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Shelley Smith, the stunning blonde model, actress, and later marriage and fertility expert, died on August 8. She is 70 years old.
Smith’s husband of 18 years, Michael Maguire, announced Smith’s death the same day. Facebook. “I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you all sooner,” he wrote of her passing three days after her heart attack. “My dear sweet angel Shelley Smith passed away peacefully yesterday at 2:20pm. Her children, Nicky and Miranda Nathan and I were by her side, holding her hands. We hugged, kissed her on the head, sang and told her how much we loved her, and my great friend Grant Stephens was with us. He gave himself up to help us, understood the dying process, and guided us with so much dignity and dignity.We owe him so much!”
He continued, “Shelley had a wonderful life! We are all heartbroken, but so grateful to have been touched by this beautiful, intelligent, benevolent, incredible soul.” I wish you luck, life is very short, cherish every second and fill every second with love.”
Born in Princeton, New Jersey on October 25, 1952, Smith was a rising model throughout the ’70s, appearing in Vogue, Mademoiselle, Glamour, and more.
She turned to acting, appearing in the television movie Mirror Mirror in 1979, followed by a regular role in the short-lived sitcom The Associates (1979–1980). The show featured her early performances by Martin Short.
Smith was also a regular on television’s “For Love and Honor” (1983), “Angie” (1980), “Heart to Heart” (1980 and 1983), and “Fantasy Island”. (1981-1984), ‘The Love Boat’ (1980 and 1986), ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ (1986), ‘Murder, She Wrote’ (1987 and 1991).
In the ’80s, Smith was a staple of TV game shows, and is best remembered as the master of Dick Clark’s “Pyramid,” considered one of the best celebrity competitors.
Smith then earned a master’s degree in psychology, worked in marriage and family therapy, gave birth to twins Nick and Miranda through IVF, and ran a fertility business, the Egg Donor Program (now Hatch Fertility). established.