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	CalendarHome.com - Linda Smith (comedian) - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Linda Smith (29 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was a British stand-up comic and comedy writer.
		Smith died of ovarian cancer, aged 48, on 27 February 2006.
		Linda Smith was working on a third series of A Brief History of Timewasting before she was incapacitated by her illness; as a tribute, digital radio station BBC7 ran the previous two series, the first all on one day.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Linda_Smith_(comedian) (781 words)

	Linda Smith (comedian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Linda Smith (29 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was an English stand-up comic and comedy writer.
		Smith died of ovarian cancer, aged 48, on 27 February 2006.
		Linda was working on a third series of A Brief History of Timewasting when she died; as a tribute, digital radio station BBC7 ran the previous two series, the first all on one day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linda_Smith_(comedian) (779 words)

	Many Angry Gerbils: Goodbye Linda
		A common cliché when a comic of Linda Smith's popularity dies is that, despite their jokes, they bore no one any malice.
		She was funny partly because, while she oozed and overflowed with compassion for the vast number she befriended, entertained and assisted, she had plenty of malice for the soulless corporate world, of which she was proud to be an enemy.
		Linda Smith will be remembered for her charm, her wit, her subtle destruction of pomposity, her subdued but burning English rage; and for her familiarity.
	manyangrygerbils.typepad.com /many_angry_gerbils/2006/02/goodbye_linda.html (1466 words)

	Ovarian Cancer Action - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Comedian Linda Smith lost her fight with ovarian cancer on February 27th.
		According to the many press articles in tribute to Linda, she was very private person who didn't want the illness to affect too many people, and for that reason only let a handful of people know.
		Linda was President of the British Humanist Society, who have established a link on their website www.humanism.org.uk to Ovarian cancer action for those seeking more information
	www.ovarian.org.uk /news/linda_smith.asp (170 words)

	Linda Smith [Archive] - Palimpsest
		Comedian Linda Smith was one of the sharpest performers on the stand-up circuit, but in recent years had become a favourite of diverse audiences on BBC radio and television.
		Linda Smith moved effortlessly from stand-up to radio and TV Besides this, Linda Smith was a great fan of the rock musician and actor, Ian Dury, and president of the British Humanist Association.
		I saw Linda Smith in Edinburgh in 1992/93 which must have been very early in her career (I had never heard of her then, nor of the act she was supporting, Mark Steel - both were brilliant and I have to say, rather funnier than they seem to have been in recent years).
	www.palimpsest.org.uk /forum/archive/index.php/t-1801.html (1329 words)

	Damn Data ¦ Linda 'Holly' Smith Dies 48 \| Cabinet of Wonders
		Linda Smith, the comedian and broadcaster, probably best known for her work on BBC radio's The News Quiz and Just a Minute, has died of cancer aged 48.
		She appeared on many shows, of which the News Quiz, Just a Minute and her own series, Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting, are best known.
		As Linda might have said about herself: "She didn't exactly rage against the dying of the light, but she gave it quite a look." She died at home with family and friends around her.
	www.wunderkabinett.co.uk /damndata/index.php?/archives/126-Linda-Holly-Smith-Dies-48.html (918 words)

	Linda Smith 1957—2006\|11Mar06\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Linda was a great friend of the paper, a terrific comedian and a truly lovely person.
		Linda’s stand up shows were always very very funny, delivered in a style that suggested whimsy, but with a rapier like cutting edge.
		Linda’s fame and success increased over the years and she became the star of BBC radio shows such as I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and The News Quiz.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=8426 (541 words)

	issue_54
		Friends, family and fellow comedians are staging a tribute concert in memory of comedian Linda Smith who died in February.
		Linda was a regular panel member on Radio 4's NEWS QUIZ and JUST A MINUTE and appeared regularly on BBC TV's HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU.
		Sheffield was always a significant place for Linda as it was where she attended university and launched her career.
	www.shef.ac.uk /marcoms/eview/issue_54/linda_smith.html (241 words)

	myLastEmail.com
		Comedian Linda Smith who dies of ovarian cancer at the age of 48 was both a star of stand up and a well loved performer on BBC Radio 4.
		Linda's premature death is a loss for all those who loved her dry, witty and beautifully observed humour.
		Although Linda was a Londoner she went to university here in Sheffield and I like to think she absorbed some of our Yorkshire humour.
	www.mylastemail.com /show_obituary.asp?id=41 (243 words)

	Radio Today with United Radio..: Death of Linda Smith
		Linda was one of the small band of women who made it to the top of the male-dominated world of comedy.
		Her many appearances on BBC Radio 4's the News Quiz won her the admiration and affection of the listeners and she was one of the most popular figures on the network.
		Linda also had a successful career on television with a string of winning appearances on numerous programmes including Have I Got News For You, QI and Mock The Week.
	www.radiotoday.co.uk /news.php?extend.562 (417 words)

	Linda Smith
		Linda Smith - Comedian with a deft satirical edge to her turns of phrase
		She was born at Erith in Kent, a town of which she said: "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham." She had no fondness for the place.
		Writer and broadcaster Linda Smith dies The Stage
	www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk /counter/lindasmith.htm (876 words)

	Linda Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Linda Smith (comedian), British stand-up comic and writer.
		Linda Smith (novelist), Canadian writer of children's fiction.
		Linda Smith (UK politician), registered leader of RESPECT The Unity Coalition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linda_Smith (99 words)

	The Brights' Movement Forums > Death of Linda Smith
		The British comedienne Linda Smith died from cancer on Monday, aged 48.
		She was a prominent radio and TV personality and was much loved by the general public, recently being voted the best comedian in Britain.
		The connection with Brightland is that she was a former President of the UK Humanist Association and was renowned for her irreverent sense of humour and quick wit.
	www.the-brights.net /forums/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t4639.html (186 words)

	Linda Smith has died - talklfc forums
		Comic Linda Smith, a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, has died of cancer at the age of 48.
		The writer and broadcaster was a staple of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and BBC Radio, whose listeners voted her "Wittiest Person" in 2002.
		Ms Smith, who is survived by her partner Warren Lakin, died on Monday.
	www.talklfc.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=20022 (367 words)

	Sky News - Comedian Dies Aged 48
		Linda Smith, the comedian, writer and broadcaster, has died from cancer at the age of 48.
		Smith was diagnosed with ovarian cancer more than years ago.
		She was one of the few women who made it to the top in the male-dominated world of comedy.
	news.sky.com /skynews/article/0,,70131-1213761,00.html?f=rss (172 words)

	The Stage / News / Writer and broadcaster Linda Smith dies
		Radio comedian Linda Smith, who appeared on shows such as Radio 4’s The News Quiz, Just A Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue has died of cancer aged 48.
		The writer and broadcaster, who penned and starred in two series of popular sitcom Linda Smith’s Brief History of Time Wasting, was voted the “wittiest person on radio” in a listener’s poll in 2002.
		Smith also had a successful career on television with a string of appearances on popular shows including Have I Got News For You, QI and Mock the Week.
	www.thestage.co.uk /news/newsstory.php/11749/writer-and-broadcaster-linda-smith-dies (455 words)

	Comedian Linda Smith dies of cancer, aged 48 \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Smith was diagnosed with ovarian cancer three and a half years ago but chose not to make it public.
		Her close friend the comedian Jeremy Hardy said she was annoyed by it.
		Smith's roots were in standup and she became a circuit regular after winning the Hackney Empire new act of the year in 1987.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,,1720425,00.html?gusrc=rss (458 words)

	Arts \| Comedian Linda Smith dies
		The comedian and broadcaster Linda Smith, best known for her work on Radio 4's the News Quiz, has died of cancer aged 48.
		Fellow comedian and News Quiz regular Jeremy Hardy said she was the "wittiest and brightest person working on TV or radio panel games".
		Smith is survived by her partner Warren Lakin.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329423428-111261,00.html (287 words)

	normblog: February 2006
		Not only was she one of the busiest and most successful comedians in the country but she still found time to be a tireless promoter of humanism.
		Linda Smith was President of the British Humanist Association.
		Linda was introduced by Jonathan Freedland who put questions to her about the book, and she spoke of her impressions of Israel today based on the months she'd spent there and writing it.
	normblog.typepad.com /normblog/2006/02/index.html (14376 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Obituary: Linda Smith
		Linda Smith also presented Home Truths and Pick of the Week and in 2002 was voted Wittiest Person in a poll of Radio 4 listeners.
		Linda Smith blended the topical with the personal, the political with the surreal and silly.
		She had a wealth of subjects to grumble about: motorway service stations, the trains, inane daytime television commercials for sun awnings or loans, all delivered in a downbeat fashion that belied a penetrating insight to social trends.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4759922.stm (482 words)

	Hunting down the 'silent killer' \| Women \| Health \| Telegraph
		Earlier this week, the comedian Linda Smith, who was voted Britain's wittiest person by Radio 4 listeners, died of ovarian cancer, three and a half years after being diagnosed with the disease.
		The 48-year-old, who was a regular panellist on Radio 4 programmes, including Just a Minute and The News Quiz, had never made her illness public and continued to perform until 2004.
		Her death will strike a chord with many, but none more so than the 7,000 women in the UK who, like Smith, are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2006/03/03/hcancer03.xml (440 words)

	The Sun Online - News: Comic Linda Smith dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		COMEDIAN and broadcaster Linda Smith died of cancer yesterday at the age of 48.
		Once voted the wittiest person in radio by a listeners' poll, Smith was a regular on Radio 4's News Quiz, starred in two series of Linda Smith's A Brief History of Time Wasting and was a panellist on Just A Minute.
		Station controller Mark Damazer said: "Linda Smith was a Radio 4 giant.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2-2006090647,00.html (269 words)

	Radio comedian Linda Smith dies, aged 48-News-UK-TimesOnline
		Broadcasters paid tribute tonight to Linda Smith, the deadpan comedian and panel show regular, who has died of cancer aged 48.
		Smith never disguised her left-wing politics, imbibed from a working-class upbringing, and became President of the British Humanist Association.
		Smith came to prominence with a run of hit shows at the Edinburgh fringe and won Hackney Empire’s New London Comic Award.
	www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,2-2063040,00.html (1039 words)

	Comedian Linda Smith dies \| Media \| MediaGuardian.co.uk
		Smith, who topped a listeners' poll in 2002 to find the wittiest person on radio, died yesterday after being ill for some time, the BBC said.
		As well as appearing on the News Quiz, Smith was a guest on its TV equivalents, Have I Got News For You, QI and Mock The Week.
		Radio 4 is staging a special tribute edition of the News Quiz in Smith's memory this Friday presented by fellow panellist Andy Hamilton.
	media.guardian.co.uk /site/story/0,,1720247,00.html?gusrc=rss (344 words)

	[Deathwatch] Linda Smith , comedian, 48 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Radio comedian Linda Smith dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759968.stm Comic Linda Smith, a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, has died of cancer at the age of 48.
		"She generated an energy and warmth in every programme she ever did that made her fellow comedians and millions of listeners love her." News Quiz regular Jeremy Hardy paid an emotional tribute, calling her "the wittiest and brightest person working on TV or radio panel games".
		"I am so lucky to have had such a wonderful friend." Ms Smith, who is survived by her partner Warren Lakin, died on Monday.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2006-March/001314.html (308 words)

	Comedian Linda Smith dies of cancer \| MetaFilter
		Linda Smith, president of the Humanist society and a regular on BBC Radio 4's flagship comedy shows such as The News Quiz and Just A Minute, plus her own A Brief History of Timewasting, her wonderfully deadpan style and the ability to transform moaning into an art form will be missed by many.
		Fellow comedian Mark Steel will pay tribute to Linda on tonight's Front Row - Radio 4 at 7.15 UK time (now) Available as a download.
		Linda Smith was by far the better comedian, with a much sharper wit.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/49590 (1055 words)

	Linda Smith (comedian) Information
		Linda Smith (25 January 1958 – 27 February 2006) was a British stand-up comic and comedy writer.
		She was a regular panellist on The News Quiz and Just a Minute, and appeared on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, Countdown and QI.
		One, on 14 May 2006 at the Lyceum Theatre, entitled "In Praise Of An English Radical" and the other on 4 June 2006 at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, entitled "Tippy Top: An Evening Of Linda Smith's Favourite Things".
	www.bookrags.com /Linda_Smith_(comedian) (537 words)

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