Person    | Male  Born 10/3/1971  Died 21/4/2008

Antony Lee "Smudge" Smith

Categories: Cyclist, Tragedy

Graphic designer from Clitheroe, Lancashire. Cycling to work one morning was killed by a left-turning truck. 

The ghostbikes.org website gives more details about this cyclist and our colleague Andrew Behan has also researched him.

Antony Lee Smith was born on 10 March 1971, the elder child of Anthony R. Smith and Suzanne M. Smith née Williams. His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1971 in the Clitheroe registration district. His younger brother was Alistair David Smith whose birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1978 in the Ribble Valley registration district, Lancashire.

He died, aged 37 years, on 21 April 2008 and was buried in Clitheroe Cemetery, Waddington Road, Clitheroe, BB7 2JD.

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