During tapings of "The Carol Burnett Show," she would sit in the orchestra ... "I had a really hard time visiting her in the hospital," Erin told Steven Houseman. "It was hard for me to see ...

First airing in 1975, Ms Smith appeared on The Carol Burnett Show as part of a sketch ... She passed away in hospital ...

She is admired as a trailblazer for women, having been the first female to lead a comedy variety show when The Carol Burnett Show debuted in 1967. Plus, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ...