Ailing restaurateur B. Smith reported missing in NY

An alert has gone out for famed restaurateur and former model Barbara Smith, known as B. Smith, who has Alzheimer's and has been reported missing on Long Island.

Fox News is reporting that Smith was last seen in Southampton, Long Island, at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, after arriving from New York City on a jitney.

CBS News tweeted it confirmed the report with Smith's family.

When Smith didn't turn up at her home, her husband and business partner, Dan Gasby, reported her missing.

She was said to be wearing a blue sweater, pink shirt, jeans and black sneakers.

Police in Sag Harbor, where she lives, asked for public help in finding her. Neither police nor Smith's office immediately returned calls.

Smith, 64, revealed earlier this year that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's after years of symptoms such as memory loss and confusion.

She said at the time she was trying to remain positive.

B. Smith at BET Honors 2012 in Washington, DC.(Photo: Photo by Frank Micelotta/ INVISION/AP)

'I think the future's going to be fine,' she said. 'I'm going to do my best to make it work out for me and for as many people that I can possibly help, too.'

Smith, one of the first African-American models to appear on the cover of Mademoiselle, later became a famed restaurateur, designer and decorator.

In 1986, she opened her first restaurant in New York City, and two more followed. Her Washington eatery closed last year after 20 years in business. She went on to become a pioneer in the lifestyle area, an expert in food and home entertaining.

In April, after she and Gasby closed their restaurants, they sold their Central Park West apartment for nearly $6 million and moved to Sag Harbor. At the time, Gasby joked to the New York Post that they needed a warmer climate, saying 'There's nothing noble about being old in the cold.'

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