Shelley Smith, ‘The Associates’ actress and former model, dead at 70
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Shelley Smith, a former actress and model, passed away on Aug. 8, her husband Mark Maguire confirmed to Fox News Digital. Smith was 70, and had been suffering with breathing problems.
Maguire shared that early in her modeling career, Smith contracted pneumonia while in Africa, and continued to have relapses. "She went on to have pneumonia over 10 times in her life. In the last year, it just started going downhill," Maguire shared, noting that a double-lung transplant was Smith's only option. Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.
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