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Australian DJ Ian Bell ‘dies aged 60 en route to Eurovision’ as tributes pour in-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

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Australian DJ Ian Bell ‘dies aged 60 en route to Eurovision’ as tributes pour in-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

DJ Ian Bell has died aged 60 (Picture: Facebook)

Popular Australian DJ and music expert Ian Bell, 60, has reportedly died in Paris during a family holiday while en route to the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

A well-known figure on the Adelaide club scene in the 1980s and 90s, he had been photographed alongside the likes of Rita Ora and Spice Girl Mel C over his long and varied career.

He was also a record shop owner, and concert writer and photographer, who worked and performed at Adelaide’s Big Day Out festival over the years.

Bell is said to have died on May 2 in Paris after suffering a heart attack, according to local Adelaide publication The Advertiser.

It was planned to be the first stop on a trip that would culminate at Eurovision for him and his family.

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