Angela Smith Ryder is a TV executive who is also best known for being the wife of a bass player and a founding member of the Manchester band Happy Mondays Paul Ryder. Paul is reported to have passed away on Friday, July 15 at the age of 58.
Angela Smith Ryder Age
An article on the free library listed her as 40 back in 2008 meaning she is 54 years old in 2022.
Angela Smith Ryder Career
Angela works as the CEO and Creative Director of Scripted and Unscripted Projects at Glistening Productions in Beverly Hills Ca. She writes on her Linkedin that she has more than 25 years experience of in dreaming up and Streaming the marketplace.
She also worked as the CEO and Executive Producer of Turn On TV for almost two decades (July 1998 to Jan 2018) before the company was acquired by Glistening Productions in 2018. The company has a robust slate of movie projects and unscripted projects for the global content marketplace in development.
Angela has also worked at Hardcash Productions as a Showrunner/Producer and Director in 1998. She held the same role in Chapter One for the Moving People, Moviewatch, and The Real Holiday TV Shows.
For her education, Angela went to the City University of London for a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. She also attended the University of Nottingham for a BA Hons in Economics.
Angela Smith & Paul Ryder
Paul and Angie Smith were married for approximately three decades. They have two children including Chico Ryder who was diagnosed with Stage III/Group III parameningeal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, an especially aggressive soft tissue cancer, in December 2012. At the time he was 11 years old. In 2013, he was declared to be in remission after cannabis oil dose but not after a huge battle for one year.
Chico posted on his Facebook page back in 2020, “Two amazing bits of news from Chico! Clean scans which means he’s almost seven years in remission from cancer PLUS – he’s off to college at Colorado State University-Pueblo, to study – wait for it – Cannabis Chemistry and Biology”
Paul Ryder Death & Cause
Ryder passed away on 15 July 2022, aged 58. No cause of death has been specified. Shaun Ryder wrote in a Tweet confirming his death,
“The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning
A true pioneer and legend. He will be forever missed ❤️
We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time.
Long live his funk x”
The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning
A true pioneer and legend. He will be forever missed ❤️
We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time.
Long live his funk x pic.twitter.com/E8e7x4Tvcw
— Shaun Ryder (@officialswr) July 15, 2022
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