Michael Maguire - All To Know About Shelley Smith's Husband

Michael Maguire is the 2nd husband of American actress and model Shelley Smith who just died aged 70.

Michael Maguire and Shelley Smith got married in 2005 and have been a couple for 18 years.

The actress married Maguire after separating from her first husband, Nathan Reid.

In this article, we take a look at Michael Maguire – Shelley Smith’s husband.

Who is Michael Maguire?

Michael Maguire is an American actor and lawyer, the 2nd husband of American actress and model Shelley Smith, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 70.

He was born Michael L. Maguire on February 20, 1955 in Newport News, Virginia.

Michael grew up with his family and as a teenager, worked as a strolling troubadour in Williamsburg, Virginia, before going on to study opera at the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Michigan.

He initially worked as a stockbroker for several years before making his Broadway debut in 1987 with Les Misérables.

That role came to define Michael Maguire throughout his career as he’s mostly known for his role as Enjolras in the original Broadway production of the musical Les Misérables.

He won a Tony Award for that performance in 1987, a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Award.

In 1995, Michael Maguire was chosen to reprise the role in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, produced to celebrate the musical’s 10th anniversary.

He also appeared in the films L.A. Pictures, Cadillac, Go Fish, The Deep End of the Ocean, Busted, and Where The Day Takes You, as well as in a variety of television shows.

In 2008 he received a law degree from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles and is now retired from acting and practising family law in Beverly Hills.

Michael Maguire married the actress and model Shelley Smith in 2005 after his divorce from his first wife, actress Marita Geraghty.

Michael Maguire’s first wife, Marita Geraghty was born on March 26, 1962. She is an American television and film actress who had roles in several movies during the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably as Nancy Taylor in Groundhog Day.

Geraghty was born in Chicago, Illinois, graduating from the University of Illinois and making her Broadway debut in 1987 in Coastal Disturbances.

Michael Maguire’s 2nd wife Shelley Smith died from cardiac arrest on Wednesday, August 9th 2023. She was 70.

Shelley Smith had two children from her first marriage to Nathan Reid and they were Michael Maguire’s step children.

Actress Shelley Smith

Michael Maguire’s second wife, Shelly Smith was an American actress and model who died in August 2023 from cardiac arrest.

The actor-turned-lawyer Michael Maguire revealed Smith died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital from a cardiac arrest in a post on social media.

“I’m sorry I have not updated everyone sooner,” Maguire said in his post. “My dear, sweet angel Shelly Smith passed peacefully yesterday at 2:20 PM. Her children, Nicky and Miranda, Nathan and I were at her side and holding her hand and kissing her head and singing to her and telling her how much we loved her.

“Also, with us was Grant Stevens, my great great friend, who gave up himself to help us, understand the process of dying, and guided us through it with so much class and dignity! We owe him a tremendous debt!

“Shelley lived an incredible life! We are all heartbroken, but we are also so fortunate to have been touched by this beautiful, intelligent, compassionate and incredible soul. Life is so short. Make every second count and fill every second with love.” Michael Maguire wrote.

Michael Maguire was the second husband of Shelley Smith. She was previously married to Nathan Reid with whom she had two children, Nicholas and Miranda.

They would become the stepchildren of Michael Maguire after he became husband to their mother, Shelley Smith, in 2005.

So who was Shelley Smith? Shelley Smith was an American fashion model and actress. She was born on October 25, 1952.

Smith first came to prominence as a fashion model, appearing on many magazine covers in the 1970s and early 1980s. She then became an actress, primarily on television, working throughout the 1980s.

She had two series, The Associates and For Love and Honor, and made guest appearances on TV shows such as Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, and celebrity game shows in the 1980s, including Super Password, Pyramid, and Body Language.

Following difficulty in conceiving with her then-husband Nathan Ried and struggling with infertility, Smith retired from acting and obtained a master’s degree in psychology from Antioch University, becoming a marriage, family and child counselor.

In 1991, she founded the Egg Donor Program, now known as Hatch Fertility, to help infertile couples. Her services to infertile couples include locating and screening surrogate mothers and egg donors.

“When you’re infertile, you can’t control your own body, which is a horrifying thing for women. And I came to realize that if a woman could pick an egg donor, that would give her back some measure of meaningful choice about the course of having a child,” Shelley Smith said in an interview.

“Most doctors don’t offer women a choice of donors, and that lack of choice can be truly terrifying for women. The greatest loss that women may feel with infertility is the loss of control over their own genetics.

“By giving women as much choice as is possible in selecting an egg donor who is like themselves in the ways that they consider important, I give them back some measure of control over the genetic makeup of their child.”

Her services helped tons of women and families navigate the difficulties of dealing with infertility and other reproductive challenges.

Smith herself struggled with infertility for years with her first husband Nathan Reid.

They welcomed a son called Justin together in 1989, only for the newborn to die at just three days old.

Eventually, in March 1995, she was able to give birth to her twins Nicholas and Miranda after combining her own brother’s sperm with a donor’s eggs.

Smith’s brother Leigh, who had three children of his own, was just days away from a scheduled vasectomy when his sister called and asked for his help.

Shelley Smith suffered a cardiac arrest on August 5, 2023. She died in Los Angeles on August 8, at the age of 70, with her husband Michael Maguire announcing her pasing on social media.

Shelley Smith Husband Michael Maguire announces cause of death

shelley smith and husband michael maguire

Michael Maguie released an emotional video to announce the passing of his wife of 18 years, Shelley Smith.

Michael Maguire said in his video that “when she wanted to have children and was having a hard time herself, she went through the process and saw what was wrong with the industry.”

He added that “following her own efforts to have Nicky and Miranda, she started a company, the Egg Donor program, that also added later the surrogacy program, that helped thousands and thousands of people have babies.”

Michael Maguire added: “It was so sweet, and she loved every time, and she got to relive her own struggles and help other people avoid those struggles. It was beautiful. It was beautiful to watch.”

Shelley Smith’s cause of death was a cardiac arrest.

Michael Maguire Facebook

Shelly Smith husband, Michael Maguire was on Facebook @michael.maguire.5095

Shelley Smith photos

Michael Maguire shared a ton of tributes to his late wife Shelley Smith as well as some of her photos.

Read one tribute below followed by tons of Shelley Smith photos.

The world of fertility and our Hatch family mourns the loss of Shelley Smith, a titan in the industry and the beloved founder of The Egg Donor Program and The Surrogacy Program – now known as Hatch Fertility | Egg Donation & Surrogacy. A trailblazer, Shelley founded the world’s first egg donor program and was at the forefront of surrogacy initiatives. Her achievements weren’t limited to the fertility world; she graced the globe as a supermodel, illuminated screens as an actress, and later became a guiding light as a marriage and family therapist. Her personal journey and triumphs in conceiving twins, Nicky and Miranda, fueled her passion and inspired her to turn struggles into opportunities for countless others.

Shelley’s immense legacy resonates deeply within the Hatch family. Her unwavering spirit, her tenacity in the face of adversity, and her visionary foresight are not just attributes we admire—they have become integral components of our very fabric. They echo in the laughter and determination of our teams and reverberate in the stories of triumph and hope we share. Most importantly, her transformative touch is palpable in the lives she has changed. As we move forward, it’s with a profound sense of responsibility to continue embodying her spirit in every endeavor, ensuring that the foundation she built guides and uplifts our aspirations and actions.

To honor her incredible legacy and ensure that her spirit continues to guide us, we’ve decided to dedicate our conference room in our new Westwood headquarters in Shelley’s honor. A symbolic move to ensure that as we continue to convene, strategize, and forge ahead, Shelley’s indomitable spirit remains our North Star, inspiring us to challenge conventions and disrupt the fertility industry in groundbreaking ways.

The torch Shelley lit burns brighter than ever in each one of us at Hatch. We are committed to honoring her memory by pushing boundaries in the fertility realm, inspired by the path she laid out for us.

May we always remember her not just as the founder of this incredible agency but as a beacon, guiding us toward a future filled with hope, love, and limitless possibilities.

Below is a picture of Shelley holding a baby born via surrogacy.