TUCSON, Ariz. – Nation music star Luke Bell has died, Tucson, Arizona, police authorities confirmed to Fox Information Digital. He was 32.
An authority with the Tucson Police Division stated that officers had responded to a report of an “unresponsive” male close to the 5500 block of E. Grant Road on Aug. 26 simply earlier than 1 p.m. native time.
Officers, together with the hearth division, started to render assist to the unresponsive male earlier than he was pronounced lifeless on the scene. On Aug. 29, the deceased male was recognized as Lucas Bell.
Authorities confirmed that Bell’s reason for dying was “unknown” and so they have opened a death investigation.
On Sunday, the Saving Nation Music weblog reported that the “Ragtime Troubles” singer had gone lacking on Aug. 20 close to 4th Ave. in Tucson. In keeping with the outlet, he was on a visit to Tucson together with his shut good friend and fellow nation recording artist Matt Kinman when he out of the blue vanished.
Kinman stated, “We got here down right here to Arizona, to work down right here, play some music, and he simply took off. He was at the back of the truck. I went in to get one thing to eat. I got here out, and he’d bought out of the truck and left.”
The weblog additionally famous that Bell suffered from bipolar dysfunction. On Tuesday, Kinman confirmed to Saving Nation Music that the Wyoming native had been discovered lifeless not removed from the place he had disappeared in Tucson.
In keeping with the outlet, Bell was “hiding a extreme battle with bipolar dysfunction that he finally would by no means shake” and had disappeared a number of instances earlier than. The web site reported that he would “find yourself in hospitals, or at instances, incarcerated.”
Nonetheless, his situation had reportedly improved over the past 12 months and half on account of treatment and therapy. Nonetheless, Kinman stated that there had been a current change in Bell’s treatment, which he feared might have contributed to his disappearance.
After the information of the singer’s dying broke, social media tributes started pouring in from his fellow country music artists and mates.
Mike and the Moonpies wrote in a Facebook post, “Phrase simply got here down on the passing of Luke Bell and we’re heartbroken over the information.
“I can vividly bear in mind the primary time I met Luke at Gap within the Wall over a decade in the past, all the way down to the garments on his again. The person (and his music) left an impression. He was an actual deal touring troubadour on the market on that misplaced freeway. Do your self a favor and placed on some Luke Bell tunes tonight in his reminiscence. Relaxation In Peace, good friend.”
On Twitter, singer-songwriter Margo Worth posted a video of Bell performing in 2015, writing, “Goddamn, relaxation [easy] to our expensive good friend, Luke Bell” together with a broken-hearted emoji.
Bell, who hailed from Cody, Wyoming, first rose to prominence on the country music scene in 2014 with the discharge of his first album “Do not Thoughts If I Do”. He was signed to the label Thirty Tigers in 2016 and gained additional recognition after releasing his self-titled second album later that 12 months.
Over his profession, Bell labored with Worth, Alabama Shakes, and Langhorne Slim and carried out supporting slots for Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Nitty Gritty Grime Band and Hayes Carll, in response to The Boot.
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FOREST CITY, IA – MAY 27: Luke Bell performs at Tree City Music Pageant – Day 3 on Might 27, 2017 in Heritage Park, Forest Metropolis, Iowa. (Picture by Rick Diamond/Getty Pictures for Tree City Music Pageant)
