Wanda Smith, the legendary Atlanta radio character greatest identified for co-hosting Frank and Wanda within the Morning, on V-103 has handed away on the age of 58. The station confirmed the information in a submit on social media on Saturday night time.
V-103 SVP & Market Supervisor, Rick Caffey, shared the next message on Instagram: “Our hearts are weighing heavier at this time as we grieve the lack of our beloved Wanda Smith, somebody who at all times made us smile and who was a giant a part of V-103 for years. We prolong our deepest prayers and condolences to her household.” The radio station added: “Tomorrow, throughout Sunday Morning Reward with Larry Tinsley, we shall be taking day trip to pay tribute to this V-103 icon. Please tune in then name in and share your tales and experiences as we pay homage among the finest to ever hit the Atlanta airwaves.”
Wanda Smith Speaks Throughout V-103 Dwell Pop-Up Live performance
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 31: Radio character Wanda Smith onstage at V-103 Dwell Pop Up Live performance at Philips Enviornment on March 31, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photograph by Paras Griffin/Getty Pictures)
Mayor Andre Dickens additionally stated in a press release caught by Fox 5 Atlanta: “Atlanta has misplaced a staple with the passing of Wanda Smith—not solely in our metropolis’s media, however our tradition. We not solely trusted her—we relied on her for her acumen, widespread sense means of chatting with her listeners…and maybe most significantly, telling us it was okay to giggle in good occasions and dangerous. She was a voice for thus many Atlantans and my ideas and prayers are along with her household, family members and people like me who simply cherished her love for our metropolis.”
V-103 Pays Tribute To Wanda Smith
Along with her radio profession, Smith appeared in a number of movies together with Madea Goes to Jail, Madea’s Witness Safety, and The Drone That Saved Christmas. Exterior of the leisure trade, she launched the group, Women Stand Collectively, Inc. which “empowers younger women to be superb younger girls and is at present in its incubation and the greatness doesn’t cease there.” Be looking out for additional updates on Wanda Smith on HotNewHipHop.
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