Personal Life
Smith was born in West Virginia.
He and his band opened a show for singer and poet Patti Smith. Patti Smith's guitarist, Lenny Kaye, introduced Fred and Patti before the show. The two were married in 1980. He and Smith collaborated on her 1988 album Dream of Life.
The Smiths had a son, Jackson (born 1982) and a daughter, Jesse (born 1987), who is a pianist and has performed on stage with her mother. Jackson is married to Meg White (formerly of indie band the White Stripes)
A resident of St. Clair Shores, Michigan (a Detroit suburb), Fred Smith died in Detroit in 1994. The apparent cause was heart failure.
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