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Young died in April 2017. He was pronounced dead on April 8, but indications are that he died some time before then, as he lived alone. By the time he died, he was insolvent and intestate.

Following a stroke in 2013, Young retired from the concert stage, no longer able to play. He continued to produce recordings for other artists as well as to endorse and advise young aspiring artists about their careers through his group Artistic Spirits Productions.

In 2001, in collaboration with the British actor Michael York, he recorded Enoch Arden, a melodrama for narrator and piano by Richard Strauss, set to the narrative poem of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

As a pianist be was best known for his performances and recordings of the music of Alexander Scriabin, earning the approval of Scriabin's daughters, Marina Scriabine and Yelena Scriabina Sofronitsky. He was also a consultant to the first Scriabin International Piano Competition in Moscow in 1995, where a special prize was awarded in his name.

Young first came to notice in 1990 with his recordings on Newport Classic of musical works by Friedrich Nietzsche, which were the first commercially issued discs of his piano and chamber music. Sony Classical has since acquired these recordings for eventual re-release. In 1992 he performed Nietzsche's music in Russia, thus ending a nearly 75-year ban of the philosopher's work.

John Bell Young (July 8, 1953 – April 8, 2017) was an American concert pianist, music critic and author, best known for his performances and recordings of the music of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.