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John Bell Jr. (October 4 1937 – November 8 2013) was an acclaimed American painter and sculptor whose career spanned nearly fifty years.Bell was born in Fort Smith Arkansas on October 4 1937 the son of Oklahoma-born parents John Sr. and Lillian L. Bell (née Sweeten). He graduated from Northside High School and University of Arkansas in 1965.In August 2013 Bell was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He subsequently died of the illness on November 8 2013 aged 76 at his Fort Smith home.