Al­so pay­ing trib­ute was CEO of CN­MG Ken Ali, who said: "Jour­nal­ist Kei­th Smith played a ma­jor role in re­flect­ing and record­ing the mod­ern Trinidad and To­ba­go so­ci­ety."Through­out his lengthy ca­reer, he re­mained the salt of the earth, stead­fast­ly cap­tur­ing the spir­it and soul of our na­tion and con­sis­tent­ly in­spir­ing us to reach for high­er and bet­ter."Kei­th Smith was one of the most im­por­tant and rel­e­vant jour­nal­ists of our gen­er­a­tion. He in­flu­enced many me­dia prac­ti­tion­ers, in­clud­ing me."May he rest in peace, even as he un­doubt­ed­ly un­der­takes an­oth­er chap­ter of his il­lus­tri­ous ca­reer."