Liz Smith

American gossip columnist

Mary Elizabeth Smith (February 2, 1923 – November 12, 2017) was an American gossip columnist.She was known as "The Grand Dame of Dish".In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was the entertainment editor for the magazines Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated.

Between 1976 and 2009, she wrote a self-titled gossip column for newspapers including New York Newsday, the New York Daily News and the New York Post that was syndicated in 60 to 70 other newspapers.

On television, she appeared on Fox, E!, and WNBC.