Warren P. "Clip" Smith (April 22, 1941 – August 21, 2004) was a

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media personality and newsman. Smith was a sports reporter at

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from 1971 until being fired in December 1988, and later returned to radio in Buffalo at

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and

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as a conservative talk show host and commentator. He was the play-by-play announcer for the

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Bulls in the mid-1980s. He is remembered for his "Clipley's Believe It or Don't" segments and the puns and one-liners he worked into his broadcasts. He was killed at age 63 in a car accident in

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. At the time of his death, Smith was a member of the Lockport Board of Education and had been a three-time candidate for mayor of

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. In May 2005, Rep.

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of New York paid tribute to Smith, noting that the "Clipper" earned his reputation for "his strong opinions, as well as his quick wit and one-liner quips."

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