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The famous, or perhaps notorious, model Anna Nicole Smith died last week, prompting a tsunami of media coverage. Here’s a look at the reasons for all the hoopla. One shouldn’t be embarrassed about finding her story fascinating. (more...)
Linda Deutsch
The Associated Press
02-12-2007
With major legal issues undecided, Anna Nicole Smith’s legacy could take years to untangle and could leave her baby daughter with millions of dollars or nothing at all.
Smith’s battle over her late husband J. Howard Marshall II’s oil fortune with the family of his son grinds on in Texas. And there is a pending class action suit seeking unspecified damages against Smith and TrimSpa Inc., alleging the company’s marketing of a weight-loss pill with Smith as spokeswoman was false and misleading.
A judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on Smith as part of a paternity suit involving her infant daughter, but he ordered that her body be preserved until a hearing Feb. 20, attorneys said.
Two men are contesting the paternity of 5-month-old daughter Dannielynn, and experts say the custody decision could determine the child’s inheritance. (more…)
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) – Anna Nicole Smith, the small-town Texas girl turned voluptuous tabloid fixture who fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court over her billionaire husband’s estate, died suddenly at the age of 39.
Smith, a platinum blonde who grew up idolizing screen legend Marilyn Monroe and gained fame as a model for Guess? jeans and Playboy, was pronounced dead at a Hollywood, Florida hospital at around 2:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) on Thursday.
She had been rushed to the hospital after a private nurse — who had apparently been alone with Smith in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino — telephoned a hotel operator to ask for medical assistance.
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Police said the cause of death was unknown and scheduled an autopsy for Friday.
Smith’s death came at a time of grief and fresh legal wrangles that had been avidly followed by the tabloid newspapers. (more…)