Barbara Smith, whose broad range of endeavors and nationally syndicated TV show B. Smith With Style showcased her knack for defining lifestyle trends, has died. She passed from Alzheimer’s disease at her Long Island Home, according to her family.
Known throughout her career by her first initial, Smith had her own home collection at Bed Bath and Beyond and other retailers wrote three home entertaining books. She covered her battle with early onset Alzheimer’s in another book written with her husband, Before I Forget, and was an activist urging people to get tested before her illness overtook her.
“It is with great sadness that my daughter Dana and I announce the passing of my wife, Barbara Elaine Smith. B. died peacefully Saturday, February 22, 2020, at 10:50 pm, of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in our home in Long Island, New York,” Smith’s husband, Dan Gasby, wrote on Instagram. “Heaven...
Known throughout her career by her first initial, Smith had her own home collection at Bed Bath and Beyond and other retailers wrote three home entertaining books. She covered her battle with early onset Alzheimer’s in another book written with her husband, Before I Forget, and was an activist urging people to get tested before her illness overtook her.
“It is with great sadness that my daughter Dana and I announce the passing of my wife, Barbara Elaine Smith. B. died peacefully Saturday, February 22, 2020, at 10:50 pm, of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in our home in Long Island, New York,” Smith’s husband, Dan Gasby, wrote on Instagram. “Heaven...
- 2/23/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
When Dan Gasby and his wife of 23 years, restaurateur and lifestyle guru B. Smith, learned she suffered from early onset Alzheimer's disease three years ago, he had no idea that caring for her would be a round-the-clock job. "It's the toughest thing I've ever dealt with," Gasby, 62, a TV producer, tells People. "Anybody who is an Alzheimer's care giver knows exactly what other caregivers are going through. It's 24/7. The complexity and the intensity of it is very tough." Smith, 66, known to family and friends as Barbara, was diagnosed with the debilitating disease in 2013 after Gasby had noticed her become increasingly...
- 1/14/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
When Dan Gasby and his wife of 23 years, restaurateur and lifestyle guru B. Smith, learned she suffered from early onset Alzheimer's disease three years ago, he had no idea that caring for her would be a round-the-clock job. "It's the toughest thing I've ever dealt with," Gasby, 62, a TV producer, tells People. "Anybody who is an Alzheimer's care giver knows exactly what other caregivers are going through. It's 24/7. The complexity and the intensity of it is very tough." Smith, 66, known to family and friends as Barbara, was diagnosed with the debilitating disease in 2013 after Gasby had noticed her become increasingly...
- 1/14/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Last summer, when the inspiring model, designer and restaurateur B. Smith revealed her battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, she expressed her determination not to let it bring her down. Now, nearly a year later, she is proving that determination goes a long way. "I had tears in my eyes, but at that same time, I said, 'I'm not gonna give to it. I'm gonna fight. I am going to fight,' ” Barbara Smith, who is best known as B., told Al Roker while discussing her diagnosis on Friday's Today show. "I deal with it in a practical way," Smith,...
- 3/13/2015
- by Barbara Kimberly Seigel, @BarbaraKSeigel
- PEOPLE.com
Last summer, when the inspiring model, designer and restaurateur B. Smith revealed her battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, she expressed her determination not to let it bring her down. Now, nearly a year later, she is proving that determination goes a long way. "I had tears in my eyes, but at that same time, I said, 'I'm not gonna give to it. I'm gonna fight. I am going to fight,' ” Barbara Smith, who is best known as B., discussing her diagnosis, told Al Roker on Friday's Today show. "I deal with it in a practical way," Smith, 65, said.
- 3/13/2015
- by Barbara Kimberly Seigel, @BarbaraKSeigel
- PEOPLE.com
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