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Lynn Smith (HLN Weekend Express) has second child

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Nov 5, 2018

Originally posted Monday, November 5, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

Lynn Smith, an HLN Weekend Express anchor, and her husband Graham Smith had her second child on Friday. Ryder joins his brother, two-year-old Lochlan.

He was born eight pounds and 20.5 inches long.

Smith, 39, joined HLN in 2013.

She had previously been an anchor of NBC’s “Early Today” and MSNBC’s “First Look.”

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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