Anna Nicole Smith, age 39, was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital after being found unconscious in her hotel room.
Anna Nicole, whose legal name was Vickie Lynn Marshall, had weathered some difficult times of late, including a tempestuous struggle in the United States Supreme Court for access to her deceased husband’s fortune,
the death in September of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Wayne Smith,
a pending paternity suit over her infant daughter, and just this week,
being named in a class-action lawsuit against TrimSpa, the diet-pill company for which she was a spokeswoman.
Anna Nicole, whose legal name was Vickie Lynn Marshall, had weathered some difficult times of late, including a tempestuous struggle in the United States Supreme Court for access to her deceased husband’s fortune,
the death in September of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Wayne Smith,
a pending paternity suit over her infant daughter, and just this week,
being named in a class-action lawsuit against TrimSpa, the diet-pill company for which she was a spokeswoman.
The Texas-born Smith was a topless dancer at strip club before she entered her photos in a search contest and made the cover of Playboy magazine in 1992. She became Playboy's playmate of the year in 1993. She was also signed to a contract with Guess jeans, appearing in TV commercials, billboards and magazine ads. In a statement, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said: "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally."
In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II,
owner of Great Northern Oil Co.
In 1992, Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at $550 million.
Through the '90s and into the new century, Anna was famous for being a pop-culture punchline because of her up-and-down weight, her Marilyn Monroe looks, her exaggerated curves, her little-girl voice, her ditzy-blonde persona, and her over-the-top revealing outfits.
She starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show,"
in 2002-2004. Cameras followed her around as she sparred with her lawyer, hung out with her personal assistant and interior decorator, and cooed at her poodle, Sugar Pie. She also appeared in movies, performing bit parts. On her reality show and other recent TV appearances,
her speech was often slurred and she seemed out of it.
The preceding is not how I want to remember Anna Nicole. Despite her erratic behavior, I believe she was a lonely soul who was merely in search of returned love. She was a beautiful person in more than just the obvious way, and this is how I am going to remember her.
In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II,
owner of Great Northern Oil Co.
In 1992, Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at $550 million.
Through the '90s and into the new century, Anna was famous for being a pop-culture punchline because of her up-and-down weight, her Marilyn Monroe looks, her exaggerated curves, her little-girl voice, her ditzy-blonde persona, and her over-the-top revealing outfits.
She starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show,"
in 2002-2004. Cameras followed her around as she sparred with her lawyer, hung out with her personal assistant and interior decorator, and cooed at her poodle, Sugar Pie. She also appeared in movies, performing bit parts. On her reality show and other recent TV appearances,
her speech was often slurred and she seemed out of it.
The preceding is not how I want to remember Anna Nicole. Despite her erratic behavior, I believe she was a lonely soul who was merely in search of returned love. She was a beautiful person in more than just the obvious way, and this is how I am going to remember her.
November 28, 1967 - February 8, 2007
6 Comments:
That was nice. I'm glad you put that up.
Definitely with Samuraifrog as it was shocking news when I heard yesterday, and really haven't had a chance to ponder it fully.
wierd when our celebrity family dies... I mean we lived her life with her, however exciting, however tragic, we lived it with her.... it was a shocker, but not... I hope she is finally at peace...
As do I. Thanks for the requiem.
Ditto, on all thoughts.
That's all I have to say about that.
Jaysus! Now I feel bad for making fun of her.
Bad me!
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