{"id":280318,"date":"2017-10-11T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=280318"},"modified":"2017-10-11T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:45:47","slug":"long-time-swimming-world-contributor-bill-bell-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/long-time-swimming-world-contributor-bill-bell-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Time Swimming World Contributor Bill Bell Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Swimming World<\/em> has sadly learned that <strong>Bill<\/strong> <strong>Bell<\/strong>, long-time contributor and super-fan of swimming, recently passed away in Los Angeles. Bill worked for <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> in the late 1970s and early 1980s as an editorial assistant and statistical editor. 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