Roger Smith
Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017) was an American television and film actor, producer and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series 77 Sunset Strip and in the comedy series Mister Roberts. Smith went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years.
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| Full name at birth | Roger LaVerne Smith
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| Claim to fame | 77 Sunset Strip, Auntie Mame
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| Date of birth | 18 December 1932
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| Place of birth | South Gate, California, U.S.
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| Date of death | 4 June 2017
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| Age | 84 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Cause of death | Complications from Parkinson's disease
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| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, singer
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| High school | Nogales High School, Nogales, Arizona
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| University | University of Arizona
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![James Darren - Movieland Magazine Cover [United States] (March 1960)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/b/i/bidhsvggy2mlvly.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Roger Smith and Victoria Shaw - Movieland Magazine Pictorial [United States] (July 1960)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/0/i/0iar6j5tf15ft56i.jpg?skj2io4l)
![77 Sunset Strip - TV Guide Magazine Cover [United States] (4 April 1959)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/9/p/9p2sxrymd6cv69ys.jpg?skj2io4l)
- His neuromuscular disease went into remission in 1985.
- Was talked into asking his first wife, Victoria Shaw, to marry him, by Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
- Married Ann-Margret at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.
- 1965: Diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a muscle disorder, which forced him to retire from performing.
- 1963: Left "77 Sunset Strip" (1958) after doctors discovered a blood clot in his brain.
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