 Smith was born on December 25, 1947 to Edgar William Smith, a U.S. serviceman, and Conchita Feliciano, a native of Angeles, Pampanga, where Clark Air Force base was then located.When he was eight years old, his parents separated, and his mother died from hepatitis.Smith and his younger brother Raymond went to live with their grandmother, Concordia Go, in Kamuning, Quezon City.