Art Bell announced last night that he is retiring from his popular Coast to Coast radio show.
Knowing that his listeners have heard him retire on previous occasions, Bell said, “This time it’s for real though. [chuckles] It’s for real.”
Bell explained that this time he was retiring not for some tragedy or emergency, but to be with his wife and infant daughter. Married a little over a year ago to Airyn (Ruiz) Bell, roughly 40 years his junior — he married her a few months after his wife, Ramona, died suddenly — daughter Asia Rayne Bell was born just a few weeks ago. Bell’s voice sounded emotional at times during the announcement, as if he was holding back tears:
“God has blessed me with love in my life at a time, frankly, when I thought I had lost any reason to live following Mona’s death: my wonderful wife Airyn and now our daughter Asia. I really want what time the Lord has left for me to be with them.”
Bell commented that on June 17th, he became eligible for Social Security. Then he laughed as he reflected on that fact. He turned 62 on that date.
To read the rest of this original article, see Downtown Eastside Enquirer
Bell’s replacements are also announced in another article on this site, posted July 4th .
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackLiving in the Las Vegas area, I have heard the real story about Art Bell’s retirement. As many of you know, he & his new wife left the Philippines because of death threats. Some years ago someone posted or published an article disrespectful of Philippine people proclaming Art Bell as the author. Art Bell has denied, on numerous occasions, that he had anything to do with the article. Unfortunately the threats have followed Art & his wife to the U.S. The word, from reliable sources, is that Art & his family are going into the Federal Witness Protection program. They have already left their home in Nevada. Even though Coast to Coast is saying Art will be back on occassion, it is unlikely. The only possibility would be from a secure location.
Art made radio worth listening to, and I sure enjoyed listening to allot of them, especially several of his classics, Mel’s Hole being just one of them.
I live in Melbourne Australia.
I have heard a few of Art Bell’s shows online.
I went hunting in the hope for an on air broadcast in the hope he would be on. To only find he has retired.
Thanks for the entertainment Art Bell.
DEAR ART, IF YOUR READING THIS THANK FOR THE GREAT RADIO,AND THANK FOR HAVING ONE OF THE MOST GREAT MINDS OF MY LIFE TIME…IM GOING TO BE 30 THIS COMING SEPTEMBER 13…AND I GOTTA SAY EVERYTIME MY B-DAY LANDED ON A FRIDAY NOTHIN CRAZY EVER HAPPEND “I THINK” …. YOUR FOREVER FRIEND AND LISTENER AND FAN IN BROOKLYN N.Y “JOHNIE” *MYSPACE/JOHNIEDEEZ* COME AND VISET “ARTIE”
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