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{{short description|American actress and television personality (1967–2007)}} |
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| name = Anna Nicole Smith |
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| caption = Smith in 2003 |
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| homepage = [http://www.annanicole.com www.annanicole.com] |
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| birth_name = Vickie Lynn Hogan |
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| caption = Smith on the red carpet for the 2005 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] in [[Sydney]]. (Photo by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/foraggio/ Toby Foraggio])<!-- please leave this credit in for at least the next two weeks, just to thank the photographer for his relicensing the photo as CC-BY-SA-2.0.--> |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|11|28}} |
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| birthname = Vickie Lynn Hogan |
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| birth_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|2|8|1967|11|28}} |
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| location = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston, Texas]], [[United States|USA]] |
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| death_place = [[Hollywood, Florida]], U.S. |
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| death_cause = [[Combined drug intoxication]] |
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| deathplace = [[Hollywood, Florida]], [[United States|USA]] |
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| alias = {{unbulleted list|Vickie Lynn Smith|Vickie Lynn Marshall<br />{{spaces}}(married name)|Nikki Hart}} |
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| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress<br />|television personality}}<!--Please do not add to this list without first discussing your proposal on the talk page. --> |
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| years_active = 1992–2007 |
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| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Billy Wayne Smith|1985|1993|end=div.}}|{{marriage|[[J. Howard Marshall]]|1994|1995|end=d.}}}} |
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| children = 2 |
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| module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate |
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| issue = May 1992 |
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| preceded = [[Cady Cantrell]] |
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| succeeded = [[Angela Melini]] |
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| pmoy-year = 1993 |
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| pmoy-preceded = [[Corinna Harney]] |
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| pmoy-succeeded = [[Jenny McCarthy]] |
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'''Vickie Lynn Marshall''' ([[November 28]], [[1967]] – [[February 8]], [[2007]]), better known by her [[stage name]] '''Anna Nicole Smith''',<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|title=CNN Interview|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/29/lkl.00.html}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]], [[actor|actress]] and [[celebrity]] who first gained popularity as [[Playboy|''Playboy'']]'s 1993 [[Playmate|Playmate of the Year]].<ref name="vmarshall">Mears, Bill. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/01/scotus.smith/index.html Anna Nicole Smith wins over justices]. [[CNN]]. [[August 28]] [[2006]]. Retrieved on [[February 8]] [[2007]].</ref> |
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'''Vickie Lynn Marshall''' (born Hogan, November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as '''Anna Nicole Smith''',<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|title=Interview with Anna Nicole Smith |publisher=CNN|date=May 29, 2002 |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/29/lkl.00.html |access-date=February 14, 2007}}</ref> was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine [[centerfold]] in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 [[Playmate of the Year]]. She later modeled for fashion companies, including [[Guess (clothing)|Guess]], [[H&M]], [[Lane Bryant]], [[Conair Corporation|Conair]], and [[Heatherette]]. |
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Her highly publicized marriage to oil billionaire [[J. Howard Marshall]], 63 years her senior, resulted in considerable speculation that she married the octogenarian merely for his money, which she denied. Following his death, she began a lengthy and ongoing legal battle over a share of his estate. Her case, ''[[Marshall v. Marshall]]'' reached the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] on a question of [[federal jurisdiction]]. In the months before her death, she had been the focus of renewed press coverage surrounding the death of her son, Daniel. |
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Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire [[J. Howard Marshall]] resulted in speculation that [[Gold digger|she married him for his money]], which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]: ''[[Marshall v. Marshall]]'' on a question of [[Federal jurisdiction (United States)|federal jurisdiction]] and ''[[Stern v. Marshall]]'' on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died in February 2007 in [[Hollywood, Florida]], of a [[combined drug intoxication]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in [[Houston, Texas]], the only daughter of Virgie Tabers Arthur (1951–2018) and Donald Eugene Hogan (1947–2009).<ref name="Guardian20070512">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |title=Chronicle of a death foretold – Anna Nicole Smith – The Guardian |newspaper=The Observer |date=May 12, 2007 |last=Wood |first=Gaby |access-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081707/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/13/features.woman6 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith attended [[Mexia High School]], but transcripts showed that she had transferred there from a Houston school, attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia, but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade.<ref name=Stoddard>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212044127/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc |archive-date=February 12, 2007 |title=High school remembers Anna Nicole – barely |author1=Ed Stoddard |author2=Jessica Rinaldi |agency=Reuters |access-date=February 14, 2007 |date=February 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Virgie Mae Hart-Arthur |url=https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419074809/https://www.kleinfh.com/obituary/6597732 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |website=Klein Funeral Homes and Memorial Parks}}</ref> She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in [[Mexia]].<ref name="Guardian20070512" /> |
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She was born '''Vickie Lynn Hogan''' on [[November 28]], [[1967]] in [[Houston, Texas]].<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> Anna Nicole was the daughter of Donald Eugene Hogan (born [[July 12]] [[1947]]) and Virgie Mae Tabers (born [[July 12]] [[1951]]),<ref>[http://www.wargs.com/other/hogan.html Ancestry of Anna Nicole Smith]</ref> who were married on [[February 22]], [[1967]].<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> Her father then left the family; he and Virgie were divorced [[November 4]] [[1969]]. Smith was raised by her mother and maternal aunt, Elaine. Virgie was subsequently married to Donald R. Hart (1971), to Joe D. Thompson (1987), to James T. Sanders (1996), and to James H. Arthur (2000). After Virgie married Donald R. Hart, Vickie changed her name to Nikki Hart.<ref>Ed Stoddard and Jessica Rinaldi, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc High school remembers Anna Nicole — barely], Reuters.</ref> Vickie's younger half-sisters are Donna Hogan and Amy Hogan.<ref name=nndb>{{cite news|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/512/000023443/|title =Entry for Anna Nicole Smith at the [[Notable Names Database]]}}</ref> Her older half-brother is David L. Tacker, Jr., and her younger half-brothers are Donald R. Hart, Jr., and Donald R. Hogan.<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> |
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==Career== |
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While growing up, Vickie told others she wanted to be the next [[Marilyn Monroe]].{{Fact|date|February 2007}} She failed her freshman year at [[Mexia High School]] in [[Mexia, Texas]], dropped out of her sophomore year, and never progressed past an eighth grade education.<ref>''In re Marshall'', 275 B.R. 5, 20 (C.D. Cal. 2002). Ed Stoddard and Jessica Rinaldi, ''ibid''.</ref> While working as a waitress at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, she met Billy Wayne Smith, who was the cook at the restaurant. The couple married [[April 4]], [[1985]].<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> She was then age 17 and he was 16. The next year, she gave birth to their son, [[Daniel Wayne Smith]]. She and Billy separated in 1987 and she moved to Houston with one-year-old Daniel. Initially, she found employment at [[Wal-Mart]] and later as a waitress at [[Red Lobster]]. She then became a [[stripper]] at a nightclub in Houston. |
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===Modeling=== |
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Smith secured a contract to replace supermodel [[Claudia Schiffer]] in a [[Guess jeans]] advertisement campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs. During the Guess campaign, she took on the [[stage name]] "Anna Nicole". Guess photographers noticed Smith bore a striking resemblance to bombshell [[Jayne Mansfield]] and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions. In 1993, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company [[H&M]], which led to her picture being displayed on large billboards in Sweden and Norway.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/galerie-archiv/anna-nicole-smith-bio-und-prozess |title=Anna Nicole Smith Bio und Prozess |newspaper=[[Berliner Zeitung]] |language=de |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042407/https://www.bz-berlin.de/galerie-archiv/anna-nicole-smith-bio-und-prozess |url-status=dead }}</ref> Smith was featured on the cover of ''[[Marie Claire]]'', shot by [[Peter Lindbergh]] in October 1993, and in ''[[GQ]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://patidubroff.com/covers/german-marie-claire-anna-nicole-smith.html |title=German Marie Claire: Anna Nicole Smith {{!}} Pati PREMA Dubroff |date=October 2, 1994 |language=en-US |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325162010/http://patidubroff.com/covers/german-marie-claire-anna-nicole-smith.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Endorsements=== |
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==''Playboy'' and modeling career== |
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In October 2003, she became a spokeswoman for [[TrimSpa]], which allegedly helped her lose a reported {{convert|69|lb}}. TrimSpa diet product company and Smith were sued in a [[class-action]] lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill was false or misleading. Trimspa filed for the bankruptcy after Smith's death and was liquidated. <ref>[https://www.nj.com/business/2008/10/goodbye_anna_nicole_trimspa_pa.html "Goodbye, Anna Nicole: TrimSpa parent to be liquidated"]. NJ.com, Published: Oct. 08, 2008. </ref> |
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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate|name= Anna Nicole Smith |
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In March 2005, at the first [[MTV Australia Video Music Awards]] in Sydney's [[Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park]], Smith spoofed [[Janet Jackson]]'s [[wardrobe malfunction]] by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anna Nicole Flashes Crowd at MTV Event |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149445,00.html |date=March 4, 2005 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225154931/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C149445%2C00.html |archive-date=February 25, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|month= May 1992 |
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|birthplace= [[Houston, Texas]] |
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|birthdate= [[November 28]], [[1967]] |
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|death=[[February 8]], [[2007]] |
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|bust= 38"DD |
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|waist= 26" |
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|hips= 38" |
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|height= {{height|ft=5|in=11}} |
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|weight= {{weight|pounds=140}} |
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|preceded= [[Cady Cantrell]] |
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|succeeded= [[Angela Melini]] |
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|pmoy-year= 1993 |
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|pmoy-preceded= [[Corinna Harney]] |
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|pmoy-succeeded= [[Jenny McCarthy]] |
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Smith's career took off after she entered her photos in a search contest. She was chosen by [[Hugh Hefner]] to appear on the cover of the March 1992 issue of ''Playboy'' wearing a low-cut [[evening gown]].<ref>[http://cbs2chicago.com/slideshows/local_slideshow_039175345 CBS 2 "Anna Nicole Smith's Playboy Covers"]</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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She was subsequently called "the next [[Marilyn Monroe]]" in press reports, a comparison she encouraged by wearing a [[hairstyle]] reminiscent of Monroe's, as well as her trademark white dress.{{Fact|date|February 2007}} |
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While working at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in [[Mexia]], Smith met Billy Wayne Smith, a cook at the restaurant, and the couple married on April 4, 1985, when he was 16 and she was 17.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://imdb.com/title/tt13957894/|title= ABC 20/20 Tragic Beauty: Anna Nicole Smith|date= February 5, 2021|website= [[IMDb]]|access-date= August 12, 2022|archive-date= August 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220813040143/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13957894/|url-status= live}}</ref> She gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22, 1986. Smith and her husband then separated the following year. They divorced in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/news/imported/pdf/February07/HoustonChronicleRappingSmith.pdf |title=Anna Nicole Smith's life, and death, is a tabloid tale |work=Houston Chronicle |last1=Kever |first1=Jeannie |last2=Feldman |first2=Claudia |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=July 21, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203859/https://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/news/imported/pdf/February07/HoustonChronicleRappingSmith.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> |
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While performing at a Houston strip club in October 1991, Smith met 86-year-old [[petroleum]] tycoon [[J. Howard Marshall]].<ref>''In re Marshall'' 275 B.R. 5, 21 (C.D. Cal. 2002).</ref> On June 27, 1994, Smith and Marshall were married in [[Houston]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-anna-nicole-smith-ended-marrying-89-year-old |title=How Anna Nicole Smith Ended Up Marrying an 89-year-old |date=April 26, 2018 |magazine=Interview Magazine |access-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415215250/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-anna-nicole-smith-ended-marrying-89-year-old |url-status=live }}</ref> resulting in speculation that she married him for his money. Marshall died on August 4, 1995, in Houston, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 |title=Fame and Infamy Surround Anna Nicole Smith |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=November 17, 2005 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214074140/http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Becoming one of ''Playboy'''s most popular models, Smith began a trend for a more voluptuous look. She next posed nude for the May 1992 centerfold (under the name Vickie Smith).{{Fact|date|February 2007}} |
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===Court cases and bankruptcy=== |
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Smith was chosen to be the 1993 Playmate of the Year. By the time of her PMOY pictorial, she finally settled on the name Anna Nicole Smith.<ref>[http://cbs2chicago.com/slideshows/local_slideshow_039175345/view?slide=1 CBS 2 "Anna Nicole Smith's Playboy Covers"], stating : "Smith was Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993"</ref> |
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{{see also|Marshall v. Marshall{{!}}''Marshall v. Marshall''|Stern v. Marshall{{!}}''Stern v. Marshall''}} |
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[[Image:Playboy June 1993.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The cover for the June 1993 issue of ''Playboy'']] |
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In October 1994, Smith initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine, claiming that she did not authorize the use of her photo on the cover of its magazine titled "White Trash Nation" and that the article damaged her reputation. The lawsuit was settled.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2007/02/anna_nicole_and_new_york_a_nol_1.html |title=Anna Nicole and ''New York'': A No-Love-Lost Story – Daily Intelligencer |journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427084117/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2007/02/anna_nicole_and_new_york_a_nol_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Even though Smith was not in Marshall's [[Will and testament|will]], she claimed that in return for marriage, Marshall verbally promised her half of his [[Estate (law)|estate]], which primarily consisted of a 16% interest in [[Koch Industries]], then worth $1.6 billion. Smith's stepson [[E. Pierce Marshall]] disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J. Howard's other son, [[J. Howard Marshall III]], who was disowned after attempting to take control of Koch Industries. Howard III also claimed that his father had verbally promised him a portion of the estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of his father's will.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/41279/probate-jury-disses-anna-nicole |title=Probate Jury Disses Anna Nicole |website=[[E! Online]] |date=March 8, 2001 |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081652/https://www.eonline.com/news/41279/probate-jury-disses-anna-nicole |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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She secured a contract to replace [[supermodel]] [[Claudia Schiffer]] in the [[Guess (clothing retailer)|Guess]] jeans ad campaign in a series of sultry black and white photographs. Guess capitalized on Smith's strong resemblance to [[sex symbol]] [[Jayne Mansfield]] and even put her in Jayne-inspired photo sessions.).{{Fact|date|February 2007}} |
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In 1996, Smith filed for [[bankruptcy]] in [[California]] as a result of an $850,000 [[default judgment]] against her for the [[sexual harassment]] of a nanny who cared for her son.<ref name=supreme/> Since any money potentially due to her from the Marshall estate was part of her potential assets, the bankruptcy court involved itself in the matter.<ref name=supreme>{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Supreme Fight |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800142_pf.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Lane |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Lane (journalist) |date=March 1, 2006 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816111915/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800142_pf.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Smith once did a nude ''Playboy'' layout in Mansfield's famous [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] mansion, the "Pink Palace."{{Fact|date|February 2007}} |
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In September 2000, a [[Los Angeles]] bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134.00, the amount that Marshall's interest in Koch Industries appreciated during their marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-28-me-28008-story.html |title=Judge Awards Guess Model $450 Million of Oil Estate |first=ANN W. |last=O'NEILL |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 28, 2000 |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817171441/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/28/local/me-28008 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing. The judge ordered Smith to pay over $1 million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E. Pierce Marshall. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into [[United States district court|federal court]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-orders-Anna-Nicole-Smith-to-pay-up-2051825.php |title=Judge Orders Anna Nicole to Pay Up |first=Janette |last=Rodrigues |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=July 10, 2001 |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171338/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-orders-Anna-Nicole-Smith-to-pay-up-2051825.php |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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A photograph of the voluptuous model was used by ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine on the cover of its [[August 22]] [[1994]] issue titled ''White Trash Nation''. In the photo, she appears squatting in a short skirt and cowboy boots as she eats chips. |
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In March 2002, a federal judge vacated the California bankruptcy court's ruling and issued a new ruling that reduced the award to $88 million. On December 30, 2004, a three-judge panel of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] reversed that decision on the grounds that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction to overrule the probate court's decision.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/anna-nicole-smith-loses-husbands-millions-7198075.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith loses husband's millions |first=Paul |last=Sims |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |date=December 31, 2004}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/20041510392f3d111811401 |title=''In re Marshall'', 392 F.3d 1118, 1124–1131 |publisher=[[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] |date=December 30, 2004 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064941/https://www.leagle.com/decision/20041510392f3d111811401 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In October 1994, her lawyer initiated a $5,000,000 lawsuit against the magazine claiming unauthorized use of her photo and that the article had damaged her reputation. Her lawyer said that Smith was told she was being photographed to embody the "All-American-woman look" and that they wanted glamour shots. He further stated that the picture used was taken for fun during a break.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E2DA1F3CF932A15753C1A962958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fS%2fSuits%20and%20Litigation] |
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In September 2005, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decided to hear the appeal of that decision. The [[George W. Bush administration]] directed [[Paul Clement]], the [[United States Solicitor General]], to intercede on Smith's behalf in the interest of expanding federal court jurisdiction over state [[probate]] disputes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10606237 |title=White house lends a hand to Anna Nicole |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[NBC News]] |date=December 27, 2005 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023010322/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10606237/ns/politics/t/white-house-lends-hand-anna-nicole/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 1, 2006, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of Smith. Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] wrote the opinion. The decision did not give Smith a portion of her husband's estate, but affirmed her right to pursue a share of it in federal court.<ref name=nytmay>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/washington/01cnd-smith.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case |first=David |last=Stout |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107234212/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/washington/01cnd-smith.html |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/SupremeCourt/story?id=1911507 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins One at Supreme Court |first=ARIANE |last=DE VOGUE |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=June 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042358/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/SupremeCourt/story?id=1911507 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smith-wins-supreme-court-appeal |title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Appeal |first=Jane |last=Roh |work=[[Fox News]] |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081707/https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smith-wins-supreme-court-appeal |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Marriage to Marshall== |
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While performing at Gigi's, a Houston [[strip club]], in October 1991, Smith met elderly [[Petroleum industry|oil billionaire]] [[J. Howard Marshall]] and they began a relationship. During their two-year relationship, he reportedly lavished gifts on her and asked her to marry him several times.<ref>''In re Marshall'', 275 B.R. 5, 21 (C.D. Cal. 2002).</ref> |
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On June 20, 2006, E. Pierce Marshall died at age 67 from an [[infection]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/E-Pierce-Marshall-dies-suddenly/42841151152625/ |title=E. Pierce Marshall dies suddenly |work=[[United Press International]] |date=June 24, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064824/https://www.upi.com/E-Pierce-Marshall-dies-suddenly/42841151152625/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His widow and estate executrix [[Elaine Tettemer Marshall]], pursued the case on behalf of his estate. After Smith's death in 2007, the case continued on behalf of Smith's infant daughter, [[Dannielynn Birkhead]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09cnd-smith.html |title=Cause of Anna Nicole Smith's Death Uncertain |first=Maria |last=Newman |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824222300/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09cnd-smith.html |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> In March 2010, an appeals court upheld the verdict barring Smith from the estate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's little girl Dannielynn Birkhead loses will battle |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/21/anna-nicole-smith-s-little-girl-dannielynn-birkhead-loses-will-battle-115875-22126931/ |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=March 21, 2010 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130100650/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/21/anna-nicole-smith-s-little-girl-dannielynn-birkhead-loses-will-battle-115875-22126931/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the decision, lawyers for Smith's estate appealed the decision to the entire Ninth Circuit. On May 6, 2010, the appeal was denied.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/05/06/court_wont_reconsider_anna_nicole_smith_ruling/ |title=Court won't reconsider Anna Nicole Smith ruling |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=May 6, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081548/http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2010/05/06/court_wont_reconsider_anna_nicole_smith_ruling/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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She divorced her husband Billy on [[February 3]] [[1993]], in Houston.<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> On [[June 27]] [[1994]], Smith, age 26, and Marshall, age 89, were married in Houston.<ref>Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> This resulted in a great deal of gossip about her marrying him for his money.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 "Fame and Infamy Surround Anna Nicole Smith"], ABC News, November 17, 2005</ref> Though she reportedly never [[Cohabitation|live]]d with him,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/annasmith.htm | title=The Marriages of Anna Nicole Smith | work=About.com | date=2006-09-29}}</ref> Smith maintained she loved her husband and that age did not matter to her.{{fact|date=February 2007}} |
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In June 2011, in the case of ''[[Stern v. Marshall]]'', the Supreme Court issued a ruling against Smith's estate, stating that the California bankruptcy court decision that gave her estate $475 million was made without [[subject-matter jurisdiction]]. The court agreed with the ruling of the Ninth Circuit that a bankruptcy court could not make a decision on an issue outside bankruptcy law.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court Rules Against Anna Nicole Smith's Estate |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/23/137366848/supreme-court-rules-against-anna-nicole-smiths-estate |first=MARK |last=MEMMOTT |work=[[NPR]] |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225065034/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/23/137366848/supreme-court-rules-against-anna-nicole-smiths-estate |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2014, [[David O. Carter]], a federal U.S. District Court judge in [[Orange County, California]], rejected efforts to obtain about $44 million from the J. Howard Marshall estate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Anna-Nicole-Smith-Estate-Howard-K-Stern-J-Howard-Marshall-271940261.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Estate Loses Bid for Millions |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[NBC]] |date=August 20, 2014 |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224232712/https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Anna-Nicole-Smith-Estate-Howard-K-Stern-J-Howard-Marshall-271940261.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Thirteen months after his marriage to Smith, Marshall died on [[August 4]] [[1995]], in Houston. |
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===Birth of daughter=== |
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==Inheritance court cases== |
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A psychiatrist said she met with Smith in April 2006 at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles while she was pregnant with her daughter and stated that Smith had [[borderline personality disorder]], and was |
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allegedly [[Prescription drug addiction|addicted to prescription medications]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Psychiatrist Testifies About Her Drug Use |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |access-date=October 16, 2020 |date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528095230/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/08/13/anna-nicole-smiths-psychiatrist-testifies-about-her-drug-use/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Victoria |title=Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard tells of her drug, alcohol abuse in her last days |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120042359/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Within weeks of J. Howard Marshall's death, Smith squared off against his son, [[E. Pierce Marshall]], for half of her late husband's $1.6 billion estate. She joined forces with J. Howard's other son, James Howard Marshall III, whom the elder Howard had disowned. Howard III claimed J. Howard orally promised him a portion of his estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of J. Howard's [[will (law)|will]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7930,00.html | title=Probate Jury Disses Anna Nicole | work=E! Online | date=2001-03-08}}</ref> The case has gone |
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on for more than a decade, producing a highly publicized court battle in Texas |
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On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |title=Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant |publisher=Youtube |date=June 1, 2006 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=October 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029201515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug |url-status=live }}</ref> She gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7, 2006, in [[New Providence]], The Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |title=Birth Certificate for Anna Nicole's Baby |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081548/https://www.tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |website=TMZ.com |date=October 16, 2006}}</ref> In an interview on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]'' after the death of Smith's son, attorney [[Howard K. Stern]] said that he and Smith had been in a relationship for "a very long time" and said he was the father.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |title=Attorney: I'm Anna Nicole's baby's father |work=CNN |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210045645/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead claimed that he was the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to establish paternity.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217358,00.html |title=Ex-Boyfriend Challenges Paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's Daughter |agency=Associated Press |date=October 3, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=Fox News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313051005/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C217358%2C00.html |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bahamian [[birth certificate]] recorded the father as Stern.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27268991.shtml |title=Anna Nicole Smith Names Howard K Stern as Dad on Birth Certificate |website=NationalLedger.com |date=October 11, 2006 |last=Atkins |first=Jill |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054743/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=8991 |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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and several judicial decisions that have gone both for and against Smith in that time.<ref>''In re Marshall'', 392 F.3d 1118, 1124-1131 (9th Cir. 2004).</ref> |
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A judge in the United States ordered that [[DNA paternity test]]s be performed to determine Dannielynn's biological father. Following Smith's death, Birkhead's attorney asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from Smith's body.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |title=Baby with mother of a court battle |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 10, 2007 |first=Mark |last=Coultan |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211174952/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The request was denied by a judge who ordered that her body be preserved until February 20.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17063518 |title=Judge refuses to order DNA test on Smith |website=[[NBCNews.com]] |agency=Associated Press |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108160316/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17063518/ns/today-entertainment/t/judge-refuses-order-dna-test-smith |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 1996, Smith filed for [[bankruptcy]] in California as a result of a $850,000 judgment against her in a legal action unrelated to the Marshall estate. As any money potentially due her from the Marshall estate was part of her potential assets, the bankruptcy court involved itself in the matter.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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On February 9, 2007, [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]'s husband, [[Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt]], stated that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her daughter.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213054347/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |title=Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad |date=February 9, 2007 |website=[[Yahoo News]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 14, 2007}}</ref> Smith's former bodyguard and chef, Alexander Denk, also claimed that he had an affair with Smith and that he, too, was potentially the father.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |title=Could Anna Nicole's Bodyguard Be Dannielynn's Father? |date=February 12, 2007 |website=extratv.warnerbros.com |publisher=Warner Bros. |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519054308/http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/alex_denk.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Smith claimed J. Howard orally promised her half of his estate if she married him. In September 2000, a [[Los Angeles]] bankruptcy [[judge]] awarded her $449,754,134. In July 2001, [[Houston]] judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing and ordered Smith to pay over $1 million in fees and expenses to Pierce's legal team. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into federal court.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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After Smith's death, the [[TMZ]] website reported that she had been given a prescription for [[methadone]] under a false name while she was in her eighth month of pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |title=The Doctor Who Scored Methadone for Anna Nicole |date=February 14, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 14, 2006 |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216025806/http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/14/the-doctor-who-scored-methadone-for-anna-nicole/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Medical Board of California]] launched a review into the matter. The prescribing doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, said the treatment he had administered was "sound and appropriate".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-17-me-doctor17-story.html |title=Smith's doctor defends treatment |last=Proctor |first=Charles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2007 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715023043/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/17/local/me-doctor17 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In March 2002, a federal judge vacated the California bankruptcy court's ruling and issued a new ruling but reduced the award to $88 million. In December 2004, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [[9th Circuit Court of Appeals]] reversed the March 2002 decision, affirming the Texas Probate jury findings that no misconduct had occurred, Smith was not one of J. Howard Marshall's [[heir]]s and that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction to overrule the probate decisions of a Texas state court.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://law.wustl.edu/Courses/Rosenbury/Fall2005/te.fall.2005.first.day.pdf | title=E. Pierce Marshall v. Vickie Lynn Marshall | work=United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. | date=2003-10-09}}</ref> |
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In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the biological father.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turnquest |first=Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |title=Birkhead is father of Anna Nicole's baby |work=Reuters |date=April 10, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110024526/http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as Dannielynn's father, paving the way for him to obtain a [[passport]] for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Stern did not contest the DNA results or the ruling,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |title=After DNA test, Birkhead ruled Smith's baby's dad |date=April 10, 2007 |work=CNN |access-date=April 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410222759/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |title=The Baby Has Landed |date=May 1, 2007 |website=TMZ.com |access-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719043752/https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling, but her appeal was denied and she was ordered to pay costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |title=Court Disses Virgie; Larry and Baby to Leave Bahamas |date=April 27, 2007 |website=[[E! Online]] |last=Errico |first=Marcus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302021317/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |archive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref> |
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The U.S. Supreme Court decided in September 2005 to hear the appeal of that decision. The [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] subsequently directed the [[United States Solicitor General|Solicitor General]] to intercede on Smith's behalf out of an interest to expand federal court jurisdiction over state probate disputes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ap/20051226/113560590000.html | title=White House Aids Playboy Playmate in Court | work=Yahoo! Entertainment | date=2005-12-26}}</ref> |
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===Death of son=== |
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After months of waiting, Smith and her stepson Pierce learned of the Supreme Court's decision on [[May 1]] [[2006]]. The justices unanimously decided in favor of Smith; Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] wrote the majority opinion. (See ''[[Marshall v. Marshall]]'') The decision did not give Smith a portion of her husband's estate, but affirmed her right to pursue a share of it in federal court.<ref name = "nytmay">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/washington/01cnd-smith.html?ex=1304136000&en=e61be83b13708e78&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case|first=David|last=Stout|publisher=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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On September 10, 2006, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Wayne Smith died in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his half sister Dannielynn, who was born three days earlier on September 7. An autopsy found that Daniel had died from a combination of drugs, including [[methadone]] and antidepressants. A Bahamian jury determined that he had died from an accidental drug overdose and recommended no criminal charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-anna-nicoles-son-death-an-accident/ |title=Jury: Anna Nicole's Son Death An Accident |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122080038/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-anna-nicoles-son-death-an-accident/ |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |website=CBS.com |agency=Associated Press |date=March 31, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/14782573/ns/today-entertainment/t/anna-nicole-smiths-adult-son-dies-bahamas |title=Anna Nicole Smith's adult son dies in Bahamas |website=today.com |agency=Associated Press |location=Nassau, Bahamas |date=September 12, 2006 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108060412/http://www.today.com/id/14782573/ns/today-entertainment/t/anna-nicole-smiths-adult-son-dies-bahamas |archive-date=November 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/15036342 |title=Officials: Anna Nicole probe not closed |website=today.com |agency=Associated Press |location=San Juan, Puerto Rico |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806224836/http://www.today.com/id/15036342 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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A [[death certificate]] was issued on September 21, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-22-et-quick22.4-story.html |title=Death certificate issued for Smith |agency=[[Associated Press]] |website=L.A. Times Archives |date=September 22, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210543/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> Daniel was buried at Lake View Cemetery in [[New Providence]] on October 19, 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15334652/ns/today-entertainment/t/funeral-held-anna-nicole-smiths-son |title=Authorities issue death certificate for Anna Nicole Smith's son |website=courtTVnews |agency=Associated Press |location=Nassau, Bahamas |access-date=October 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604072306/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html |archive-date=June 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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According to Stern, Smith was devastated by her son's death. "Anna and Daniel were inseparable. Daniel was without question the most important person in Anna's life," Stern said during his testimony at the trial regarding the right to control disposition of Smith's remains. "At Daniel's funeral, she had them open the coffin and tried to climb inside. She said that 'if Daniel has to be buried, I want to be buried with him.' She was ready to go down with him."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/ENTERTAIN/70220018 |title=Howard K. Stern says Anna wanted to be buried next to son |last=Sedensky |first=Matt |website=recordonline.com |agency=Associated Press |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185506/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/ENTERTAIN/70220018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stern said that, "Anna saw herself as both mother and father to Daniel. From the time I met her, everything was for Daniel. I would say that physically, she died last week, but in a lot of ways, emotionally she died when Daniel died."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1536410_20012329,00.html |title=Howard K. Stern: Anna Nicole was 'My Whole World' |work=People |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2007 |archive-date=March 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301210638/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1536410_20012329%2C00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artharris.com/2007/06/16/exclusive-howard-k-stern-talks-fathers-day-larry-birkhead-plans-special-day-for-dannielynn-fathers-day-surprise-flowers-on-annas-grave/ |title=Howard K. Stern talks Father's Day |work=Art Harris:The Bald Truth |access-date=June 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620203825/http://www.artharris.com/2007/06/16/exclusive-howard-k-stern-talks-fathers-day-larry-birkhead-plans-special-day-for-dannielynn-fathers-day-surprise-flowers-on-annas-grave/ |archive-date=June 20, 2007 |url-status=live |date=June 16, 2007}}</ref> |
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On [[June 20]] [[2006]], [[E. Pierce Marshall]] died at age 67 after an infection. His widow, Elaine T. Marshall, now represents his estate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/072206dnmetmarshall.1818c79.html | title=Legacy Oil Heir Never Wanted | work=dallasnews.com | date=2006-07-22}}</ref> |
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===Commitment ceremony with Stern=== |
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The case has been remanded to the 9th Circuit to adjudicate the remaining appellate issues not previously resolved. |
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On September 28, 2006, Smith and Stern exchanged vows and rings in an informal commitment ceremony in the Bahamas. Although they pledged their love and made a commitment to be there for each other before a [[Baptist minister]], no marriage certificate was issued and the ceremony was not legally binding.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/id/15061612 |title=Anna Nicole Smith gets married, sort of |agency=Associated Press |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302194616/http://www.today.com/id/15061612 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Regarding the questionable timing of the ceremony, Smith's attorney in Nassau said, "They needed a little adrenaline boost because things have been so hectic and devastating in their life recently."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542771,00.html |title=Inside Anna Nicole's Surprise Ceremony |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 5, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210091221/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1542771%2C00.html |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ceremony photos were sold through [[Getty Images]] to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine for $1 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://gawker.com/204844/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering |title='People' Pays $1M for Pics of Anna Nicole's Wedding/Suffering |author=Jessica |work=[[Gawker]] |date=October 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210063026/http://gawker.com/news/people/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering-204844.php |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Residency in the Bahamas=== |
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==Film and television career== |
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Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in [[the Bahamas]] to avoid [[paternity testing]] of her daughter in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment/quirky/anna-nicole-smith-back-in-hospital-$456420.htm |title=Anna Nicole Smith back in hospital |work=inthenews.co.uk |date=November 1, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214001417/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment/quirky/anna-nicole-smith-back-in-hospital-%24456420.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In late 2006, Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister [[Shane Gibson (politician)|Shane Gibson]]. A local newspaper published photographs showing Smith lying clothed in bed in an embrace with Gibson.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/photos-show-anna-nicole-smith-in-bed-with-bahamas-immigration-minister/ |title=Photos show Anna Nicole Smith in bed with Bahamas immigration minister |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[Seattle Times]] |date=February 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301202155/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/02/12/smith.bahamas.ap/index.html |archive-date=March 1, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gibson resigned after the wave of controversy over his relationship with Smith.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/world/minister-quits-over-nicole-smith-affair-20070220-gdpi7y.html "Minister Quits Over Nicole Smith Affair"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927112321/https://www.smh.com.au/world/minister-quits-over-nicole-smith-affair-20070220-gdpi7y.html |date=September 27, 2019 }}. TheSydneyMorningHerald.com, AP, February 20, 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/news/CB-GEN-Bahamas-Anna-Nicole-Smith.php |title=Photos of Anna Nicole Smith in bed with Bahamas immigration minister revive scandal |agency=Associated Press |date=February 11, 2007 |access-date=February 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214071121/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/news/CB-GEN-Bahamas-Anna-Nicole-Smith.php |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Anna Nicole Show.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The Anna Nicole Show'']] |
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Though her [[film]] appearances in ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' and ''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult]]'' were highly publicized in 1994, little was done to further Smith's acting career. Her first starring role was as Colette Dubois, a retired spy seeking revenge for the murder of her husband, in the [[action film|action]]/[[thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''[[To the Limit]]'' (1995). |
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The basis of Smith's permanent residency status was the claim that she owned a $900,000 mansion, which she said was given to her by a former boyfriend, real estate developer [[Gaither Ben Thompson]] of [[South Carolina]]. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, which she failed to repay, and that he was attempting to regain control of the property.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216004703/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |title=Official responds to bedroom photos with Anna Nicole |last=Melia |first=Michael |agency=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2007}}</ref> Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in the Bahamas Court and received a [[default judgment]] against her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/ |title=Court Orders Anna Nicole To Scram |work=TMZ |last=Levin |first=Harvey |date=November 29, 2006 |access-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210114052/http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/ |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was claimed that methadone was found in Smith's bedroom refrigerator while the mansion was being reclaimed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-methadone-contribute-to-annas-death/ |title=Did Methadone Contribute To Anna's Death? |work=[[CBS News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222084354/http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/12/people_late_great/main2466142.shtml |archive-date=February 22, 2007}}</ref> A photograph provided to [[TMZ]] of Smith's refrigerator showed a large bottle of methadone, vials of injectable vitamin B12 ([[cyanocobalamin]]), and numerous bottles of diet product [[SlimFast]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2007 |title=Anna's Death Fridge – Methadone and Slim-Fast |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/11/annas-fridge-after-death-methadone-and-slim-fast/ |url-status=live |access-date= |website=TMZ |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213052622/http://www.tmz.com:80/2007/02/11/annas-fridge-after-death-methadone-and-slim-fast/ |archive-date=February 13, 2007}}</ref> |
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Smith next starred in the action/thriller ''[[Skyscraper (film)|Skyscraper]]'' (1997), which she also [[film producer|produced]], as a helicopter pilot, Carrie Wisk,<ref> |
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{{cite news |first=Hilary |last=Hilton |title=Anna Nicole Smith, 1967-2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1587535,00.html |work=Time Magazine |publisher=Time Inc. |date=2007-02-08 |accessdate=2007-02-09 |language=English}}</ref> who lands on a high rise building and, upon learning it has been taken over by terrorists, becomes engaged in a deadly fight to save hostages. |
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==Death== |
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Both films, and Smith's performances in them, were usually critically panned.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/anna_nicole_smith/ Rotten Tomatoes: Anna Nicole Smith]</ref> During the course of the [[litigation]] over her late husband's estate, her career stalled. Her legal battle, her increasing weight, and her reportedly bizarre behavior made her regular fodder for [[late night television]] comedians. |
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On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the [[Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood|Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino]] in [[Hollywood, Florida]].<ref name = People>{{Cite web |last1=Kantor |first1=Wendy G. |last2=Breuer |first2=Howard |date=February 8, 2007 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Dead |url=https://people.com/celebrity/anna-nicole-smith-dead/ |access-date=December 12, 2020 |website=People |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125005352/https://people.com/celebrity/anna-nicole-smith-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The wife of Smith's bodyguard, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] (CPR) for 15 minutes until the bodyguard took over. He had driven back to the hotel after being notified by his wife of Smith's condition. Emergency workers transported Smith to Hollywood's [[Memorial Regional Hospital (Florida)|Memorial Regional Hospital]], where she was pronounced dead the age of 39.<ref name = People/> |
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An investigation was led by Broward County Medical Examiner and forensic pathologist [[Joshua Perper]] in conjunction with Seminole police and several independent forensic pathologists and toxicologists. Perper announced that Smith died of "[[combined drug intoxication]]" with the sleeping medication [[chloral hydrate]] as the "major component".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith |title=Smith died from accidental drug overdose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331213201/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith |archive-date=March 31, 2007}}</ref> No illegal drugs were found in her system. The official report states that her death was not considered to be due to homicide, suicide or natural causes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released |access-date=April 12, 2015 |website=[[The Smoking Gun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103200708/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14.html |archive-date=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In 2002, she debuted in her own [[reality television|reality TV]] series on the [[E!]] [[cable television|cable]] network, ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ken |last=Tucker |authorlink= |title=Anna Nicole Smith show an obscene train wreck |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/05/ew.hot.annanicole/index.html |work=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Warner Company |date=2002-08-05 |accessdate=2007-02-09 |language=English |quote= }}</ref> The series focused on her personal and private life in the manner of other reality shows, such as the ratings hit ''[[The Osbournes]]''. |
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Smith's death was ultimately ruled an accidental drug overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate that became increasingly toxic when combined with other prescription drugs in her system, specifically four [[benzodiazepine]]s. Furthermore, she had taken [[diphenhydramine]] and [[topiramate]]. Despite rumors of [[methadone]] use involved in the death of Smith's son, Perper only found methadone in her [[bile]], indicating it was probably ingested 2–3 days prior to her death, and therefore was not a contributing factor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released – March 26, 2007 pg. 12 |work=The Smoking Gun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002611/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html |archive-date=April 14, 2009 }}</ref> The autopsy report indicates that abscesses on her buttocks, presumably from prior injections of [[vitamin B12]] in the form of [[cyanocobalamin]], as well as [[human growth hormone]], and viral [[enteritis]] were contributory causes of death. Tests for influenza A and B were negative. |
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The debut of the ''The Anna Nicole Show'' was the highest rated series on the network, but critics blasted it and ratings dropped with each successive week. However, it achieved a [[cult television|cult]] status as many fans found humor in Smith's absurd antics. The show was cancelled in February 2004 due to "creative differences," but has retained some life in [[rerun]]s and on [[DVD]] releases. |
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[[File:Anna Nicole Smith grave.jpg|thumb|Smith's grave in [[the Bahamas]], with her son Daniel and husband Marshall]] |
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It was reported that eight of the eleven drugs in Smith's system, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Stern, not Smith. Additionally, two of the prescriptions were written for "Alex Katz" and one was written for Smith's friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Perper acknowledged that all of the prescriptions were written by Dr. Eroshevich.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/03/31/drugs-that-killed-anna-prescribed-to-howard-k-stern-others/ |title=Drugs That Killed Anna Prescribed to Howard K. Stern, others |work=TMZ |date=March 31, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106224048/http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/31/drugs-that-killed-anna-prescribed-to-howard-k-stern-others/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |journal=Fox News |date=March 19, 2007 |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Life of Lawyers, Drugs and Money |author=[[Roger Friedman]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anna-nicole-smiths-life-of-lawyers-drugs-and-money/ |access-date=May 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318180215/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/03/19/anna-nicole-smith-life-lawyers-drugs-and-money/ |archive-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Smith's funeral took place on March 2, 2007, in the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/day-of-anna-nicoles-funeral/ |title=Day of Anna Nicole's Funeral |work=CBS News |access-date=February 13, 2014 |date=September 23, 2009 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203133/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/day-of-anna-nicoles-funeral/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Smith's last will and testament=== |
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Smith's next appearance on the big screen was as herself in ''[[Wasabi Tuna]]'' (2003), about a group of friends who kidnap her dog, Sugar-Pie, on Halloween.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wasabi_tuna/ Rotten Tomatoes: Wasabi Tuna]</ref> She appeared as herself again in ''[[Be Cool]]'' (2005), a crime/comedy about the film and music industries that stars [[John Travolta]], [[Uma Thurman]] and [[The Rock]]. |
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Smith's will was prepared by attorney Eric Lund in 2001, in Los Angeles, California. Smith named her son Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children and named Stern executor of the estate.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html "Smith Leaves Everything To Dead Son"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531234601/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html |date=May 31, 2022 }}. CNN.com, February 22, 2007.</ref> It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real estate property valued at $1.8 million, with a $1.1 million mortgage, at the time of her death. A petition to probate Smith's will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing Birkhead as a party with interest to the estate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/05/14/anna-nicole-smiths-will-officially-filed/ |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Will Officially Filed |work=TMZ |date=May 14, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628121821/http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/14/anna-nicole-smiths-will-officially-filed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Defamation lawsuit by Smith's mother=== |
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In 2006, she starred as Lucy in ''[[Illegal Aliens]]'', which she also produced, a sci-fi/comedy about beautiful space aliens saving the earth from evil.<ref>[http://www.edgewoodstudios.com/extra/ai_Synapse_page.html Edgewood Studios: Illegal Aliens]</ref> |
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In 2008, [[John O'Quinn]], lawyer for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, filed the underlying proceedings against ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', [[TMZ]], [[CBS]], journalist Art Harris, and several Texas bloggers alleging that the defendants conspired to ruin her reputation through defamatory e-mails, blogs and website postings and harmed her efforts to seek custody and visitation of her granddaughter.<ref>[https://www.courthousenews.com/anna-nicoles-mom-loses-bid-for-reporters-emails "Anna Nicole's Mom Loses Bid for Reporter's Emails"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604122634/https://www.courthousenews.com/anna-nicoles-mom-loses-bid-for-reporters-emails/ |date=June 4, 2023 }}. Courthouse News Service, Jeff Gorman, April 29, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.casetext.com/case/in-re-harris-82 "Court Of Appeals Texas, In Re Harris"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927080013/https://casetext.com/case/in-re-harris-82 |date=September 27, 2019 }}. Court Of Appeals Texas, First District, Houston.</ref> The court jailed one blogger because she failed to turn over her computer as evidence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cheng |first=Jacqui |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/texas-blogger-jailed-after-failing-to-turn-pc-over-to-judge.ars |title=Texas blogger jailed after failing to turn PC over to judge |work=Ars Technica |date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607184248/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/texas-blogger-jailed-after-failing-to-turn-pc-over-to-judge.ars |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Malisow |first=Craig |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/anna_nicole_bloggers_suit.php |title=Blogging About Anna Nicole Smith? Be Prepared For Jail Time – Houston News – Hair Balls |publisher=Blogs.houstonpress.com |date=May 27, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002172706/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/05/anna_nicole_bloggers_suit.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Arthur's defamation lawsuit was dismissed after TMZ, CBS, ''Entertainment Tonight'', Harris, and others won [[summary judgment]].<ref>[https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1536432.html "Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.), Opinion, ''In Re. Stern'', Decided: August 25, 2010.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604104206/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1536432.html |date=June 4, 2023 }} FindLaw.com.</ref> |
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==Acting credits== |
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==Smith as spokesperson== |
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[[Image:Anna Nicole Smith MTV Music Awards 2005.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Anna Nicole Smith in red carpet for MTV Video Music Awards 2005.]] |
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In an interview on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', she was asked what her "Playmate diet" consisted of. She instantly replied, "[[fried chicken]]." In October 2003, she became a [[spokesperson]] for [[TrimSpa]], which helped her lose a reported 69 lbs (31 kg).<ref name=weightloss1>{{cite news |coauthors=South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Washington Post |title=Living and dying in the spotlight |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003563989_annanicole09.html |format= |work=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |date=2007-02-09 |accessdate=2007-02-09 |language=English}}</ref> |
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In November 2004, she appeared at the [[American Music Awards]] to introduce a musical performance and attracted attention because of her slurred speech and behavior. During her live appearance, she threw her arms up and exclaimed, "Like my body?".<ref name=draw>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/09/ap/entertainment/mainD8N5S1000.shtml|title=What Drew Us to Anna Nicole|first=Jocelyn|Last=Novak|publisher=Associated Press|date=[[February 9]], [[2007]]}}</ref> Smith murmured other comments and alluded to TrimSpa. The incident became comic material for presenters throughout the rest of the program.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/16/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main655962.shtml | title=What's Up With Anna Nicole Smith? | work=CBS News | date=2004-11-16}}</ref> |
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The following day, her appearance was featured in the news. [[Tabloid]]s speculated that Smith was under the influence of pills or some other controlled substance. Her representatives explained that she was in pain due to a series of grueling workouts. They further asserted that she had difficulty reading the prompter because she was not wearing her contact lenses.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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After reportedly losing some 80 lbs. (36 kg), Smith returned to her trim shape from the early 1990s.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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| ''Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith'' |
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In March 2005, at the first [[MTV Australia Video Music Awards]] in [[Sydney]]'s [[Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park]], she spoofed [[Janet Jackson]]'s [[wardrobe malfunction]] by pulling down her dress to reveal [[toplessness|both breasts]], each covered with the [[MTV]] logo.<ref>{{cite news |author=Associated Press |title=Anna Nicole Flashes Crowd at MTV Event |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149445,00.html |format= |work=Fox News |publisher=News Corp. |date=2005-03-04 |accessdate=2007-02-09 |language=English}}</ref> |
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Smith has also been featured in advertisements for the animal rights group [[PETA]]. Spoofing Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" segment in ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'', a 2004 ad states "Fur-free blondes are best." In another ad the following year, Smith posed with her dogs in a campaign against [[Iams]] dog food for their alleged cruelty to animals.<ref>[http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-feat-ans.asp IamsCruelty.com: Anna Nicole Smith Dogs Pet-Food Maker Iams Over Deadly Experiments]</ref> |
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| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' |
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As of 2006, Smith gave up modeling, although she remained a spokesperson for TrimSpa.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZdaWT9nOo] |
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==Birth of daughter== |
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Smith announced on [[June 1]] [[2006]], in a video clip posted on her official [[website]] that she was pregnant. "Let me stop all the rumors," she said, while floating on an inflatable raft in a swimming pool. "Yes, I am pregnant. I'm happy, I'm very, very happy about it. Everything's goin' really, really good and I'll be checking in and out periodically on the web, and I'll let you see me as I'm growing."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug YouTube Video]</ref> |
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| ''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult]]'' |
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Though her announcement did not provide any details, in an interview with [[Larry King]] on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]'', Smith's longtime personal attorney [[Howard K. Stern]] said that he had loved her for quite some time and they were confident he fathered the baby because of the timing of the pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html | title=Attorney: I'm Anna Nicole's baby's father | work=CNN | date=2006-09-26}}</ref> However, her ex-boyfriend, entertainment photojournalist [[Larry Birkhead]], steadfastly maintained his contention that he is the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to challenge paternity.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/03/annanicolesmith.ap/index.html | title=Anna Nicole ex challenges paternity of child | work=CNN | date=2006-10-03}}</ref> |
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| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]] at [[15th Golden Raspberry Awards]] |
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Smith's daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, was born [[September 7]] [[2006]], at Doctors Hospital in [[Nassau, Bahamas]]. The Bahamian [[birth certificate]] records the father as Howard K. Stern.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27268991.shtml | title=Anna Nicole Smith Names Howard K Stern as Dad on Birth Certificate | work=The National Ledger | date=2006-10-11}}</ref> |
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| 1995 |
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| ''Edenquest: Anna Nicole Smith'' |
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A judge in the United States ordered that [[DNA]] tests be performed to determine who is the biological father of Dannielynn. Following Anna's death, Debra Opri, the lawyer of Larry Birkhead, asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from the corpse. This action outraged Smith's lawyer, Ron Rale, who called it "the lowest form of behaviour I've ever heard of."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html | title=Article on Anna Nicole Smith's life and death | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2007-02-09}}</ref> The request was denied by a judge, instead ordering Smith's body preserved until February 20.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/09/anna.nicole.dna.ap/ | title= Judge orders Smith's body preserved, denies DNA test | work=CNN.com | date=2007-02-09}}</ref> |
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According to a story published in the (New York) Daily News, Anna Nicole's younger sister, Donna Hogan, purportedly claimed that the model had frozen the sperm of her second husband, oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, prior to his death. The article claimed that it was this sperm that was used to impregnate Ms. Smith. The rumor was dismissed as a hoax on February 11th when the publisher of Donna's book spoke to the press.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21209167-5006301,00.html Anna Nicole's Paternity Story a 'Hoax'], NEWS.com, February 11, 2007.</ref> |
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On [[February 9]] [[2007]], [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]'s husband [[Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt]] claimed that he had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her infant girl, Dannielynn.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad], Associated Press, February 9, 2007.</ref> |
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| ''[[To the Limit (1995 film)|To the Limit]]'' |
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| Colette Dubois |
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==Death of son== |
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{{main|Daniel Wayne Smith}} |
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Smith's 20-year-old son, [[Daniel Wayne Smith|Daniel Smith]], died on [[September 10]] [[2006]] in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his newborn sister.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2418187 | title=Anna Nicole Smith's adult son dies in Bahamas | work=ABC News | date=2006-09-11}}</ref> After the coroner labeled the death "reserved," Smith hired [[forensic pathologist]] [[Cyril Wecht]] to perform a second [[autopsy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/smith.son.ap/index.html | title=Elvis' pathologist to probe Smith's son's death | work=CNN | date=2006-09-16}}</ref> |
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| 1995 |
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| '' Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith'' |
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Dr. Wecht announced on ''Larry King Live'' that the procedure he performed on [[September 17]] [[2006]], showed that Daniel died from a lethal combination of [[Zoloft]], [[Lexapro]] and [[methadone]]. Although he explained that methadone is used in the treatment of [[heroin]] and [[morphine]] [[drug addiction|addiction]], he said he has no information to make any conclusion about the reason he was using the drug. |
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| Herself |
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| [[Playboy Playmate]] profile |
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His [[death certificate]] was issued on [[September 21]] [[2006]], so that he could be buried.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21240787.shtml | title=Death Certificate Issued For Daniel Wayne Smith | work=The Post Chronicle | date=2006-09-23}}</ref> While Smith remained in the Bahamas with Dannielynn and Stern, Daniel's family in the United States, including his father, Billy Smith, gathered with friends on [[October 7]] [[2006]], in Mexia, Texas, for a [[memorial service]]. |
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| 1996 |
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Daniel was buried at Lake View Cemetery on Nassau Island, Bahamas, on [[October 19]] [[2006]], almost six weeks after his death. It was reported that Smith intended to live on the island, with no plans to return to the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,20199,00.html | title=Daniel Smith Death Probe Continues | work=E! Online | date=2006-10-10}}</ref> |
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| ''[[Skyscraper (1996 film)|Skyscraper]]'' |
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| Carrie Wink |
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==Commitment ceremony with Stern== |
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On [[September 28]] [[2006]], Smith and [[Howard K. Stern]] exchanged vows and rings in an informal commitment ceremony aboard the 41-foot [[catamaran]] Margaritaville off the coast of the Bahamas. She wore a white dress and carried a bouquet of red roses, while he wore a black dress suit with white shirt. Although they pledged their love and made a commitment to be there for one another before a [[Baptist]] [[minister of religion|minister]], no [[marriage certificate]] was issued and the ceremony is not legally binding.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/29/anna.nicole.smith.ap/index.html | title=Anna Nicole 'marries' lawyer boyfriend | work=CNN | date=2006-09-29}}</ref> |
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| 1998 |
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After the ceremony, they landed on the island of Sandy Kay where they had a party and celebrated with [[champagne (wine)|champagne]] and [[apple cider]] that had been brought over for the occasion by sailboat.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/annasmith.htm | title=The Marriages of Anna Nicole Smith | work=About.com | date=2007-02-07}}</ref> |
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| ''Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed'' |
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| Herself |
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Regarding the questionable timing of the ceremony, Smith's attorney in Nassau, stated, "They needed a little adrenaline boost because things have been so hectic and devastating in their life recently,"<ref> {{cite web | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542771,00.html | title=Inside Anna Nicole's Surprise Ceremony | work=People.com | date=2007-02-09}}</ref> The photos of their ceremony were sold through [[Getty Images]] to ''[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]'' for around $1,000,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gawker.com/news/people/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering-204844.php | title='People' Pays $1M for Pics of Anna Nicole's Wedding/Suffering | work=Gawker | date=2006-10-03}}</ref> |
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| [[Documentary]] |
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== Death == |
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| 2000 |
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{{wikinews|Anna Nicole Smith dies}} |
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| ''The Complete Anna Nicole Smith'' |
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On [[February 8]], [[2007]], Smith was found unresponsive in a room at the [[Hard Rock Cafe#Seminole Tribe of Florida Takeover|Seminole]] [[Hard Rock Cafe#Casinos and hotels|Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]] in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. A spokeswoman from the hotel stated that Smith checked in on [[February 5]] [[2007]] at 20:00 as a guest and was due to check out on [[February 9]] [[2007]].<ref name="NewsMax">"[http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/2/8/160015.shtml Anna Nicole Smith Dies After Collapsing]". [[Associated Press]], [[February 8]], [[2007]].</ref> According to Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, at 1:38 p.m. (18:38 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) Smith's bodyguard, who is a trained paramedic,<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Nicole Found Face Down in Her Pool Months Before Death|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Anna_Nicole_Found_Face_Down_in_Her_Pool_Months_Before_Death/3654748 |work=World Entertainment News Network|date=2007-02-09 |accessdate=2007-02-11 }}</ref> called the hotel front desk from her sixth floor room. The front desk in turn called security, who then called [[9-1-1|911]]. At 1:45 p.m. the bodyguard administered [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] before she was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital at 2:10 p.m and pronounced [[dead on arrival|DOA]] at 2:49 p.m. Smith's companion, [[Howard K. Stern]], was not with her in the hotel room when she died and has reported to ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' that her temperature was running 104 degrees the night before. Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, stated that Smith had flu-like symptoms for the last couple of days before her death. ''Entertainment Tonight's'' Mark Steines stated that Smith had to take an ice bath on [[February 5]] [[2007]] after her fever reached 105 degrees.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Nicole Smith Dead|url=http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/38722/index.html |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=2007-02-08|accessdate=2007-02-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapse |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050167/|work=[[MSNBC]] |date=2007-02-08|accessdate=2007-02-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Nicole Smith Is Dead, Her Lawyer Says |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250974,00.html|work=[[Fox News Channel|Fox news]] |date=2007-02-08|accessdate=2007-02-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/anna.nicole.collapses/index.html | title= Reality star Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapse | work=CNN | accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.html Early autopsy results can't explain Smith's death]. [[CNN]]. Retrieved on [[February 9]] [[2007]].</ref> MSNBC Reporters had been told that witnesses at the Hard Rock Hotel's bars observed her drinking profusely to the point where she couldn't walk independently.<ref>[http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/msnbc/fv.htm??f=00&g=560f59db-a234-4253-b62f-42d9d3293e5e&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&t=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17065001/&fg= 'Cocktail for death']. [[MSNBC]]. Retrieved on [[February 10]] [[2007]].</ref> The medical examiner has reported that the official cause of her death is still unknown. The police chief has said that there is no indication that a crime has occurred in Smith's death. There were no illegal drugs found in the hotel room, only prescription drugs. Preliminary results of the autopsy found no drugs in Smith's stomach.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.html Early autopsy results can't explain Smith's death]. [[CNN]]. Retrieved on [[February 9]] [[2007]].</ref> |
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| Herself |
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| [[Documentary]] |
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===Reaction=== |
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Smith's half-sister, Donna Hogan, released a statement to the media a short while after her sister's death was announced:{{cquote|On behalf of the Hogan Family, we are saddened and heartbroken by my sister's death. No matter what our differences have been over the years, Anna was still our blood and she will be missed terribly. She was a woman who was determined to get out of her small town in Texas and make a name for herself. She became an international star and she was a good mother to Daniel; there is no doubt that her son loved her. They lived out of each other's pockets while he was alive and now they can finally be together again in Heaven. |
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| 2003 |
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| ''[[Wasabi Tuna]]'' |
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We feel that the death of her son left her deeply saddened, a sadness she hid from everyone. As a mother of three children, I am anguished by this tragic event and the fact that her new baby daughter Dannielynn Hope is now without a mother.<ref>http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2007/Feb/EEN45cba3f0aaabe.html</ref>}} |
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| Herself |
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| [[Independent film|Independent]] [[action comedy film]] |
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A statement was also issued by Playboy founder and friend [[Hugh Hefner]] shortly after her passing:{{cquote|I'm very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally. My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and loved ones during this difficult time.<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20011258,00.html</ref>}} |
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| 2005 |
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===Obituaries=== |
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| ''[[Be Cool]]'' |
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[[Cintra Wilson]] wrote in ''[[Salon magazine|Salon]]'' magazine that: {{cquote|When she was able to suppress her demons enough to pull herself together and look her best, she was fabulously gorgeous. ... Anna Nicole was a star because she possessed an unusually large amount of beauty. At her best, she didn't evoke Marilyn Monroe so much as [[Anita Ekberg]] in ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' -- the strapless black dress, mounds of white flesh, piles of blond hair. She was indelicate, but an unstable element nonetheless -- not so much a candle in the wind as a bonfire in a hailstorm. But the real similarity between Anna Nicole and Marilyn was their shimmering tension -- an unsettlingly powerful physical beauty, collapsing irresistibly in real time beneath the frailties of its hostess. She was entropy porn at its finest.<ref>{{cite web |
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| Herself |
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|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/02/09/anna_nicole/ |
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| Final feature film |
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|title=Goodbye, Vickie Lynn|first=Cintra |last=Wilson|publisher=Salon.com |date=2007-02-09|accessdate=2007-02-09}}</ref>}} |
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| 2005 |
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===Song=== |
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| ''[[Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson]]'' |
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Song about her passing:{{cquote|Anna Nicole Where Are You?<ref> http://www.myspace.com/normaugustinus</ref>}} |
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| Herself |
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| [[Celebrity]] [[Roast (comedy)|roast]] [[Television special|special]] |
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===Legal issues=== |
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A California judge on [[February 9]] [[2007]] ordered that Smith's body be preserved until [[February 20]] [[2007]] so that a hearing in the paternity dispute over her 5-month-old daughter can be held.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/09/smith.dies/index.html</ref> If Smith left no will and was not legally married to Stern, then her child will most likely receive her assets.<ref>[http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/natent-tv-annanicolelegalwoesap-s,0,1519404.story?coll=mmx-home_bottom_hedsh2o Anna Nicole Smith left tangled legal web]</ref> Meanwhile, a dispute has arisen regarding the ownership of her mansion which has caused the locks of the estate to be changed a number of times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070211/ap_en_ce/anna_nicole_smith_bahamas |title=Dispute over Smith's mansion heats up |author=Jessica Robertson |publisher=Associated Press |date=[[2007-02-11]] |accessdate=2007-02-11}}</ref> |
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| 2007 |
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| ''[[Illegal Aliens (film)|Illegal Aliens]]'' |
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==Appearances== |
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| Lucy |
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===Film=== |
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| Final film role, released posthumously |
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*''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994) (comedy/fantasy) ... Za-Za |
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*''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult]]'' (1994) (comedy/crime) ... Tanya Peters |
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*''[[To the Limit]]'' (1995) (action/thriller) ... Colette Dubois/Vickie Linn |
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*''[[Skyscraper (film)|Skyscraper]]'' (1997) (action/thriller) ... Carrie Wisk |
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*''[[Wasabi Tuna]]'' (2003) (comedy/action) ... Herself |
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*''[[Be Cool]]'' (2005) (comedy/crime) ... Herself |
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*''[[Illegal Aliens]]'' (2006) (comedy/sci-fi) ... Lucy |
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===Television=== |
===Television=== |
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
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*''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)]]'' (1995) episode: ''Wilde Again'' ... Herself |
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*''Sin City Spectacular'' (1998) (FX Network) |
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! Year |
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*''[[Veronica's Closet]]'' (1999) (Warner Bros. Television) episode: ''Veronica's Wedding Bell Blues'' ... Donna |
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! Title |
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*''[[Ally McBeal]]'' (1999) (20th Century Fox Television) episode: ''Pyramids on the Nile'' ... Myra Jacobs |
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! Role |
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*''N.Y.U.K.'' (2000) ... (AMC) Dr. Anita Hugg |
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*''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]'' (2002-2004) (E! Entertainment Television) ... Herself |
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|- |
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| 1995 |
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| ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "Wilde Again" |
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| 1998 |
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| ''[[Sin City Spectacular]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "1.13" |
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|- |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Veronica's Closet]]'' |
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| Donna |
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| Episode: "Veronica's Wedding Bell Blues" |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' |
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| Myra Jacobs |
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| Episode: "Pyramids on the Nile" |
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| 2000 |
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| ''N.Y.U.K.'' |
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| Dr. Anita Hugg |
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| [[Anthology series]] |
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| 2002–2004 |
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| ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| [[Reality television|Reality]] [[sitcom]] |
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===Music videos=== |
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
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*''Playboy's More to Love Playmate'' Vol. [[9 June]] [[1993]] - cover. |
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*''Playboy's Nudes'' December 1993 - page 4. |
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*''Playboy's Bathing Beauties'' March 1994 - [[Stephen Wayda]], page 5. |
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| 1993 |
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| "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]" |
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| [[Bryan Ferry]] |
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Bryan Ferry - Will You Love Me Tomorrow|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVze0AoVg0Q|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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| 1997 |
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| "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]" |
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| Anna Nicole Smith |
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Anna Nicole Smith - My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuoBpPYCpCw|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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| 1997 |
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| "[[You Win, I Lose]]" |
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| [[Supertramp]] |
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|<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Wecht|first1=Cyril H.|author-link1=Cyril Wecht|last2=Kaufmann|first2=Dawna|title=A Question of Murder|year=2009|page=87|location=Amherst, New York|publisher=Prometheus|isbn=978-1-59102661-7}}</ref> |
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| 1998 |
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| "[[Jumper (Third Eye Blind song)|Jumper]]" |
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| [[Third Eye Blind]] |
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|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434811/third-eye-blind-discusses-anna-nicole-smith-heads-into-studio-in-january/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708055232/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434811/third-eye-blind-discusses-anna-nicole-smith-heads-into-studio-in-january/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2020|title=Third Eye Blind discusses Anna Nicole Smith, Heads into Studio in January|date=October 30, 1998|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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| 2004 |
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| "[[The New Workout Plan]]" |
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| [[Kanye West]] |
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|<ref>{{Cite web |author=Khal |title=Remember That Time Anna Nicole Smith Was In Kanye West's "The New Workout Plan" Video? |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/02/anna-nicole-smith-kanye-west-the-new-workout-plan-video |publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223185005/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/02/anna-nicole-smith-kanye-west-the-new-workout-plan-video |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
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''[[Anna Nicole]]'', an opera by [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] about Smith, premiered on February 17, 2011, at the [[Royal Opera House]], to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526 |title=Anna Nicole Smith opera opens in London |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 18, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320082910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526 |archive-date=March 20, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/18/anna-nicole-review |title=''Anna Nicole'' – review |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Andrew Clements |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214049/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/18/anna-nicole-review |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith was the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary ''[[Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/movies/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-review.html | title='Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me' Review: Mistreated | work=The New York Times | date=May 16, 2023 | last=Marsh | first=Calum | access-date=June 2, 2023 | archive-date=June 2, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602035731/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/movies/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-review.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Smith was also the subject of the [[biographical film]]s ''[[The Anna Nicole Smith Story]]'' (2007)<ref name="Nasser Information">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/16/smith.movie/index.html |title=Anna Nicole Movie in the Works |work=[[CNN]] |date=March 16, 2007 }}</ref> and ''[[The Anna Nicole Story]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/11/first-look-agnes-bruckner-as-anna-nicole-smith/ |title=First Look: Agnes Bruckner as Anna Nicole Smith - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=November 15, 2012 |access-date=August 10, 2017}}</ref> In December 2023, it was announced that [[Sylvia Hoeks]] will portray Smith in the upcoming film ''Hurricana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/anna-nicole-smith-movie-first-look-sylvia-hoeks-holly-hunter-mark-duplass-nicholas-hamilton-cast-1235656292/|title='Hurricana': First Look At Anna Nicole Smith Biopic Starring Sylvia Hoeks & Holly Hunter; Mark Duplass & Nicholas Hamilton Join Cast|date=December 7, 2023|publisher=Deadline|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180808/https://deadline.com/2023/12/anna-nicole-smith-movie-first-look-sylvia-hoeks-holly-hunter-mark-duplass-nicholas-hamilton-cast-1235656292/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*In 1993, Smith appeared in the music video for [[Bryan Ferry]]'s single "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/articles/interviews/2002_05_14_mailonsunday.shtml#ans | title=Ferry's Return Trip | work=You Magazine | date=2002-04-14}}</ref> |
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*In 1997, Smith appeared in the music video for [[Supertramp]]'s single "You Win, I Lose."{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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*In 2004, Smith appeared in the music video for [[Kanye West]]'s single "[[The New Workout Plan]]."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466040/ IMDb: Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology]</ref> |
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*In 1997, she recorded a cover version of "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," originally made famous by Marilyn Monroe. The song was released in France and a video featuring Smith was made to promote it.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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*On the [[NBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Passions]]'', a character based on Smith by the name Hanna Nicola Smythe made an appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soapcentral.com/ps/scoop.php?soap=ps§ion=casting |title=Passions: The Scoop |accessdate=2007-02-09 |work=soapcentral.com |publisher=Soap Central |language=English |quote=[[Suzanne Friedline]] will appear as Hanna Nicola Smythe (yes, this is a jab at Anna Nicole Smith) on January 27 and 30.}}</ref> |
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*[[Mariel Hemingway]] played a thinly-disguised version of Smith in a 2006 episode of ''[[Law and Order]]''.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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*[[Jennifer Coolidge]] played a thinly-disguised version of Smith in the movie ''[[Best In Show]].''{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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In 2017, Smith's primary care physician Sandeep Kapoor published a memoir titled ''Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: My Life Before, During and After Anna Nicole Smith''. In February 2024, it was reported that [[Kal Penn]] will star as Kapoor in an upcoming film based on the book, titled ''Trust Me, I'm a Doctor''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Anna Nicole Smith Movie in the Works Starring Kal Penn as Doctor Tied to Her Death (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anna-nicole-smith-movie-kal-penn-doctor-1235920350/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225155116/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/anna-nicole-smith-movie-kal-penn-doctor-1235920350/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Playmate|List of Playboy Playmates]] |
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*[[List of stalked celebrities]] |
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Revision as of 20:44, 3 December 2024
Anna Nicole Smith | |
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Born | Vickie Lynn Hogan November 28, 1967 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Died | February 8, 2007 Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | (aged 39)
Cause of death | Combined drug intoxication |
Other names |
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Occupations |
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Years active | 1992–2007 |
Spouses |
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Children | 2 |
Playboy centerfold appearance | |
May 1992 | |
Preceded by | Cady Cantrell |
Succeeded by | Angela Melini |
Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
1993 | |
Preceded by | Corinna Harney |
Succeeded by | Jenny McCarthy |
Vickie Lynn Marshall (born Hogan, November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith,[1] was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M, Lane Bryant, Conair, and Heatherette.
Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died in February 2007 in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.
Early life
Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in Houston, Texas, the only daughter of Virgie Tabers Arthur (1951–2018) and Donald Eugene Hogan (1947–2009).[2] Smith attended Mexia High School, but transcripts showed that she had transferred there from a Houston school, attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia, but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade.[3][4] She had five half-siblings on her father's side. Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in Mexia.[2]
Career
Modeling
Smith secured a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a Guess jeans advertisement campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs. During the Guess campaign, she took on the stage name "Anna Nicole". Guess photographers noticed Smith bore a striking resemblance to bombshell Jayne Mansfield and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions. In 1993, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company H&M, which led to her picture being displayed on large billboards in Sweden and Norway.[5] Smith was featured on the cover of Marie Claire, shot by Peter Lindbergh in October 1993, and in GQ magazine.[6]
Endorsements
In October 2003, she became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, which allegedly helped her lose a reported 69 pounds (31 kg). TrimSpa diet product company and Smith were sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill was false or misleading. Trimspa filed for the bankruptcy after Smith's death and was liquidated. [7] In March 2005, at the first MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney's Luna Park, Smith spoofed Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.[8]
Personal life
While working at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Smith met Billy Wayne Smith, a cook at the restaurant, and the couple married on April 4, 1985, when he was 16 and she was 17.[9] She gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22, 1986. Smith and her husband then separated the following year. They divorced in 1993.[10]
While performing at a Houston strip club in October 1991, Smith met 86-year-old petroleum tycoon J. Howard Marshall.[11] On June 27, 1994, Smith and Marshall were married in Houston,[12] resulting in speculation that she married him for his money. Marshall died on August 4, 1995, in Houston, at the age of 90.[13]
Court cases and bankruptcy
In October 1994, Smith initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the New York magazine, claiming that she did not authorize the use of her photo on the cover of its magazine titled "White Trash Nation" and that the article damaged her reputation. The lawsuit was settled.[14]
Even though Smith was not in Marshall's will, she claimed that in return for marriage, Marshall verbally promised her half of his estate, which primarily consisted of a 16% interest in Koch Industries, then worth $1.6 billion. Smith's stepson E. Pierce Marshall disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J. Howard's other son, J. Howard Marshall III, who was disowned after attempting to take control of Koch Industries. Howard III also claimed that his father had verbally promised him a portion of the estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of his father's will.[15]
In 1996, Smith filed for bankruptcy in California as a result of an $850,000 default judgment against her for the sexual harassment of a nanny who cared for her son.[16] Since any money potentially due to her from the Marshall estate was part of her potential assets, the bankruptcy court involved itself in the matter.[16]
In September 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134.00, the amount that Marshall's interest in Koch Industries appreciated during their marriage.[17] However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Smith was entitled to nothing. The judge ordered Smith to pay over $1 million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E. Pierce Marshall. The conflict between the Texas probate court and California bankruptcy court judgments forced the matter into federal court.[18]
In March 2002, a federal judge vacated the California bankruptcy court's ruling and issued a new ruling that reduced the award to $88 million. On December 30, 2004, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed that decision on the grounds that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction to overrule the probate court's decision.[19] [20]
In September 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of that decision. The George W. Bush administration directed Paul Clement, the United States Solicitor General, to intercede on Smith's behalf in the interest of expanding federal court jurisdiction over state probate disputes.[21] On May 1, 2006, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in favor of Smith. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion. The decision did not give Smith a portion of her husband's estate, but affirmed her right to pursue a share of it in federal court.[22][23][24]
On June 20, 2006, E. Pierce Marshall died at age 67 from an infection.[25] His widow and estate executrix Elaine Tettemer Marshall, pursued the case on behalf of his estate. After Smith's death in 2007, the case continued on behalf of Smith's infant daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead.[26] In March 2010, an appeals court upheld the verdict barring Smith from the estate.[27] Following the decision, lawyers for Smith's estate appealed the decision to the entire Ninth Circuit. On May 6, 2010, the appeal was denied.[28]
In June 2011, in the case of Stern v. Marshall, the Supreme Court issued a ruling against Smith's estate, stating that the California bankruptcy court decision that gave her estate $475 million was made without subject-matter jurisdiction. The court agreed with the ruling of the Ninth Circuit that a bankruptcy court could not make a decision on an issue outside bankruptcy law.[29] In August 2014, David O. Carter, a federal U.S. District Court judge in Orange County, California, rejected efforts to obtain about $44 million from the J. Howard Marshall estate.[30]
Birth of daughter
A psychiatrist said she met with Smith in April 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles while she was pregnant with her daughter and stated that Smith had borderline personality disorder, and was allegedly addicted to prescription medications.[31][32]
On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website.[33] She gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7, 2006, in New Providence, The Bahamas.[34] In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live after the death of Smith's son, attorney Howard K. Stern said that he and Smith had been in a relationship for "a very long time" and said he was the father.[35] Entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead claimed that he was the baby's father and filed a lawsuit to establish paternity.[36] The Bahamian birth certificate recorded the father as Stern.[37]
A judge in the United States ordered that DNA paternity tests be performed to determine Dannielynn's biological father. Following Smith's death, Birkhead's attorney asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from Smith's body.[38] The request was denied by a judge who ordered that her body be preserved until February 20.[39]
On February 9, 2007, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, stated that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her daughter.[40] Smith's former bodyguard and chef, Alexander Denk, also claimed that he had an affair with Smith and that he, too, was potentially the father.[41]
After Smith's death, the TMZ website reported that she had been given a prescription for methadone under a false name while she was in her eighth month of pregnancy.[42] The Medical Board of California launched a review into the matter. The prescribing doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, said the treatment he had administered was "sound and appropriate".[43]
In April 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled that DNA tests had established Birkhead as the biological father.[44] Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as Dannielynn's father, paving the way for him to obtain a passport for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Stern did not contest the DNA results or the ruling,[45] and Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby.[46] Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling, but her appeal was denied and she was ordered to pay costs.[47]
Death of son
On September 10, 2006, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Wayne Smith died in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his half sister Dannielynn, who was born three days earlier on September 7. An autopsy found that Daniel had died from a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants. A Bahamian jury determined that he had died from an accidental drug overdose and recommended no criminal charges.[48][49][50] A death certificate was issued on September 21, 2006.[51] Daniel was buried at Lake View Cemetery in New Providence on October 19, 2006.[52]
According to Stern, Smith was devastated by her son's death. "Anna and Daniel were inseparable. Daniel was without question the most important person in Anna's life," Stern said during his testimony at the trial regarding the right to control disposition of Smith's remains. "At Daniel's funeral, she had them open the coffin and tried to climb inside. She said that 'if Daniel has to be buried, I want to be buried with him.' She was ready to go down with him."[53] Stern said that, "Anna saw herself as both mother and father to Daniel. From the time I met her, everything was for Daniel. I would say that physically, she died last week, but in a lot of ways, emotionally she died when Daniel died."[54][55]
Commitment ceremony with Stern
On September 28, 2006, Smith and Stern exchanged vows and rings in an informal commitment ceremony in the Bahamas. Although they pledged their love and made a commitment to be there for each other before a Baptist minister, no marriage certificate was issued and the ceremony was not legally binding.[56] Regarding the questionable timing of the ceremony, Smith's attorney in Nassau said, "They needed a little adrenaline boost because things have been so hectic and devastating in their life recently."[57] Ceremony photos were sold through Getty Images to People magazine for $1 million.[58]
Residency in the Bahamas
Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in the Bahamas to avoid paternity testing of her daughter in the United States.[59] In late 2006, Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister Shane Gibson. A local newspaper published photographs showing Smith lying clothed in bed in an embrace with Gibson.[60] Gibson resigned after the wave of controversy over his relationship with Smith.[61][62]
The basis of Smith's permanent residency status was the claim that she owned a $900,000 mansion, which she said was given to her by a former boyfriend, real estate developer Gaither Ben Thompson of South Carolina. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, which she failed to repay, and that he was attempting to regain control of the property.[63] Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in the Bahamas Court and received a default judgment against her.[64] It was claimed that methadone was found in Smith's bedroom refrigerator while the mansion was being reclaimed.[65] A photograph provided to TMZ of Smith's refrigerator showed a large bottle of methadone, vials of injectable vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), and numerous bottles of diet product SlimFast.[66]
Death
On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[67] The wife of Smith's bodyguard, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for 15 minutes until the bodyguard took over. He had driven back to the hotel after being notified by his wife of Smith's condition. Emergency workers transported Smith to Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead the age of 39.[67]
An investigation was led by Broward County Medical Examiner and forensic pathologist Joshua Perper in conjunction with Seminole police and several independent forensic pathologists and toxicologists. Perper announced that Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the "major component".[68] No illegal drugs were found in her system. The official report states that her death was not considered to be due to homicide, suicide or natural causes.[69]
Smith's death was ultimately ruled an accidental drug overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate that became increasingly toxic when combined with other prescription drugs in her system, specifically four benzodiazepines. Furthermore, she had taken diphenhydramine and topiramate. Despite rumors of methadone use involved in the death of Smith's son, Perper only found methadone in her bile, indicating it was probably ingested 2–3 days prior to her death, and therefore was not a contributing factor.[70] The autopsy report indicates that abscesses on her buttocks, presumably from prior injections of vitamin B12 in the form of cyanocobalamin, as well as human growth hormone, and viral enteritis were contributory causes of death. Tests for influenza A and B were negative.
It was reported that eight of the eleven drugs in Smith's system, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Stern, not Smith. Additionally, two of the prescriptions were written for "Alex Katz" and one was written for Smith's friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Perper acknowledged that all of the prescriptions were written by Dr. Eroshevich.[71][72] Smith's funeral took place on March 2, 2007, in the Bahamas.[73]
Smith's last will and testament
Smith's will was prepared by attorney Eric Lund in 2001, in Los Angeles, California. Smith named her son Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children and named Stern executor of the estate.[74] It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real estate property valued at $1.8 million, with a $1.1 million mortgage, at the time of her death. A petition to probate Smith's will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing Birkhead as a party with interest to the estate.[75]
Defamation lawsuit by Smith's mother
In 2008, John O'Quinn, lawyer for Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, filed the underlying proceedings against Entertainment Tonight, TMZ, CBS, journalist Art Harris, and several Texas bloggers alleging that the defendants conspired to ruin her reputation through defamatory e-mails, blogs and website postings and harmed her efforts to seek custody and visitation of her granddaughter.[76][77] The court jailed one blogger because she failed to turn over her computer as evidence.[78][79] Arthur's defamation lawsuit was dismissed after TMZ, CBS, Entertainment Tonight, Harris, and others won summary judgment.[80]
Acting credits
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Video compilation |
1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Za-Za | Theatrical film debut |
1994 | Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult | Tanya Peters | Worst New Star at 15th Golden Raspberry Awards |
1995 | Edenquest: Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Pay-per-view film |
1995 | To the Limit | Colette Dubois | First starring role |
1995 | Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Playboy Playmate profile |
1996 | Skyscraper | Carrie Wink | Second leading role |
1998 | Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed | Herself | Documentary |
2000 | The Complete Anna Nicole Smith | Herself | Documentary |
2003 | Wasabi Tuna | Herself | Independent action comedy film |
2005 | Be Cool | Herself | Final feature film |
2005 | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Herself | Celebrity roast special |
2007 | Illegal Aliens | Lucy | Final film role, released posthumously |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Naked Truth | Herself | Episode: "Wilde Again" |
1998 | Sin City Spectacular | Herself | Episode: "1.13" |
1999 | Veronica's Closet | Donna | Episode: "Veronica's Wedding Bell Blues" |
1999 | Ally McBeal | Myra Jacobs | Episode: "Pyramids on the Nile" |
2000 | N.Y.U.K. | Dr. Anita Hugg | Anthology series |
2002–2004 | The Anna Nicole Show | Herself | Reality sitcom |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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1993 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Bryan Ferry | [81] |
1997 | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Anna Nicole Smith | [82] |
1997 | "You Win, I Lose" | Supertramp | [83] |
1998 | "Jumper" | Third Eye Blind | [84] |
2004 | "The New Workout Plan" | Kanye West | [85] |
Legacy
Anna Nicole, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage about Smith, premiered on February 17, 2011, at the Royal Opera House, to mixed reviews.[86][87] Smith was the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me.[88] Smith was also the subject of the biographical films The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007)[89] and The Anna Nicole Story (2013).[90] In December 2023, it was announced that Sylvia Hoeks will portray Smith in the upcoming film Hurricana.[91]
In 2017, Smith's primary care physician Sandeep Kapoor published a memoir titled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: My Life Before, During and After Anna Nicole Smith. In February 2024, it was reported that Kal Penn will star as Kapoor in an upcoming film based on the book, titled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.[92]
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