Anna Nicole Smith

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BIRTHDAY

November 28, 1967

Mexia, TX

DIED

February 08, 2007

RECENT CREDITS

To the Limit (FILM) Jun. 13, 2008

Final 24 (TV) Oct. 24, 2007

Larry King Live (TV) May. 16, 2007

Inside Edition (TV) Mar. 26, 2007

Dr. Phil (TV) Mar. 22, 2007

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BIOGRAPHY

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A voluptuous bottled-blonde bombshell with a tempestuous and ultimately tragic personal life, this former model was famous for being infamous. After dropping out of high school, Smith found herself married with a kid by the time she turned 18. But a divorce, a gig as a topless dancer and a boob job jump-started her entertainment career. In 1992, a spread in Playboy got her lots of exposure, and by 1993 she was striking sexy, Marilyn-like poses in ads for Guess jeans. The following year, the 26-year-old married longtime fan and octogenarian millionaire J. Howard Marshall II and made her film debut as (what else?) a sexpot in The Hudsucker Proxy. But Smith's seemingly inevitable descent came quickly. After her husband died in 1995, she and his other heirs engaged in a bitter battle over his fortune and she soon filed for bankruptcy. On the professional front, her lack of acting talent, fluctuating frame and perpetually confused demeanor precluded any chance of actually working. But the advent of reality TV gave Smith a second chance at the spotlight, and she launched The Anna Nicole Show in 2002. Featuring an out-of-it Smith and her creepy entourage, including her sleazy lawyer-cum-lover Howard K. Stern, her bizarrely devoted assistant, and her seemingly well-adjusted teenage son Daniel, the series was high camp. While it only lasted two seasons, her misadventures — including a stunning weight loss supposedly achieved via diet aide TrimSpa, and a number of drug-addled public appearances — kept her in the public eye. In September 2006, Smith and Co. were plastered all over the tabloids when Daniel died of a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro, three days after his mom gave birth to her daughter Dannielynn Hope. Three different men — Smith's photographer ex Larry Birkhead, supposed beau Prince Frederic von Anhalt and Stern — claimed to be the baby's daddy, and a paternity battle ensued. (Although Stern's name was listed on Dannielynn Hope's birth certificate, Birkhead turned out to be her biological father.) While Smith tried to put on a brave public face, the troubled starlet became increasingly fragile and emotional. On February 8, 2007, after being found unconscious in a Florida hotel room, she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced DOA. The cause of death was an accidental overdose of multiple prescription drugs. Throughout her life, she had been compared to Marilyn Monroe and like that Hollywood icon, Smith died tragically before the age of 40. Although Smith had long been a pop-culture punch line, her untimely demise was undeniably heartbreaking.

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Headlines

Anna Nicole Smith at the Los Angeles premiere of ' Be Cool ' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater

Smith Investigated In Stepson's 'Murder Plot'

Oct. 7, 2009

Anna Nicole Smith was investigated by the FBI over an alleged plot to kill the son of her late oil tycoon husband during a bitter court battle over his estate.

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Jackson Was On a Cocktail of Drugs for Months - Report

Posted: Jun. 26, 2009

Smith Case to Be Reexamined

Posted: Mar. 25, 2009

Another Smith Doctor Charged

Posted: Mar. 16, 2009

Stern Charged with Conspiring to Drug Smith

Posted: Mar. 13, 2009

Jury Rules Daniel Smith Died from Overdose

Posted: Mar. 31, 2008

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