I only found out that he had passed away yesterday after watching that John Oliver video of Alex Jones and wondering what kind of influence Art Bell had on those kind of conspiracy theorists and truthers on the fringe who have become more and more emboldened in recent times. Listening to him during my younger years, it was evident that his guests were borderline insane and he was pretty generous and tolerant in giving them leeway to speak their minds in the middle of night about all topics like alien abductions and things.
I remember reading somewhere he stated that he didn't believe in the theories his guests were going on about, and he was just allowing them a place to speak without passing any judgement. Anyway, whenever I found myself up in the wee hours of the night, it was always an entertaining listen.
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