According to today.com, country music singer Luke Bell has passed away at the age of 32 years old. Tucson Police Department Officer Frank Magos confirmed on Tuesday that the singer had been found dead in Tucson, Arizona on august 26th. Bell was previously reported as missing, and was found near where he had disappeared, according to the Tucson PD. A spokesperson for the Pima County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to TODAY that they had received Bell’s body. However, the investigation is still ongoing and no further details were available at this time. The artist released his self-titled debut album in 2012, and described it as being, “a little bit honky tonk and a little bit Texas, with healthy dashes of Bakersfield and vintage Nashville.” After releasing his album, “Don’t Mind If I Do,” in 2014, he opened for acts such as Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, and hank Williams Jr., Bell released his last single, “Jealous Guy,” in 2021.According to Bell, “At the time, absolutely. It was a very different route to take; there aren’t any musicians in my family, College really wasn’t doing it for me, and I was looking for an independent platform to go learn, and music was that.”
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