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Hazel Smith

Hazel Smith (1934–2018) was an American country music journalist, publicist, songwriter, and TV cooking-show host from North Carolina, credited with coining the term "outlaw music" in the 1970s while working with Waylon Jennings and Tompall Glaser. She wrote the long-running "Hot Dish" gossip column and was the mother of bluegrass musicians Billy and Terry Smith.

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