Two weeks later, I called her.” “For us both it’s a gift from God,” Smith told the paper. “We met last September … I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.” Smith was previously married to the late Chester Smith, a country singer, radio and television executive.