Luke Bell, a musician noted for his traditional honky-tonk sound, died at the age of 32 after going

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missing for more than a week. According to the Tucson Police Department, as reported by the New York Post,

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Bell was discovered dead in Tucson, Arizona, on August 30. He was discovered close to where he had

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been reported missing on August 20. The Pima County Medical Examiner's office has received

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Bell's body, and an autopsy is forthcoming, a spokeswoman from that agency confirmed to E! News.

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Matt Kinman, a close friend and fellow artist, was the first to disclose Bell's passing in a blog post on

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Saving Country Music. E! News has contacted the Tucson Police Department but has not received a response.

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Several of Bell's country music peers expressed their sympathies on social media in the wake of the news,

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including Margo Price, who tweeted, "Goddamn, rest east to our great friend, Luke Bell. According to

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Saving Country Music, Bell, a Kentucky native, got his start in the music business as a college student

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playing in a band at a neighbourhood tavern. He ultimately arrived in Nashville, where in 2014 he cut his debut album,

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Don't Mind If I Do, then two years later, his self-titled album. As his popularity increased, Bell began touring

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as an opener for legendary country musicians like Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams Jr., and Willie Nelson.

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