's sleep free of pain. Instead, they stopped his heart. It happens all the time.
He loved his family. This wasn't suicide; this was a modern medical tragedy that plays out all over this country every day.
Rest in peace, Art - you made the world a better and a weirder place, and that's the best that any of us can hope to accomplish in a fleeting handful of decades here.
I know that's the reason that he gave at the time, but later on it changed to "family issues," and I remember that he finally told the real story (I think it was on his SiriusXM show, but I'm not sure - it could've been on MitD). It had something to do with the contract negotiations after ClearChannel purchased his parent company Premiere Radio, and his anger about the way they had treated him during the ordeal with his son and the psychopath who had kidnapped him (his son's teacher at school, iirc).Actually, Art Bell retired due to his back pain problems around 2002.