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Anna Nichole Smith Dead at 39 |
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
 Anna Nichole Smith has died according to her attorney Ronald Rale. She was taken to hospital after collapsing in a Hollywood, Florida motel and was later pronounced dead. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Smith was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in her hotel room earlier Thursday.
Smith gained notoriety when she married the then 89 year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994. The two met at a Houston strip club where Anna Nichole was performing. Marshall died 14 months later and Smith found herself mired in a lengthy and bitter legal battle with her late husband's family to claim one half of the billionaire's estate. The litigation remains ongoing.
Smith was spokesperson for weight-loss conglomerate TrimSpa and subsequently dropped almost 70 pounds. By this time however Smith exhibited bizarre public behaviour and many speculated that she was heavily self medicated.
Days after the birth of Smith's second child last year in Florida, her 20 year-old son died suddenly. Autopsy reports indicated that he had lethal doses of methadone and antidepressants in his system at the time of his death.
Smith, born Vickie Lynn Hogan in Houston Texas was 39 years old. |
