Tom Smothers

**Thomas Bolyn Smothers III** (2 ga Fabrairu, 1937 - 26 ga Disamba, 2023) ɗan wasan barkwanci ne na Amurka, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, mawaƙi, kuma mawaƙi, wanda aka fi sani da rabin ƙungiyar barkwancin kiɗan Smothers Brothers, tare da ƙaninsa Dick . A shekarun 1960, an san su da barkwancinsu na hanyar sadarwa da shirye-shiryen barkwanci iri-iri, *The Smothers Brothers Show* da *The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour* .

Smothers da John Lennon sun buga guitar acoustic a lokacin da ake rekodin waƙar Lennon ta shekarar 1969 mai suna " Give Peace a Chance ". 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Thomas Bolyn Smothers III a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 1937, a asibitin sojoji na Fort Jay da ke Tsibirin Governors a birnin New York, ɗan Ruth ( née Remick), mai kula da gida, da kuma Manjo Thomas B. Smothers, wani jami'in sojan Amurka wanda ya mutu a matsayin wani soja na Japan a watan Afrilun 1945. [1] Daga baya, ƙananan Smothers sun girma a Altadena, Tujunga, da Redondo Beach, California .

Tun yana yaro, Smothers yana buga guitar da piano ta kunne saboda wahalar karanta waƙa ; Smothers za a iya gano yana da matsalar dyslexia yana da shekaru 31.   Tun daga aji na biyar, ya buga guitar a cikin ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa da aka kafa tare da abokai kuma ya fara haɗa barkwanci tare da kiɗansa da hulɗarsa a makaranta.   A fannin motsa jiki, ya girma yana fafatawa a wasannin motsa jiki . 

Smothers ya fara zuwa Makarantar Sakandare ta Verdugo Hills kafin ya koma Makarantar Sakandare ta Redondo Union a matsayin sakandare. A Redondo Beach, shi da ɗan'uwansa sun rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar madrigal ta makarantar, Tom a matsayin bass da Dick a matsayin tenor; Tom ya kammala karatunsa daga Redondo Union a 1955.   Smothers ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Jihar San Jose (yanzu Jami'ar Jihar San Jose ) a 1956 a matsayin babban jami'in talla kuma ya fafata a gasar tsalle-tsalle a ƙungiyar tseren a matsayin ɗan fari a 1956–57.   Sannan a 1957–58, Smothers ya fafata a ƙungiyar motsa jiki, inda ya yi kunnen doki don matsayi na farko a kan sandunan parallel a Gasar Gymnastics ta Kwalejin Jihar 1958. 

## Sana'a
Bayan Dick ya koma Jihar San Jose a shekarar 1957, Tom da Dick sun fara yin kiɗa a gidajen rawa na San Jose, inda galibin masu kallo daga sauran ɗaliban kwaleji ne.   A watan Janairun 1959, wani jami'in tsaro ya gano 'yan'uwan Smothers ta hanyar wani jami'in tsaro wanda ya zama manajansu na farko kuma ya gayyace su zuwa wani gwaji a Purple Onion, wani gidan rawa na dare a San Francisco .  A wata mai zuwa, 'yan'uwan sun bar Jihar San Jose don mai da hankali kan cikakken lokaci kan aiki a cikin nishaɗi, bayan da Purple Onion ya nemi su maye gurbin wasu ayyukan da ba su da lafiya.   Wasan kwaikwayonsu ya yi nasara sosai har Purple Onion ya tsawaita kwangilar makonni biyu na asali zuwa makonni 16; 'yan'uwan sun koma Purple Onion don wani kwangilar makonni 16 bayan sun buga wasa a kulob na Lake Tahoe a lokacin bazara na 1959. 

A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2022, a cikin wani shiri na *CBS News Sunday Morning*, 'yan'uwan sun sanar da cewa za su je yawon shakatawa a shekarar 2023. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Smothers shine mamallakin Remick Ridge Vineyards da ke Gundumar Sonoma, California, wanda ya kafa a shekarar 1977 kuma ya sayar a shekarar 2023.  Smothers da matarsa, Marcy Carriker, suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Bo (an haife shi a shekarar 1991) da Riley Rose (an haife shi a shekarar 1996). Ya kuma haifi ɗa daga aurensa na farko, Thomas Bolyn Smothers IV (Tom Jr.),  wanda ya mutu a watan Afrilun 2023, da kuma jika ɗaya, Phoenix Parrish-Smothers.  Tom da Dick suna da 'yar'uwa, Sherry, wacce aka haifa a watan Satumban 1941 a Pasadena, California ; ta mutu a watan Afrilun 2023.  Haka kuma a shekarar 2023, Smothers ta sanar da cewa an gano tana da cutar kansar huhu ta mataki na biyu.  Ya mutu sakamakon cutar a gidansa da ke Santa Rosa, California, a ranar 26 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar yana da shekaru 86.  

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