Career
He had played high school football and basketball for Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and college football at the University of Miami. Father of supermodel Amber Smith, who claimed on the third episode of the Video Hits One reality show Sex Rehab with Doctor Drew that Russian died as a result of a drinking problem. Amber also claimed on the episode that Russian was absent during much of her childhood.
Nonetheless, she was devastated over her father"s death.
