which injures a woman and kills her boyfriend. Merle enters the scene on his tour bus and Chester pulls up in his Rolls-Royce car. The video has since been seen on YouTube. Three years later in 2005, Smith and his second wife Ann Lesley Smith, teamed up on a new CD project called Captured By Love. Just prior to the CD's release, the couple appeared on the locally-produced music program [Real]Music to perform song from the upcoming release and be interviewed by program host Chadd Shotwell. Death On August 8, 2008, Chester Smith died of heart failure after a routine trip to Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. He is survived by his wife Naomi Smith and three daughters by his first marriage, Laura, Lorna and Roxanne and 11 grandchildren. He was buried at Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery in Hughson, California. Several years after his death, Sainte Partners sold off all of their assets and shut down operations for good. See also Merle Haggard Sainte Partners II, L.P. References External links Chester Smith succumbs at 78, Modesto Radio Museum, August 8, 2008 Country musicians from Oklahoma 1930 births 2008 deaths