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Dr. Charles Smithen, founder of Sherwood House Vineyards, has died

By Vera Chinese

Barbara and Dr. Charles Smithen. (Credit: Long Island Wine Press file photo)
Barbara and Dr. Charles Smithen. (Credit: Long Island Wine Press file photo)

Dr. Charles Smithen, a well-known New York City cardiologist and the cofounder of Sherwood House Vineyards in Mattiuck, died on Jan. 14 while bodysurfing in Palm Beach, Florida, according to an obituary published by The New York Times.

He was 72.

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Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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