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| caption = Smith at the [[MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2005|2005 MTV Australia Video Music Awards]]
| caption = Smith in 2005
| birth_name = Vickie Lynn Hogan
| birth_name = Vickie Lynn Hogan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1967|11|28}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States
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| death_place = [[Hollywood, Florida]], United States
| death_place = [[Hollywood, Florida]], U.S.
| death_cause = [[Drug overdose]]
| death_cause = [[Combined drug intoxication]]
| alias = Vickie Lynn Marshall (legal married name)<br>Vickie Lynn Smith and Vicky Smith (early Playboy career)<br>Nikki Hart
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| years_active = 1992–2007
| years_active = 1992–2007
| spouse = Billy Wayne Smith<br>(m. 1985–1993; divorced)<br>[[J. Howard Marshall]]<br>(m. 1994–1995; his death)
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| children = [[Daniel Wayne Smith]]<br>[[Dannielynn Birkhead]]
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'''Anna Nicole Smith''' (born '''Vickie Lynn Hogan'''; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007) was an American model, actress and television personality. Smith first gained popularity in ''[[Playboy]]'', when she won the title of 1993 [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Year]]. She modeled for fashion companies including [[Guess (clothing)|Guess]], [[H&M]], [[Heatherette]], and [[Lane Bryant]].


'''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]].
Smith dropped out of high school at age 14 in 1982 and married 3 years later. Her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year old [[J. Howard Marshall]], a [[billionaire]] as a result of his 16% ownership stake in [[Koch Industries]], resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death, 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 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]].
During the final 6 months of her life, Smith was the focus of renewed press coverage surrounding the death of her son, [[Daniel Wayne Smith]], and the paternity and custody battle over her newborn daughter, [[Dannielynn Birkhead]]. Smith died at age 39 on February 8, 2007, in a [[Hollywood, Florida]] hotel room as a result of an overdose of prescription drugs.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Smith was born '''Vickie Lynn Hogan''' in 1967 in [[Houston]], Texas, and raised in [[Mexia, Texas]].<ref name="tbi1">Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> She was the daughter of Donald Eugene Hogan (1947–2009) and Virgie Mae Arthur (''née'' Tabers; b. 1951),<ref name="tbi1"/> who married on February 22, 1967<ref name="Ancestry 2005">Ancestry.com. ''Texas Divorce Index, 1968–2002'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref> and divorced on November 4, 1969. She had five [[half siblings]]: Donna Hogan, David Tacker Jr., Donnie Hogan, Amy Hogan, and Donald Hart. Smith was raised by her mother and aunt. Virgie subsequently married Donald R. Hart in 1971. After Virgie married Donald, Smith changed her name from Vickie Hogan to Nikki Hart.<ref name=Stoddard>{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212044127/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/us_nm/annanicole_mexia_dc|archivedate=February 12, 2007|title=High school remembers Anna Nicole&nbsp;– barely|author1=Ed Stoddard|author2=Jessica Rinaldi|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=February 14, 2007|date=February 9, 2007}}</ref>
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]], transferring there from a Houston school. She 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&nbsp;– 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" />

Smith attended Durkee Elementary School and Aldine Senior High School in Houston. When she was in the ninth grade, she was sent to live with her mother's younger sister, Kay Beall, in [[Mexia, Texas]].<ref>Eric Redding and D'Eva Redding, ''Great Big Beautiful Doll: The Anna Nicole Smith Story'', New York: Barricade Books, 1996, p. 13.</ref> At [[Mexia High School]], Smith failed her [[freshman]] year and dropped out of school during her [[Sophomore year]].<ref>''In re Marshall'', 275 B.R. 5, 20 (C.D. Cal. 2002)</ref><ref name=Stoddard /> While working at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Smith met Billy Wayne Smith, who was a cook at the restaurant; the couple married on April 4, 1985.<ref name = "Ancestry.com-Tx Marriage Collection">Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814–1909 anition for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine.</ref><ref name="employment">{{Cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003563989_annanicole09.html|title=Living and dying in the spotlight | work=The Seattle Times | date=February 9, 2007}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Modeling===
===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.<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>
Smith appeared on the cover of the March 1992 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, with her name given as Vickie Smith. She later appeared as the [[Playboy Playmate]] [[List of Playboy Playmates of the Month|of the Month]] in a pictorial shot by [[Stephen Wayda]] for the May 1992 issue.


===Endorsements===
Smith then secured a contract to replace supermodel [[Claudia Schiffer]] in a [[Guess jeans]] ad campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs. During the Guess campaign Smith changed her name to Anna Nicole Smith. Guess photographers noticed Smith bore a striking resemblance to bombshell [[Jayne Mansfield]] and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions. In 1993 before Christmas, she modeled for the Swedish clothing company [[H&M]]. This led to her being pictured on large billboards in Sweden and Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itsvery.net/anna-nicole-smith.html | title=Anna Nicole Smith |date=February 8, 2007 |accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/dottern-kan-bli-som-anna-nicole-smith/ |title=Dottern kan bli som Anna Nicole Smith | language=Swedish |publisher=[[Expressen]] |date=November 5, 2014 | accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/galerie-archiv/anna-nicole-smith-bio-und-prozess |title=Anna Nicole Smith Bio und Prozess | publisher=[[Berliner Zeitung]] | language=German |date=August 5, 2010 | accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
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 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>
In addition to ''Playboy'', Smith appeared on the cover of German ''[[Marie Claire]]'' magazine, photographed by [[Peter Lindbergh]] {{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
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>

A photograph of Smith 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 with cowboy boots as she eats chips. In October 1994, her lawyer, T. Patrick Freydl, initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the magazine, claiming that Smith did not authorize the use of her photo; the suit also alleged that the article damaged her reputation. Her lawyer stated Smith was under the impression that she was being photographed to embody the "all-American look." Editor Kurt Andersen said that the photo was one of dozens taken for the cover, further stating "I guess they just found the picture we chose unflattering." The lawsuit was reported to be settled.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://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 |accessdate=June 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nytimes.com/1994/10/21/style/chronicle-595543.html |title=Chronicle – Anna Nicole Smith |first=Nadine |last=Brozan |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 21, 1994 |accessdate=June 23, 2016}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Smith was successful as a model, but she never found the same recognition or success as an actress. At age 26, she made her screen debut in the 1994 [[screwball comedy film]], ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''. She appeared as Za-Za, a flirtatious celebrity who flirts with the lead character, played by [[Tim Robbins]], in a barbershop scene. Smith was next given a larger role as Tanya Peters in ''[[Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]'' (1994), which was released seven days after her initial film debut. Her role in the film, that of a pivotal contact to a crime, earned her favorable reviews and the film enjoyed box office success. Despite the publicity for her performance in both films, they each did very little to improve her acting career.

Smith wanted to be taken more seriously as an actress, but Hollywood studios were reluctant. Her persona of a ditzy dumb blonde was compressed heavily in her film roles, which sought only to market her physical assets. In an attempt to earn acting respect, Smith agreed to appear in ''[[To the Limit (1995 film)|To the Limit]]'' (1995), which would be her first starring role. In the film she played Colette Dubois, a retired spy seeking revenge on the murderer of her late husband. Although the film was highly publicized and boasted a lavish budget and script, Smith's performance drew negative reviews and it was an ultimate [[box office bomb]]. It offered Smith's first and only venture in a mainstream Hollywood leading role.

By 1996, Smith's acting career had declined considerably. After the failure of her previous motion picture, Hollywood studios began to realize her public popularity did not affect her acting abilities or ticket sales at the box office. She appeared as herself in the 1995 [[pilot episode]] of ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]''. Smith attempted to revitalize her film career with a leading role in ''[[Skyscraper (1996 film)|Skyscraper]]'' in 1996. The low-budget, [[direct-to-video]] film offered Smith no more than "soft-core exploitation" and her movie career again stalled.

In the late 1990s, Smith focused her acting career on television. She appeared on the variety series ''[[Sin City Spectacular]]'' in 1998. That same year, Smith appeared in the tell-all self-promoting film, ''Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed'', which was based on several photo sessions during her Playboy career. She appeared as Donna, the friend of Veronica Chase played by [[Kirstie Alley]], on the sitcom ''[[Veronica's Closet]]'' in 1999. Smith guest-starred as Myra Jacobs in a 1999 episode of the surreal series, ''[[Ally McBeal]]''.

In the early 2000s, Smith had very few acting roles. As a result of her rising popularity with tabloids and gossip columnists, Smith was given her own [[reality show]] on the [[E!]] cable network. ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]'' premiered on August 4, 2002, achieving the highest cable rating ever issued for a reality show. Coincidentally, the day the series premiered was the seventh anniversary of the death of [[J. Howard Marshall]]. The series attempted to focus on the private life of Smith, her boyfriend/attorney [[Howard K. Stern]], her son [[Daniel Wayne Smith]], her assistant Kimberly "Kimmie" Walther, her miniature poodle Sugar Pie, her gay interior decorator [[Bobby Trendy]], and her cousin from Texas, Shelly Cloud.

Despite the popularity of the show amongst college students and pop culture fans, the show declined considerably in viewership at the end of its first season. It was, however, renewed for a second season, before being cancelled on June 1, 2003, after two seasons and twenty-seven episodes. E! announced to the press that the series ended because of "creative differences" between the network and Smith, although she acknowledged the series ended because the network had lost interest in both her and the show.

Smith returned to film acting in 2003 with the comedy film ''[[Wasabi Tuna]]''. In the film she played an over-the-top version of herself, whose miniature poodle Sugar Pie is stolen from her on Halloween by a team of [[drag queen]]s dressed like her. Neither the film nor her performance drew positive reviews. In 2005, she briefly appeared as a spectator at a basketball game in ''[[Be Cool]]'', starring [[John Travolta]]. In late 2005 she agreed to play Lucy in the self-produced independent parody film ''[[Illegal Aliens (film)|Illegal Aliens]]'', alongside wrestler Joani "[[Chyna]]" Laurer. It attempted to parody several popular television shows from the 1970s and 1980s as well as several film franchises. It would be released direct-to-video on May 1, 2007, three months after her death.

===As a spokeswoman===
In an interview on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', Smith was asked what her "Playmate diet" consisted of. She instantly replied, "fried chicken". In October 2003, she became a spokeswoman for [[TrimSpa]], which allegedly helped her lose a reported {{convert|69|lb|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.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17008284/ns/business-us-_business/t/anna-nicole-smith-trimspa-sued-over-diet-ads/ "Anna Nicole Smith, TrimSpa Sued Over Diet Ads"]. NBC.com,
Associated Press, February 2, 2007.</ref><ref name=weightloss1>{{Cite news|title=Living and dying in the spotlight |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003563989_annanicole09.html |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=February 9, 2007 |accessdate=February 9, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210215157/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003563989_annanicole09.html| archivedate= February 10, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

In November 2004, she appeared at the [[American Music Awards]] to introduce Kanye West 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=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020801676.html |title=What Drew Us to Anna Nicole |first=Jocelyn |last=Novak |agency=Associated Press |date=February 9, 2007 | publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211184307/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/09/ap/entertainment/mainD8N5S1000.shtml |archivedate = February 11, 2007|deadurl=no}}</ref> Smith murmured other comments and alluded to TrimSpa. The incident became comic material for presenters throughout the rest of the program.<ref>{{Cite news | 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=November 16, 2004 |accessdate=February 14, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070211184117/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/16/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main655962.shtml| archivedate= February 11, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

Her appearance was featured in the media the following day. [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]s speculated that Smith was under the influence of pills or a controlled substance. Her representatives explained that she was in pain due to a series of grueling workouts.

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 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 |accessdate=February 14, 2007 |publisher=Fox News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225154931/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C149445%2C00.html |archivedate=February 25, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

Smith was also 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 (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'', a 2004&nbsp;ad states "Gentlemen prefer fur-free blondes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://furisdead.com/feat/annanicole/ |title=Anna Nicole Smith poses for anti-fur ad.|publisher=furisdead.com}}</ref> Due to her support of the anti-fur movement, in particular her criticism of Canadian [[seal hunting]], [[PETA]] began a petition in memory of Smith to the Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] to end the annual tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/anna_nicole_seal_hunt?preview=t |title=Anna Nicole Smith's petition to end the Canadian harp seal hunt.|publisher=furisdead.com}}</ref> In another ad the following year, Smith posed with her dogs in a campaign against [[Iams]] dog food for their alleged cruelty to animals, as well as the manufacturer [[Procter & Gamble]], and sister company [[Eukanuba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-feat-ans.asp |title=Anna Nicole Smith Dogs Pet-Food Maker Iams Over Deadly Experiments|publisher=iamscruelty.com}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==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.<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 separated the following year, and 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>
===Marriage to J. Howard Marshall===
While performing in October 1991 at Gigi's (a Houston [[strip club]] later renamed as "Pleasures"), Smith met 86-year old [[petroleum]] tycoon [[J. Howard Marshall]], a [[billionaire]] as a result of his 16% ownership stake in [[Koch Industries]]. During their two-year affair that followed, he reportedly lavished expensive 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> 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, 26-year-old Smith and 89-year-old Marshall were married in Houston.<ref name = "Ancestry.com-Tx Marriage Collection"/> This resulted in a speculation that she married him for his money.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1320909 |title=Fame and Infamy Surround Anna Nicole Smith|publisher=[[ABC News]] |date=November 17, 2005 |accessdate=February 14, 2007}}</ref> She reportedly never lived with him, never had sex with him, or kissed him on the mouth more than ten times.<ref name="About">{{cite web |url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/annasmith.htm | title=The Marriages of Anna Nicole Smith | work=[[About.com]] |author =Sheri and Bob Stritof |accessdate=February 14, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070211175738/http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/annasmith.htm| archivedate= February 11, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Smith, however, maintained that she loved her husband, and age did not matter to her. Thirteen months after his marriage to Smith, on August 4, 1995, Marshall died in Houston at age 90.

===Inheritance court cases===
{{See also|Marshall v. Marshall|Stern v. Marshall}}
Even though Smith was not in the will of J. Howard Marshall, Smith claimed that, in return for marriage, J. Howard Marshall orally promised her half of his [[estate (law)|estate]], which primarily consisted of a 16% interest in [[Koch Industries]], then worth $1.6 billion. [[E. Pierce Marshall]], a son of J. Howard Marshall, disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J. Howard's other son, [[J. Howard Marshall III]], whom the elder Howard had disowned after he tried to take control of Koch Industries. Howard III also claimed that J. Howard Marshall had verbally promised him a portion of the estate; like Smith, Howard III was also left out of J. Howard's [[will (law)|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 | work=[[E! Online]] | date=March 8, 2001}}</ref>

In 1996, Smith filed for bankruptcy in California as a result of a $850,000 [[default judgment]] against her for the [[sexual harassment]] of a nanny that 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 | work=[[The Washington Post]] | last=Lane | first=Charles | authorlink=Charles Lane (journalist) | date=March 1, 2006}}</ref>


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>
In September 2000, a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge awarded Smith $449,754,134, the amount that the value of his interest in [[Koch Industries]] rose in value during their marriage.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/28/local/me-28008 | title=Judge Awards Guess Model $450 Million of Oil Estate | first=ANN W. | last=O'NEILL | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 28, 2000}}</ref>


===Court cases and bankruptcy===
However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury 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 the [[Federal judiciary of the United States]].<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}}</ref>
{{see also|Marshall v. Marshall{{!}}''Marshall v. Marshall''|Stern v. Marshall{{!}}''Stern v. Marshall''}}
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>


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&nbsp;billion. Smith's stepson [[E. Pierce Marshall]] disputed the claim. Smith temporarily joined forces with J.&nbsp;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>
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. However, on December 30, 2004, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [[9th Circuit Court of Appeals]] reversed the March 2002 decision, on the reasoning that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction to overrule this probate court 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 news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/ANNA-NICOLE-SMITH-1967-2007-Unlikely-icon-a-3323976.php | title=ANNA NICOLE SMITH: 1967-2007 / Unlikely icon a mix of glamour and tragedy / To many women her age, it's like losing a girlfriend | first=C.W. | last=Nevius | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=February 9, 2007}}</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}}</ref>


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>
In September 2005, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] decided to hear the appeal of that decision. The [[George W. Bush administration]] subsequently directed [[Paul Clement]], the [[United States Solicitor General]], to intercede on Smith's behalf out of an interest to expand federal court jurisdiction over state [[probate]] disputes.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10606237/ns/politics/t/white-house-lends-hand-anna-nicole/ | title=White house lends a hand to Anna Nicole | agency=[[Associated Press]] | publisher=[[NBC News]] | date=December 27, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://nypost.com/2005/12/27/bush-backs-buxom-blondes-big-bucks-battle/ | title=BUSH BACKS BUXOM BLONDE’S BIG-BUCKS BATTLE | first=Geoff | last=Earle | work=[[The New York Post]] | date=December 27, 2005}}</ref> On May 1, 2006, the Supreme Court announced its decision, in which it 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}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://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]] | date=May 1, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/05/01/anna-nicole-smith-wins-supreme-court-appeal.html | title=Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Appeal | first=Jane | last=Roh | work=[[Fox News]] | date=May 1, 2006}}</ref>


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&nbsp;million to cover the legal costs and expenses of E.&nbsp;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>
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}}</ref> Following his death, his widow, [[Elaine Tettemer Marshall]], pursued the case on behalf of his estate.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/people/anna-nicole-smith | title=Lifetime TV: Anna Nicole Smith | publisher=[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]}}</ref> The case was remanded to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] to adjudicate the remaining appellate issues not previously resolved.


In March 2002, a federal judge vacated the California bankruptcy court's ruling and issued a new ruling that reduced the award to $88&nbsp;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>
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}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In March 2010, an appeals court upheld the verdict cutting out 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}}</ref> Following the decision by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]], lawyers for the estate of Anna Nicole Smith requested the appeal be heard before the entire 9th circuit. However, 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]] | publisher=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> On September 28, 2010, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] agreed to hear the case.<ref>{{cite news | title=U.S. top court to hear Anna Nicole Smith estate case | url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-annanicole-court/u-s-top-court-to-hear-anna-nicole-smith-estate-case-idUKTRE68R4J520100928 | first=James | last=Vicini | work=[[Reuters]] | date=September 28, 2010}}</ref>


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>
On June 23, 2011, in the case of ''[[Stern v. Marshall]]'', the Supreme Court issued a ruling against the estate of Anna Nicole Smith, holding that the California bankruptcy court ruling that gave her estate $475 million was decided without [[subject-matter jurisdiction]]. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the ruling of the [[United States Court of Appeals for 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}}</ref>


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>
In 2011, Smith filed a motion in the [[United States district court]] to obtain $44 million in [[compensatory damages]] and to sanction the estate of [[E. Pierce Marshall]]. In August 2014, [[David O. Carter]], a federal U.S. District Court Judge in [[Orange County, California]], rejected these efforts.<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]] | publisher=[[NBC]] | date=August 20, 2014}}</ref>


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&nbsp;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&nbsp;million from the J.&nbsp;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>
===Addictions===
Smith was addicted to prescription medications.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} [[Psychiatrist]] Dr. Nathalie Maullin said she met Smith in April 2006 in [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]]. Maullin said Smith had [[borderline personality disorder]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154413604|title = Smith had personality disorder|publisher = MSN|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140303204730/http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154413604|archivedate = March 3, 2014|deadurl = yes}}</ref>


===Birth of daughter===
===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 that she believed that Smith had [[borderline personality disorder]], and was [[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>
{{Main|Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case}}
{{main|Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case}}
[[File:Anna Nicole Smith 164.jpg|thumb|upright|Smith in May 2003]]
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>
On June 1, 2006, Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip that was posted on her official website. "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>{{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqioG2lV6ug|title = Anna Nicole Smith is pregnant|publisher = Youtube|date = June 1, 2006|accessdate = August 11, 2010}}</ref>


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>
Though her announcement did not provide any details, in an interview with [[Larry King]] on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]'' after her daughter's birth and her son's death, Smith's longtime personal attorney [[Howard K. Stern]] said that he and Smith had been in a secret relationship for "a very long time" and that, due to the timing of the pregnancy, he was confident that he was the father of the baby.<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 | publisher=CNN | date=September 27, 2006 |accessdate=February 14, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210045645/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/smith.baby/index.html| archivedate= February 10, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Entertainment photographer [[Larry Birkhead]], steadfastly maintained 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 |accessdate=February 14, 2007 |publisher=Fox News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313051005/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C217358%2C00.html |archivedate=March 13, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> Smith's daughter, [[Dannielynn Birkhead|Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern]], was born September 7, 2006, in New Providence, The Bahamas.<ref>[http://tmz.com/2006/10/16/birth-certificate-for-anna-nicoles-baby/ "Birth Certificate for Anna Nicole's Baby"]. Tmz.com, October 16, 2006.</ref> The Bahamian [[birth certificate]] recorded the father as Howard K. 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|work = nationalledger.com|date = October 11, 2006|last = Atkins|first = Jill|accessdate = February 14, 2007|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054743/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=8991|archivedate=January 7, 2007 |deadurl = yes}}</ref>


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>
A judge in the United States ordered that [[DNA]] tests be performed to determine the biological father of Dannielynn. Following Smith's death, Debra Opri, the lawyer for Larry Birkhead, asked for an emergency DNA sample to be taken from her body. Smith's lawyer, Ron Rale objected strongly to this request.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://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 |accessdate=February 14, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070211174952/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/after-the-death-burial-by-blog/2007/02/09/1170524284742.html| archivedate= February 11, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref> The request was denied by a judge, who instead ordered Smith's body preserved until February 20.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17063518/ns/today-entertainment/t/judge-refuses-order-dna-test-smith | title= Judge refuses to order DNA test on Smith | agency=Associated Press | date=February 9, 2007 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}</ref>


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>
According to a story published in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', Donna Hogan, Smith's younger half-sister, has said that the model froze the sperm of her second husband, Marshall, prior to his death. The newspaper said that Hogan wrote in her unpublished manuscript about her sister, entitled ''Train Wreck'', that "To her family, she hinted that she had used the old man's frozen sperm, and would be giving birth to Howard Marshall's child".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/02/10/2007-02-10_old_man_and_the_seed_print.html |title=Old man and the seed? |work=New York Daily News |author1=Caruso, Michelle |author2=Siemaszko, Corky |date=February 9, 2007 |accessdate=February 17, 2007}}</ref> However, the publisher of Hogan's book described the newspaper's claims as a hoax.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21209167-5006301,00.html |title=Anna Nicole's paternity story 'a Hoax' |first=Stefanie |last=Balogh |publisher=[[news.com.au]] |date=February 11, 2007 |accessdate=February 14, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213065731/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0%2C22606%2C21209167-5006301%2C00.html |archivedate=February 13, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> On February 9, 2007, [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]'s husband [[Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt]] said that he had had a decade-long affair with Smith and could potentially be the father of her infant girl, Dannielynn.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213054347/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_125 |archivedate=February 13, 2007 |title=Gabor Husband may be Smith's baby's dad |date=February 9, 2007 |agency=Associated Press|accessdate=February 14, 2007}}</ref> Alexander Denk, a former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith, reportedly told the tabloid television program ''[[Extra (TV series)|Extra]]'' that he had had an affair with his former employer, and that it was possible he could be Dannielynn's 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 |publisher=Warner Bros. |accessdate=February 14, 2007}}</ref>


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>
After Smith's death, ''[[TMZ.com]]'' reported that Smith had been given a prescription for [[methadone]] under a false name while she was in her eighth month of pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://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 |publisher=TMZ | accessdate=February 14, 2006}}</ref> The Medical Board of California launched a review into the matter; the prescribing doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, said his treatment was "sound and appropriate."<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/17/local/me-doctor17 |title=Smith's doctor defends treatment |last=Proctor |first=Charles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2007 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}</ref>

On April 10, 2007, a Bahamian judge ruled Larry Birkhead, photographer, as the father of Dannielynn.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10433611|title=DNA results reveal father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=April 11, 2007}}</ref> DNA tests had established Birkhead as the father, with 99.99% certainty. Commenting on the revelation, Birkhead stated, "I hate to be the one to tell you this but, I told you so. I'm the father...My baby's going to be coming home pretty soon."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Turnquest |first=Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1040771120070410 |title=Birkhead is father of Anna Nicole's baby |publisher=Reuters |date= April 10, 2007|accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref> Birkhead subsequently applied for an amended birth certificate listing him as the father, which paved the way for him to obtain a passport for the baby to leave with him for the United States. Howard K. 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=Birkhead named baby's dad; Stern won't fight for custody |date=April 10, 2007 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=April 10, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070410222759/http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/10/smith.baby/index.html| archivedate= April 10, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Subsequent to the ruling, Birkhead returned to the United States with the baby.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/01/the-baby-has-landed/|title=The Baby Has Landed |date=May 1, 2007 |publisher=[[TMZ.com|TMZ]]}}</ref> Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, appealed the ruling but it was later 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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103092117/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=23ce4997-acc2-473e-a41e-460016d13f64 |archivedate=November 3, 2007 }}</ref>


===Death of son===
===Death of son===
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 half sister.<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 | agency=Associated Press | date=September 12, 2006 |accessdate=October 16, 2011}}</ref> After the coroner labeled the death "reserved", Smith hired [[forensic pathologist]] [[Cyril Wecht]] to perform a second [[autopsy]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15036342/ | title=Officials: Anna Nicole probe not closed | agency=Associated Press | date=September 29, 2006 |accessdate=February 14, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210060557/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15036342/| archivedate= February 10, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>
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>
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>


Daniel's [[death certificate]] was issued on September 21, 2006, so that he could be buried.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/22/entertainment/et-quick22.4 | title=Death certificate issued for Smith | agency=[[Associated Press]] | publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 21, 2006 | deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5MqhUYFda?url=http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html |archivedate=February 22, 2007 |df=mdy }}</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 [[funeral|memorial service]]. Daniel was buried at Lake View Cemetery in [[New Providence]], Bahamas, on October 19, 2006, almost six weeks after his death.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15334652/ns/today-entertainment/t/funeral-held-anna-nicole-smiths-son|title = Funeral Held for Anna Nicole Smith's Son|agency = Associated Press|accessdate = October 16, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080604072306/http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0921/anna_nicole_smith2_ap.html|archivedate=June 4, 2008 |dead-url = yes}}</ref> According to Howard K. Stern, Smith's longtime boyfriend, she was devastated over her son's death. "Anna and Daniel were inseparable. Daniel was without question the most important person in Anna's life," Stern told Florida Circuit Judge [[Larry Seidlin]] during his testimony in Smith's body custody trial: "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,'" Stern testified. "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 her son| work=recordonline.com | accessdate=April 20, 2007}}</ref> Howard K. Stern revealed 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," he added.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1536410_20012329,00.html | title=Howard K. Stern: Anna was my whole world|work=People | accessdate=April 20, 2007}}</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 | accessdate=June 16, 2007| archiveurl= 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/| archivedate= June 20, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref>
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>

Wecht announced on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' that the autopsy he performed showed that Daniel died from a lethal combination of antidepressants [[Zoloft]], [[Lexapro]], and the painkiller [[methadone]]. Wecht explained that methadone is used in the treatment of [[heroin addiction|heroin addiction and chronic pain]].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}


===Commitment ceremony with Stern===
===Commitment ceremony with Stern===
On September 28, 2006, Smith and [[Howard K. Stern]] exchanged their vows and rings in an informal commitment ceremony aboard the {{convert|41|ft|m|adj=on}} [[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 suit with white shirt. 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.msnbc.msn.com/id/15061612/| title=Anna Nicole Smith gets married, sort of | agency=Associated Press | date=September 29, 2006 |accessdate=February 14, 2007}}</ref>
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 did not create a legal marriage.<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&nbsp;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>

After the ceremony, they landed on the island of Sandy Cay where they had a party and celebrated with champagne and [[apple cider]] that had been brought over for the occasion by sailboat.<ref name="About"/>

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 news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1542771,00.html |title=Inside Anna Nicole's Surprise Ceremony |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] |date=October 5, 2006 |accessdate=February 14, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210091221/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1542771%2C00.html |archivedate=February 10, 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> The photos of their ceremony were sold through [[Getty Images]] to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine for around $1,000,000.<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 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210063026/http://gawker.com/news/people/people-pays-1m-for-pics-of-anna-nicoles-weddingsuffering-204844.php |archivedate=February 10, 2007 |deadurl=no |df=mdy }}</ref>


===Residency in the Bahamas===
===Residency in the Bahamas===
Smith and Stern were reportedly staying in [[The Bahamas]] to avoid [[DNA paternity testing|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 |accessdate=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 |archivedate=February 14, 2009 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> In late 2006, Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister [[Shane Gibson (politician)|Shane Gibson]]. On February 11, 2007, newspaper photographs were published 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 | publisher=[[Seattle Times]] | date=February 12, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070301202155/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/02/12/smith.bahamas.ap/index.html |archivedate=March 1, 2007 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Opposition politicians in the Bahamas accused the minister of improper behavior.<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|accessdate = February 11, 2007|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070214071121/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/news/CB-GEN-Bahamas-Anna-Nicole-Smith.php|archivedate = February 14, 2007 |deadurl = yes}}</ref> Gibson resigned as a result of the controversy and claimed that the photos, taken by Stern, were innocent.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17218958/ns/today-entertainment/t/bahamas-immigration-minister-resigns/ | title=Bahamas immigration minister resigns | agency=Associated Press | date=February 19, 2007| accessdate=February 19, 2007}}</ref>
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>


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 [[Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case|Gaither Ben Thompson]] of South Carolina. Thompson asserted that he loaned Smith the finances to purchase the property, but that she failed to repay the loan, and was attempting to regain control of the property.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216004703/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/celebrities/4549911.html |archivedate=February 16, 2007 |title=Official responds to bedroom photos with Anna Nicole|last=Melia |first=Michael |agency=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2007 |accessdate=February 13, 2007}}</ref> Thompson sued to evict Smith from the property in Bahama Court, and received a [[default judgment]] against her when she failed to respond to the eviction, or appear in court on November 28, 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/ |title=Court Orders Anna Nicole To Scram |publisher=tmz.com |last=Levin |first=Harvey |date=November 29, 2006 |accessdate=February 13, 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210114052/http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/29/court-orders-anna-nicole-to-scram/| archivedate= February 10, 2007 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Ford Shelley, son-in-law of G. Ben Thompson, claimed that [[methadone]] was found in Anna'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]] | deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222084354/http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/12/people_late_great/main2466142.shtml |archivedate=February 22, 2007 |df= }}</ref> A photograph provided by TMZ shows a large bottle of methadone along with vials of injectable vitamin B12 ([[cyanocobalamin]]) in her refrigerator and diet product Slimfast.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/11/annas-fridge-after-death-methadone-and-slim-fast/5 Anna's Death Fridge] ''tmz.com''</ref>
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 it.<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 labelled 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>


==Death and funeral==
==Death==
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> Smith's bodyguard and his wife, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] (CPR). Smith was taken to Hollywood's [[Memorial Regional Hospital (Florida)|Memorial Regional Hospital]], where she was pronounced dead, at the age of 39.<ref name = People/>
On February 8, 2007, Smith was found dead in Room 607 at the [[Hard Rock Cafe#Acquisition by the Seminole Tribe of Florida|Seminole]] [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]] in [[Hollywood, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Abby Goodnough and [[Margalit Fox]]|coauthors= |title=Anna Nicole Smith Dies at 39|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/arts/08cnd-smith.html|quote=Anna Nicole Smith, a former Playboy centerfold, actress and television personality who was famous, above all, for being famous, but also for being sporadically rich and chronically litigious, was found dead on Thursday in her suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Café Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. She was 39 and the cause of her death was not immediately known.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 8, 2007|accessdate=February 2, 2015}}</ref> Tasma Brighthaupt, a friend of Smith who was a trained emergency nurse, performed [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] for 15&nbsp;minutes until her husband, Maurice "Big Moe" Brighthaupt (Smith's friend and bodyguard)<ref name=ANS_Final_24>''Final 24'' A&E Biography Originally aired March 19, 2008</ref> took over CPR. He had driven back to the hotel after being notified by his wife of Smith's condition.<ref name=ANS_Final_24/> According to Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger, at 1:38&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]) Maurice Brighthaupt, who was also a trained paramedic, called the hotel front desk from Smith's sixth-floor room. The front desk in turn called security, who then called [[9-1-1|911]]. At 1:45&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]) the bodyguard administered [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] until paramedics arrived. At 2:10&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]), Smith was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced [[dead on arrival]] at 2:49&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]])


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>
A phone call involving Seminole police and the local 911 operators was released to the public on February 13, 2007. The call said, "We need assistance to Room 607 at the Hard Rock. It's in reference to a white female. She's not breathing and not responsive... actually, it's Anna Nicole Smith."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tape: "Shes not breathing. It's Anna Nicole" |publisher=[[Miami Herald]]|first=Wanda J |last=DeMarzo |date=February 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_features/0213_ans_911.mp3 Recording of call (MP3)]. Retrieved on February 14, 2007</ref>


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.
A seven-week investigation was led by Broward County Medical Examiner and Forensic Pathologist [[Joshua Perper]] in combination with the 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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331213201/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith |archivedate=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|date = |accessdate = April 12, 2015|website = [[The Smoking Gun]]|publisher = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091103200708/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report14.html|archivedate=November 3, 2009 |dead-url = yes}}</ref> The full investigative report has been made public and can be found online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/anna-nicole-smith-autopsy-released|title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released|work=The Smoking Gun}}</ref> Additionally, an official copy of the autopsy report was publicly released on March 26, 2007, and can be found [[Internet|online]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326071anna1.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released |publisher=Thesmokinggun.com |date=March 26, 2007 |accessdate=August 11, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326025129/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326071anna1.html| archivedate=March 26, 2010| deadurl= no}}</ref>
[[File:Anna Nicole Smith grave.jpg|thumb|Smith's grave in [[the Bahamas]], with her son Daniel and husband Marshall]]
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>
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>


===Smith's last will and testament===
Her death was ultimately ruled an accidental drug overdose of the sedative [[chloral hydrate]] that became increasingly lethal when combined with other prescription drugs in her system, specifically four [[benzodiazepine]]s: Klonopin ([[Clonazepam]]), Ativan ([[Lorazepam]]), Serax ([[Oxazepam]]), and Valium ([[Diazepam]]). Furthermore, she had taken Benadryl ([[Diphenhydramine]]) and [[Topamax]] (Topiramate), an anticonvulsant AMPA/Kainate antagonist, which likely contributed to the sedative effect of chloral hydrate and the benzodiazepines.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rxlist.com/topamax-drug.htm |title=Topamax (Topiramate) Drug Information: Side Effects and Drug Interactions – Prescribing Information at RxList | work=[[RxList]] |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401180413/http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/topiram_ad.htm |archivedate=April 1, 2007 }}</ref> Although the individual levels of any of the benzodiazepines in her system would not have been sufficient to cause death, their combination with a high dose of chloral hydrate led to her overdose. The autopsy report indicates that chloral hydrate was the "toxic/lethal" drug, but it is difficult to know whether chloral hydrate ingestion alone would have killed her, since Dr. Perper indicated (in the March 26 press conference) that she had built up a tolerance to the drug and took more than the average person. He indicated that she took about three tablespoons, whereas the normal dosage is between one and two teaspoons. Chloral hydrate, first synthesized in 1832, was the first depressant developed for the specific purpose of inducing sleep. The infamous "Mickey Finn" or "knockout drops" was a solution of alcohol and chloral hydrate that was popular in Victorian England and in that era's literature. When used properly, and without the introduction of alcohol or other depressants, chloral hydrate is effective in easing sleeplessness due to pain or insomnia. But according to Avis (1990), the effective dose and lethal dose of chloral hydrate are so close that the sedative should be considered dangerous. Today, the use of chloral hydrate has declined as other agents, including barbiturates and benzodiazepines, have largely replaced them.<ref>Furek, Maxim W. (2008). "The Death Proclamation of Generation X: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy of Goth, Grunge and Heroin." i-Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-595-46319-0}}</ref> Despite rumors of methadone use due to its involvement in Smith's son's death, Dr. Perper only found methadone in her [[bile]], indicating it could only have been ingested 2–3 days prior to her death and therefore was not a contributing factor.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released – March 26, 2007 pg. 12] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414002611/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326074report12.html |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.<ref>{{cite web|author =Time Waster |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0326071anna2.html |title=Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Released – March&nbsp;26, 2007 pg. 2 |publisher=Thesmokinggun.com |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref>
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 valued at $1.8&nbsp;million, with a $1.1&nbsp;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>


===Defamation lawsuit by Smith's mother===
It was reported that 8 of the 11 drugs in Smith's system, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to [[Howard K. 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 Elaine Eroshevich. Dr. Perper acknowledged that all 11 prescriptions were written by Dr. Eroshevich herself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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 |publisher=Tmz.com |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|journal=FoxNews|date=March 19, 2007|title=Anna Nicole Smith's Life of Lawyers, Drugs and Money|author = Roger Friedman|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/03/19/anna-nicole-smith-life-lawyers-drugs-and-money/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, Beverly Hills Psychiatrist Who Treated Anna Nicole Smith, Has License Suspended|date=April 2, 2012|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/dr-khristine-eroshevich-license-suspended_n_1399653.html|journal=Huffington Post|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
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>


==Acting credits==
Smith's funeral took place March 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/day-of-anna-nicoles-funeral/ |title=Day of Anna Nicole's Funeral |publisher=cbsnews.com |accessdate=February 13, 2014}}</ref> Her body began [[decomposition]] at a faster-than-normal pace before it was buried.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uslaw.com/us_law_article.php?a=297 |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles |publisher=Uslaw.com |accessdate=August 11, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100813074853/http://www.uslaw.com/us_law_article.php?a=297| archivedate= August 13, 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

===Smith's last will and testament===
Smith's will was executed on July 30, 2007 in [[Los Angeles]], California Attorney Eric Lund prepared Smith's will. Smith named Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children, and named Howard K. Stern executor of the estate.<ref>[http://www.edition.cnn.com./2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html?eref=rss_us "Smith Leaves Everything To Dead Son"]. CNN.com, February 22, 2007.</ref> It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real property valued at $1.8&nbsp;million (with a $1.1&nbsp;million mortgage) at the time of death. A petition to probate Smith's will was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The petition to probate lists Larry Birkhead as a party with interest to Anna's estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/14/anna-nicole-smiths-will-officially-filed/ |title=Anna Nicole Smith's Will Officially Filed |publisher=Tmz.com |date=May 14, 2007 |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}</ref>
A six-foot-long (1.8 m) black granite monument was installed at Smith's grave in the Bahamas in February 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annanicolesmithmonument.com |title=Anna Nicole Smith Monument |publisher=Evans Monument Company |date=December 10, 2008 |accessdate=August 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>[[Playboy Playmate|Playmate]] News; ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine; March 2009; Page 114.</ref>

==Appearances==


===Filmography===
===Filmography===
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! Role
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|1993
| ''Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith''
| Herself
| Video compilation
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''
| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''
| Za-Za
| Za-Za
| Film debut
| Theatrical film debut
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| ''[[Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]''
| ''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult]]''
| Tanya Peters
| Tanya Peters
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]] at [[15th Golden Raspberry Awards]]
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Edenquest: Anna Nicole Smith''
| Herself
| [[Pay-per-view]] film
|-
|-
| 1995
| 1995
| ''[[To the Limit (1995 film)|To the Limit]]''
| ''[[To the Limit (1995 film)|To the Limit]]''
| Colette Dubois
| Colette Dubois
| First starring role
|
|-
| 1995
| '' Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith''
| Herself
| [[Playboy Playmate]] profile
|-
|-
| 1996
| 1996
| ''[[Skyscraper (1996 film)|Skyscraper]]''
| ''[[Skyscraper (1996 film)|Skyscraper]]''
| Carrie Wink
| Carrie Wink
| Second leading role
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| ''Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed''
| ''Anna Nicole Smith: Exposed''
| Herself
| Herself
| [[Documentary]]
| Also credited as a director, writer and producer
|-
| 2000
| ''The Complete Anna Nicole Smith''
| Herself
| [[Documentary]]
|-
|-
| 2003
| 2003
| ''[[Wasabi Tuna]]''
| ''[[Wasabi Tuna]]''
| Herself
| Herself
| [[Independent film|Independent]] [[action comedy film]]
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Be Cool]]''
| Herself
| Final feature film
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson]]''
| Herself
| [[Celebrity]] [[Roast (comedy)|roast]] [[Television special|special]]
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
| ''[[Illegal Aliens (film)|Illegal Aliens]]''
| ''[[Illegal Aliens (film)|Illegal Aliens]]''
| Lucy
| Lucy
| (final film role); shot in 2005 (released [[List of works published posthumously|posthumously]])
| Final film role, released posthumously
|}
|}


===Television===
===Television===
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|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Role
! Role
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! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1995
| 1997
| ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]''
| ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]''
| Herself
| Herself
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| 1998
| 1998
| ''[[Sin City Spectacular]]''
| ''[[Sin City Spectacular]]''
| Herself
|
| Episode: "1.13
|

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|-
| 1999
| 1999
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| ''N.Y.U.K.''
| ''N.Y.U.K.''
| Dr. Anita Hugg
| Dr. Anita Hugg
| [[Anthology series]]
|
|-
|-
| 2002–2004
| 2002–2004
| ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]''
| ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]''
| Herself
| Herself
| [[Reality television|Reality]] [[sitcom]]
|
|-
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson]]''
| Herself (in audience)
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy]]''
| Herself (via satellite)
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Larry King Live]]''
| Herself
|
|}
|}


===Music videos===
===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Year
! Song
! scope="col" | Title
! Artist
! scope="col" | Artist(s)
! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
| 1993
| 1993
| [[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]
| "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]"
| [[Bryan Ferry]]
| [[Bryan Ferry]]
|<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>
|
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| [[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]
| "[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]"
| Anna Nicole Smith
| [[Marilyn Monroe]]
|<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>
| Remake of the Marilyn Monroe song. Music/lyrics by [[Cole Porter]]. Directed in France by Nicolaï Lo Russo.
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| You Win, I Lose
| "[[You Win, I Lose]]"
| [[Supertramp]]
| [[Supertramp]]
|<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>
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| [[Jumper (song)|Jumper]]
| "[[Jumper (Third Eye Blind song)|Jumper]]"
| [[Third Eye Blind]]
| [[Third Eye Blind]]
|<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>
|
|-
|-
| 2004
| 2004
| [[The New Workout Plan]]
| "[[The New Workout Plan]]"
| [[Kanye West]]
| [[Kanye West]]
|<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>
|
|}
|}


==Legacy==
==Awards and nominations==
''[[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]] would 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>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Work
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1995
| [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| ''[[Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]''
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2003
| [[2003 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]]
| [[The Anna Nicole Show]]
| "Choice Reality/Variety Female TV Star"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70551/2003-teen-choice-awards-nominees|title=2003 Teen Choice Awards Nominees|publisher="[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]"}}</ref>
| {{nominated}}
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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]] would 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>
==In popular culture==
* The opera ''[[Anna Nicole]]'' by [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]] premiered on February 17, 2011, at the [[Royal Opera House]], to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526|title=Anna Nicole Smith opera opens in London|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=February 18, 2011|accessdate=February 19, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320082910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12505526|archivedate= March 20, 2011|deadurl=no}}</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|accessdate=June 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2011/02/anna_nicole_the_opera.html "''Anna Nicole'', the opera] by [[Anne Midgette]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (February 17, 2011)</ref>
* In 2012, [[Richard Barone]] released "(She's A Real) Live Wire," inspired by Smith and featured in the documentary ''[[Addicted to Fame]]'' about the making of Smith's last film and her final days.<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shes-a-real-live-wire/id580332596?i=580332608|title="(She's a Real) Live Wire" – Single by Richard Barone|publisher=Itunes.apple.com|date=November 27, 2012|accessdate=January 21, 2014}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:52, 5 January 2025

Anna Nicole Smith
Smith in 2005
Born
Vickie Lynn Hogan

(1967-11-28)November 28, 1967
DiedFebruary 8, 2007(2007-02-08) (aged 39)
Cause of deathCombined drug intoxication
Other names
  • Vickie Lynn Smith
  • Vickie Lynn Marshall
     (married name)
  • Nikki Hart
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • television personality
Years active1992–2007
Spouses
  • Billy Wayne Smith
    (m. 1985; div. 1993)
  • (m. 1994; died 1995)
Children2
Playboy centerfold appearance
May 1992
Preceded byCady Cantrell
Succeeded byAngela Melini
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1993
Preceded byCorinna Harney
Succeeded byJenny 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

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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).[2] Smith attended Mexia High School, transferring there from a Houston school. She 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

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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.[5] Smith was featured on the cover of Marie Claire, shot by Peter Lindbergh in October 1993, and in GQ magazine.[6]

Endorsements

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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 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

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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.[9] She gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22, 1986. Smith and her husband separated the following year, and 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

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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

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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 that she believed that Smith had borderline personality disorder, and was 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

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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.[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

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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 did not create a legal marriage.[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

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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 it.[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 labelled methadone, vials of injectable vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), and numerous bottles of diet product SlimFast.[66]

Death

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On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.[67] Smith's bodyguard and his wife, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Smith was taken to Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, at 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.

Smith's grave in the Bahamas, with her son Daniel and husband Marshall

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

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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.[74] It indicated personal property valued at $10,000 and real estate 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

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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.[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

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
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+13: 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

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 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

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Year Title Artist(s) Ref.
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

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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.[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 would 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 would star as Kapoor in an upcoming film based on the book, titled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.[92]

References

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