Jack Smith (columnist)

Jack Smith
Born	Jack Clifford Smith (1916-08-27)August 27, 1916 Long Beach, California, U.S.
Died	January 9, 1996(1996-01-09) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Journalist, writer, reporter, columnist

Jack Clifford Smith (August 27, 1916 – January 9, 1996) was a Los Angeles journalist, author, and newspaper columnist. His daily column, which ran in the Los Angeles Times for 37 years, expressed "keen observations of the life he loved in ever-surprising Southern California" and was described by former Los Angeles Times Editor Shelby Coffey III as "one of the abiding highlights of the Los Angeles Times." ^[1] Smith was the author of 10 books, many of them based on his columns, and won the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' Distinguished Journalist award in 1981.