Death
In early 2005 Smith travelled to South Africa for medical treatment. In January 2006 his only son, Alec, died. Ian Smith was reported to have been devastated by the news and not to have recovered from it either mentally or physically. He stayed on to live with his widowed stepdaughter Jean in Cape Town, South Africa, where there is a significant Rhodesian expatriate community, until he died on 20 November 2007 at the age of 88. The cause of death was not publicly reported but he had been reported to be in ill health in a residential home.
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