Geraldine 'Geri' Smith, a long-time Canadian Press newscaster whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country during her nearly 35 years with the national wire service, has died. She was 60.
Geraldine "Geri" Smith is seen in Toronto, Oct. 5, 2010. Smith, a long-time Canadian Press newscaster whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country during her nearly 35 years with the national wire service, has died. She was 60. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme RoyGeraldine "Geri" Smith, a long-time Canadian Press newscaster whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country during her nearly 35 years with the national wire service, has died. She was 60.
"You always knew without hearing her name who was speaking because Geri had her own style when she delivered the news," Kingdon said in a telephone interview. "She was fun loving. She was usually surrounded by people laughing. She was witty and charming." Morrison said people who knew Smith were crushed when they learned that she died very suddenly and at such a young age.
Off-air, Kingdon said Smith loved taking vacations to Malibu, Calif., with her mother Mary, who survives her. Joy Malbon, one of Smith's long-time friends and the current Washington Bureau Chief at CTV News, said the two immediately bonded during their shared time at CFTJ radio station in Cambridge. At the time, Smith was the station's DJ, leaving the newscasting to Malbon.
She said Smith was kind to her friends, recalling one occasion when a visiting Smith urged her to make an upgrade to her Washington home.
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