American actor William Smith, circa 1975. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that William Smith passed away on Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, his wife of 32 years, Joanne Cervelli Smith, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. A cause of death was not revealed.
Smith has already been recognised by Cult Faction as a Hero of Cult, his career can be read about HERE.
Smith is survived by his makeup artist wife Joanne, along with his children William E. Smith III and Sherri Anne Cervelli.
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