Linda Smith (29 January 1958-27 February 2006) was a British stand-up comic and comedy writer. She was born in Erith, south-east London, but had no particular fondness for her home town, once joking, "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham". Wikipedia
Jeremy Hardy, who worked with Linda Smith on BBC Radio 4 shows such as the News Quiz, pays tribute to the late comic. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4760038.stm
Comedian Linda Smith was one of the sharpest performers on the stand-up circuit, but in recent years had become a favourite of diverse audiences on BBC radio and television. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759922.stm
Comic Linda Smith, a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, has died of cancer at the age of 48. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759968.stm
Another visit to Linda's East London tower block, complete with elderly tortoise, Sir Cliff, crumbly-boned Welsh neighbour Betty and flamboyant builder Chris. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/lindasmith.shtml
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Linda Smith. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Smith_(comedian)
