Posted by Dick Smyth Obituary – Cause of Death: Radio and TV character Dick Smyth, whose prospering talk filled Canadian remote transmissions for a significantly long time with hot needs on the day’s subjects, has kicked the can at 86.
His young lady Tracy Smyth said he kicked the can Saturday night in Huntsville, Ont.
“He was a mentor to many, various people in the business, and I understand that he’s left an opening in various people’s hearts with his passing,” she said by phone from Nova Scotia.
The veteran broadcaster was an unmistakable voice to radio crowd individuals who tuned in for his image name introduction: “This is what things look like to Dick Smyth recently.”
His calling crossed an assortment of powerful stations, as CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ont., when it was known as “the Big 8,” and 1050 CHUM in Toronto.
Additionally, his face was known to watchers during the start of Citytv’s news conveys where he offered gladly and breathed life into appraisals on political pioneers, the economy and close by issues.