 Smith was the longtime spokesman of Baltimore-area law firm Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg.In 1983, Smith published the autobiography entitled "Kill, Bubba, Kill", in which he stated he felt it was possible Super Bowl III had been rigged to enable the Jets to win in order to ensure the AFL–NFL merger proceeded smoothly.Smith was found dead in his Los Angeles home by his caretaker on August 3, 2011.