Roundup: ‘Smokie’ Bourgeois dies / ThreeSixtyEight / I-12 widening project By Deanna B. Narveson - October 5, 2020 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint ‘Passion and distinction’: Popular restaurateur and former East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council member Rodney “Smokie” Bourgeois died at 78 years on Sunday, WBRZ-TV reports. Mayor Sharon West… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.