Smith died of natural causes at his home in Carefree, Arizona on October 24, 2014.
After graduating from Charleston High School, Smith served in the United States Coast Guard from 1959 to 1967.
from the University of Charleston (then known as Morris Harvey College) in 1967, where he was a member and officer in Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
[6] When irregularities were discovered in his campaign finances, the Arizona Citizens’ Clean Election Commission recommended that he be removed from office.
Smith unsuccessfully fought the removal, and stepped down on January 26, 2006.