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Jack Smith, 58, a Washington-based reporter for ABC News who retired in 2000
after covering the White House and government agencies and starting the
technology beat, died April 7 at a hospital in Greenbrea, Calif. He had
pancreatic cancer and a stroke.
Mr. Smith was the son of the late broadcaster Howard K. Smith, one of the
famed CBS correspondents who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World
War II. Howard K. Smith later became a newsman and analyst for ABC.
Jack Smith spent his early adulthood in the Army, serving in one of the
earliest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War -- the fight for Ia Drang
Valley. His father, known for his hawkish stand on the war, then interviewed his
son for a program called "A Father, a Son and War."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59775-2004Apr7.html
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