Donald Scott Smith (born 13 February 1955 – disappeared 30 November 2000) was a Canadian musician and the bassist for Canadian rock band Loverboy, a band that sold millions of records and scored several hit songs in the 1980s before a break up and reunion in the 1990s. Smith disappeared after a large wave swept him off a pleasure boat near San Francisco, California. He was never seen again, and later presumed dead.
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