{"id":22699,"date":"2025-07-25T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22699\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:13:07","slug":"swatara-township-judge-michael-smith-who-died-while-cycling-leaves-legacy-of-athleticism-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22699\/","title":{"rendered":"Swatara Township judge Michael Smith, who died while cycling, leaves legacy of athleticism, integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4KNHV3Q3ANDLZJ7H4MAHGYYOZ4\">Michael J. Smith\u2019s legacy is as diverse as his wardrobe: a judge by day, cyclist and hockey fan at heart, and someone who always made time for family and friends throughout his nearly 50 years of public service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZZQIYFB3E5A6VHJJ73QZSB7PFQ\">Smith, 72, died on July 4 after collapsing on his bike in South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County. The Dauphin County Coroner\u2019s Office said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2025\/07\/dauphin-county-magistrate-died-of-cardiovascular-disease-while-riding-bike-coroner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2025\/07\/dauphin-county-magistrate-died-of-cardiovascular-disease-while-riding-bike-coroner.html\">he died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael J. Smith\u2019s legacy is as diverse as his wardrobe: a judge by day, cyclist and hockey fan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-22699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}