Liz Smith (journalist) Smith later moved to New York City, where she worked as a typist, proofreader, and reporter before she broke into the media world as a news producer for Mike Wallace at CBS Radio. She spent five years as a news producer for NBC-TV. She also worked for Allen Funt on "Candid Camera". In the late 1950s, Smith worked as a ghostwriter for the popular "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column that appeared in the Hearst newspapers. After leaving that column in the early 1960s she went to work for Helen Gurley Brown as the entertainment editor for the American version of "Cosmopolitan",
James Gurley the band members were not inducted themselves.. He also reunited with the band in the Bay Area at a concert for Chet Helms. Gurley recorded and appeared with new age drummer and percussionist Muruga Booker for many years, as well as his last recording, called Big Huge. which was recorded just 2 months prior to his death. Gurley died on December 20, 2009, from a heart attack at his home in Palm Desert, California, two days before his 70th birthday. His wife, Margaret, survived him, as did his two sons, Django and Hongo. James Gurley James Martin Gurley (December 22,