Later Life and Family
Smith died at the age 76 of heart failure. Red Smith School (4K through 8th grades) in Green Bay, Wisconsin is named in his honor. Also named in his honor is the Red Smith Handicap, a race for Thoroughbred horses run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.
Red's son, Terence Smith, went on to be a journalist at The New York Times, CBS News, PBS, and NPR.
Smith is buried in Stamford's Long Ridge Union Cemetery.
Read more about this topic: Red Smith (sportswriter)
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