Former Playmate Smith dies at 39

[JohnTheWarder]

Former Playmate Smith dies at 39

 

The flamboyant former model Anna Nicole Smith has died near Miami, Florida at the age of 39, her lawyer has said.

 

Smith, a former Playboy bunny, married Texas oil billionaire J Howard Marshall II in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later.

 

She spent years in court fighting his son for a share of his estate, and won a victory at the Supreme Court in 2006.

 

She was found unconscious in a hotel room and could not be resuscitated. No cause of death has been announced.

 

US media have reported that an autopsy will be conducted on Friday.

 

One of Smith's lawyers told Reuters news agency her husband Howard K Stern was "speechless and grieving".

 

Family tragedy

 

Her son Daniel, the product of a short-lived youthful marriage, died at the age of 20 in September, just days after Smith's daughter was born.

 

The baby girl is the subject of a paternity suit, with Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead saying he is the father of the child.

 

He sued Smith in Oct 2006, shortly after the baby was born.

 

Smith said Mr Stern, who is also her lawyer, was the father of the child.

 

A former topless dancer, Smith modelled for Guess Jeans and Playboy before marrying Marshall.

 

She also appeared in films including one of the Naked Gun movies.

 

She had her own reality TV show, The Anna Nicole Smith show, from 2002 to 2004.

 

Smith was born Vicki Lynn Hogan in Mexia, Texas, on 28 Nov 1967.

[desdamona]

Former Playmate Smith dies at 39

 

The flamboyant former model Anna Nicole Smith has died near Miami, Florida at the age of 39, her lawyer has said.

 

Smith, a former Playboy bunny, married Texas oil billionaire J Howard Marshall II in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later.

 

She spent years in court fighting his son for a share of his estate, and won a victory at the Supreme Court in 2006.

 

She was found unconscious in a hotel room and could not be resuscitated. No cause of death has been announced.

 

US media have reported that an autopsy will be conducted on Friday.

 

One of Smith's lawyers told Reuters news agency her husband Howard K Stern was "speechless and grieving".

 

Family tragedy

 

Her son Daniel, the product of a short-lived youthful marriage, died at the age of 20 in September, just days after Smith's daughter was born.

 

The baby girl is the subject of a paternity suit, with Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead saying he is the father of the child.

 

He sued Smith in Oct 2006, shortly after the baby was born.

 

Smith said Mr Stern, who is also her lawyer, was the father of the child.

 

A former topless dancer, Smith modelled for Guess Jeans and Playboy before marrying Marshall.

 

She also appeared in films including one of the Naked Gun movies.

 

She had her own reality TV show, The Anna Nicole Smith show, from 2002 to 2004.

 

Smith was born Vicki Lynn Hogan in Mexia, Texas, on 28 Nov 1967.

omg i loved her show hard to belive she's dead just had baby too