Photo by Paul Van Antwerp

We are crushed at Perfect Duluth Day to learn our great friend Edgewood Smith died on July 15.

On PDD he went by the handle “Edgeways” and was one of the earliest contributors to the website. He also frequently DJed The Local on KUMD, using the moniker DJ-E.

Edgewood was employed for 18 years providing services to people with disabilities and was also an advocate for them as a volunteer. In addition, he served as an election judge in Duluth, was a member of the Duluth Public Arts Commission and helped to restore Sacred Heart Music Center, among other contributions to the community. He was a graduate of Northland College in Ashland.

He was born Joshua Aaron Samuel Smith, and officially changed his name to Edgewood Joshua Smith when he married Bridget Riversmith 22 years ago, though he had been going by Edgewood long before that.