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Radio's Art Bell Mysteriously Quits
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"You may recall about a year ago... I told you that there was an event, a threatening terrible event occured to my family, which I could not tell you about. Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now, is my final broadcast on the air. This is it folks, I'm going off the air and will not return. And what I will tell you now is what I told you then. When the time comes when I can tell you what occurred, I will tell you, through the press, through the media, of one sort or the other. I will explain to you the entire thing, it's not that I want to hold anything back from my audience, however, for the protection of my family, until it is otherwise revealed, I can't discuss it, I won't discuss it. And if you were in my position, you would do exactly the same thing. And when you finally hear whatever it is, what it is, whenever you hear it, I think you will then understand.
At any rate, I wanted to tell you, I didn't want to go without saying a word, so I'm telling you now. What you are listening to, is MY FINAL BROADCAST. It's been a good run, and you've been a great audience, and it's been an absolutely incredible forum. And my presumption is, that the forum will continue. At any rate, it certainly is my hope, that the forum will continue.
And again when the time comes, when this information can be released, you can be sure that I will release it, and I would assume because of the magnitude of the forum that I have held, at that time, you'll get the whole story. But the time will come when I will tell it.
So for now and the foreseeable future, that's it! That is the end of this man's broadcast career. So, thank you, and goodbye... "
(Art Bell, 2:55 AM, Oct 13, 1998)
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By Angie Wagner
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, October 13, 1998; 6:28 p.m. EDT
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) -- Art Bell, an overnight radio host with a following among insomniacs, UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists, quit on Tuesday, citing what he described only as ''a threatening, terrible event'' that happened to his family.
A law officer in this tiny southern Nevada town said there were no criminal threats, but declined to elaborate. Bell's telephone was disconnected Tuesday and he couldn't be reached.
''What you are listening to is my final broadcast,'' Bell told listeners of''Coast to Coast'' before signing off at about 3 a.m. Bell, whose program was said to attract some 15 million listeners on more than 400 stations nationwide, making it America country's most popular overnight radio show, produced his broadcasts from his Pahrump home.
During his final show, Bell, 51, said, ''A threatening, terrible event occurred to my family, which I could not tell you about. Because of that event and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast.''
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