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Gerard Anthony Smith (September 20, 1974 – April 20, 2011) was an American visual artist, musician, and member of the celebrated Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. He recorded an album of original music as (A Rose Parade ) with Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum and also produced music with Midnight Masses and (The Stationary Set ).〔("TV on the Radio Biography" ), accessed June 6, 2011.〕 He died at age 36 from lung cancer.〔Garth Cartwright, ("Gerard Smith obituary" ), ''The Guardian'', (June 2, 2011), accessed June 6, 2011.〕 Smith is survived by his son, Julian.〔〔("The Julian Smith Fund" ), accessed June 9, 2011.〕 As a self-taught musician who played the piano, bass, organ, classical guitar and sitar, he studied fine arts and Art History at FIT and SUNY Purchase.〔 Smith was busking in a Brooklyn subway when he was recruited by TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe in 2003. Smith recalled in an interview:
Smith played on the critically acclaimed albums ''Return to Cookie Mountain'', ''Dear Science'', and ''Nine Types of Light''. Aside from writing music and playing bass and keyboards in TV on the Radio, Smith, along with Adebimpe, composed the score for the 2010 documentary feature The Lottery, about public education from the perspective of the annual intake lottery at Harlem Success Academy (now Success Academy Harlem).〔〔Internet Movie Database, (“The Lottery (2010)” ), accessed June 6, 2011.〕 ==Tributes== The song "Killer Crane" from Nine Types Of Light was written about the band coming to terms with Smith's impending death, and the song's video serves as a tribute to him, featuring many shots of Smith. Upon learning of his death on April 20, the band The National played "About Today" in his memory at their concert at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.〔http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-national/2011/starlight-theater-kansas-city-mo-bd3953e.html〕 The song "While You're Here" on Dirty Projectors' 2012 EP ''About to Die'' is a tribute to Gerard Smith.〔http://pitchfork.com/news/48317-listen-to-dirty-projectors-tribute-to-late-tv-on-the-radio-member-gerard-smith-while-youre-here/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerard Smith (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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