MODEL turned actress Shelley Smith has died at age 70, according to a heartbreaking video from her husband.
Shelley co-starred in the sitcom The Associates alongside Martin Short and was a beloved regular on game shows.
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Shelley was a statuesque starlet who regularly graced the small screen in the 1970s.
She was a fixture on the show $10,000 Pyramid.
She died on Tuesday, August 8, at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in California.
Her husband of 18 years, actor Michael Maguire, tearfully announced the heartbreaking news on social media.
“I just wanted to update everyone on Shelley, she passed away,” he emotionally shared on Facebook.
‘I WAS AT HER SIDE’
Michael explained she had been in a coma after experiencing cardiac arrest three days earlier, and her health had deteriorated in the past year.
The video was captioned: “I’m sorry I have not updated everyone sooner.
“My dear, sweet angel Shelly Smith passed peacefully yesterday at 2.20 PM.
“Her children, Nicky and Miranda Nathan and I were at her side and holding her hand and kissing her head and singing to her and telling her how much we loved her.
“Shelley lived an incredible life! We are all heartbroken, but we are also so fortunate to have been touched by this beautiful, intelligent, compassionate and incredible soul.
“Life is so short. Make every second count and fill every second with love.”
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INCREDIBLE CAREER
Shelley was born on Oct. 25, 1952, in Princeton, New Jersey.
The five-foot-nine beauty graduated from Connecticut College and built a bustling modeling career, appearing in magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Glamour.
She debuted as an actress in 1979, and made a splash co-starring with Martin Short on The Associates, a loose sequel to The Paper Chase.
Shelley played a no-nonsense, upper-class Wall Street law firm associate.
She graced the cover of TV Guide in November 1979 despite the show just lasting 13 episodes.
Shelley then starred in the 1983 NBC military drama For Love and Honor alongside Keenan Ivory Wayans for 12 episodes.
Her TV resume ran long into the ’90s as she appeared on Murder, She Wrote, and Magnum P.I.
GAME SHOW GREAT
Shelley also proved to be a formidable celebrity contestant in the game show boom.
She appeared on Super Password, Body Language and the Dick Clark-helmed $10,000 Pyramid (followed by its inflation-adjusted $25,000 and $100,000 versions).
Her skills helped the contestants she was paired with win thousands of dollars.
“She was really good at Pyramid,” The A.V. Club wrote in 2014 and placed her on its list of celebrities who found their “greatest fame” on game shows.
“Not only did Smith possess a formidably agile mind for the English language, she also carried herself with a preternatural calm that put contestants at ease.”
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