Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 (CBS) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. On Friday, we might get some answers about what killed Anna Nicole Smith. The sudden death if the curvaceous beauty was not only stunning, but it's also the beginning of a battle over her baby and her fortune. Sources tell CBS 2's Scott Weinberger that investigators found illegal narcotics as well as prescription medications in Anna Nicole's Florida hotel room. Sources also tell CBS 2 that investigators removed eight bags of evidence from her hotel room. An autopsy was in progress at the Broward Co. Medical Examiner's Office. A toxicology report will determine if the drugs played a role in her death, and an autopsy is scheduled for this morning. Sources in Florida tell CBS 2's Tamsen Fadal that if Anna Nicole died of natural causes, the autopsy results could be released quickly. However, definitive test results could take weeks. Of course, Anna Nicole's tragedy evokes memories of her idol, Marilyn Monroe, who died from a drug overdose at age 36. Vergie Arthur, Anna Nicole's mother, blamed drugs for her daughter's death. "I tried to warn her about drugs and the people that she hung around with. She didn't listen," Arthur said in a television interview. "She was too drugged up," Arthur said. "By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted." Anna Nicole's last appearance on television was one month ago. She appeared with her husband, Howard K. Stern at a boxing match at the very same hotel where she was found unconscious -- the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla. According to eyewitness Elizabeth Martinez, "We just see the ambulance. They pushed her in -- just shove her in really fast." Police said that Anna Nicole's bodyguard called the hotel operator to get help to her sixth floor room after a nurse traveling with the former Playboy Playmate and her husband found her unresponsive. Smith was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors said she was dead on arrival. Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said, "The cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner." On Thursday, Medical Examiner Joshua Pepper said, "Sometimes the findings are very obvious at the time when the autopsy is done. Sometimes the finding is more subtle and requires additional microscopic and chemical examination." A Life In The Spotlight Most of Anna Nicole Smith's sensational life was spent in the spotlight. The busty Texas-born beauty was a topless dancer at strip club before she made the cover of Playboy magazine in 1992. She captivated readers with her Marilyn Monroe looks, and in 1993, she became Playboy's "Playmate of the Year." Anna Nicole was also signed a contract with Guess Jeans, appearing in TV commercials, billboards and magazine ads. In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall. His death in 1995 sparked a feud over his fortune with Marshall's son. The California Supreme Court awarded $474 million to Smith, but it was later overturned. In May 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court. In September, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel died in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas. A mixture of drugs was to blame. His death came just days after she gave birth to a daughter. There is still a question of who the father is. "I just feel horrible for Danielynn that her mom is not around. And Anna was a great mom. I don t care what you hear, she was a great mom," said Smith's lawyer, Ron Rale. "She went through a lot of heartache in her life and it was hard for her to deal with it," said Tal Weissman, Anna Nicole's former makeup artist. Of course, the bigger question remains: What happened Thursday that left Anna Nicole Smith dead at the age of 39? The Latest News --Sources tell CBS 2 that drugs were found in Anna Nicole's hotel room -- both narcotics and prescription meds. --An autopsy is scheduled for today. --There's also an emergency paternity hearing scheduled in Los Angeles today. We still don't know who the father of her baby is and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Footage of Anna's death http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=726f2c9700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Our Hollywood, Florida source visited the Hard Rock Hotel today and picked up a little information about Anna Nicole's time there. Hotel sources say that when Anna arrived a few days ago she was "out of it" and slurring her words and she stayed that way during her visit. Also it seemed that Anna was REALLY dreading the court ordered blood test for her baby - and her reasons might be far more complicated that we assumed. Someone actually speculated that the baby might not have been fathered by either Larry Birkhead OR Howard Stern. Keep in mind this is pure speculation, but this person implied that the baby could have been fathered by someone very close to Anna - someone like her own son Daniel. It's a horrible thought, but remember, Anna lived in a different world than most of us. Hopefully, the eventual blood test will prove this rumor wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Chance brought us together, our love couldn't keep us apart. We loved, we laughed, we shared a connection that couldn't be broken, regardless of the challenges. I loved her in life and I will love her long after. Our daughter, Dannnielynn is a constant reminder of the love we shared and the life that we desired. My heart is broken, my tears are endless. She called me her angel, I called her my sweet potato, and every night before we went to sleep, she made me say to her........... "GOODNIGHT MY SWEET ANNA BABY" ANNA NICOLE SMITH 1967-2007 -Larry Birkhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Anna Nicole Smith's Mother Blames Drugs Anna Nicole Smith's mother blames drugs By SUZETTE LABOY, Associated Press Writer The mother of former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith blamed drugs Friday for her daughter's sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life at just 39. "I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny (Smith's late son)," her mother, Vergie Arthur, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday. "I tried to warn her about drugs and the people she hung around with. She didn't listen. "She was too drugged up." Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, said the one-time reality TV star had been ill for several days with a fever and was still depressed over the death five months earlier of her 20-year-old son from what a private medical examiner determined was a combination of methadone and two antidepressants. On Thursday, authorities say, a private nurse found Smith unconscious in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and called 911. A bodyguard performed CPR, Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said, but Smith was declared dead at a hospital. Later Thursday, two sheriff's deputies carried out at least eight brown paper bags sealed with red evidence tape from Smith's hotel room. Edwina Johnson, chief investigator for the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, said the cause of death was under investigation and an autopsy would conducted Friday. If Smith died of natural causes, the findings will likely be announced quickly, but definitive results could take weeks, said Dr. Jose Perper, who was to perform the autopsy. "I am not a prophet, and I cannot tell you before the autopsy what I am going to find," he said. Smith's son's death in the Bahamas on Dec. 10 came just a few days after she gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, whose custody remains in dispute. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as attorney Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion, who Rale said was with Smith at the hotel and was too choked up to talk when he called Rale with the news. Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead is waging a legal challenge, saying he is the father. A hearing was scheduled in Los Angeles on Friday at which lawyers were expected to discuss an emergency motion filed by Birkhead's attorney seeking DNA from Smith's body, her attorney Rale said. The reasons for the motion were not immediately clear, but an attorney for Stern, James T. Neavitt, was frustrated. "There's no question about her being the mother," he said. "So what's the purpose of the DNA testing? Why do they need her DNA?" Debra Opri, the attorney who filed Birkhead's paternity suit, said only that doctors told her to get a DNA sample, declining to elaborate. She said Birkhead was devastated. "He is inconsolable, and we are taking steps now to protect the DNA testing of the child. The child is our No. 1 priority," she said. The baby was being cared for in the Bahamas by the mother of Shane Gibson, the Bahamian immigration minister who is a close friend of Smith's, People magazine reported on its Web site, citing unidentified sources. A visibly shaken Gibson declined comment as he was leaving his office Thursday night, and he has not responded to several message left by The Associated Press seeking comment. Through the '90s and into the 21st century, Smith was famous for being famous, 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. Recently, she lost a reported 69 pounds and became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, a weight-loss supplement. In recent TV appearances, her speech was often slurred and she seemed out of it. Some critics said she seemed drugged-out. "Undoubtedly it will be found at the end of the day that drugs featured in her death as they did in the death of poor Daniel," said Michael Scott, a former attorney for Smith in the Bahamas. Rale said he had talked to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, and she had flu symptoms and a fever and was still grieving over her son. He dismissed claims her death was related to drugs as "a bunch of nonsense." "Poor Anna Nicole," he said. "She's been the underdog. She's been besieged ... and she's been trying her best and nobody should have to endure what she's endured." The Texas-born Smith was a topless dancer at a strip club before she 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 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, owner of Great Northern Oil Co. After his death the following year, she engaged in a protracted legal fight with her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, over whether she had a right to the estate. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million. That was later overturned. But in May, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court. The stepson died June 20 at age 67, but the family said the court fight would continue. Smith starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show," in 2002-04. She also appeared in movies, performing a bit part in "The Hudsucker Proxy" in 1994. Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children. Her parents split up when she was a toddler, and she was raised by her mother, a deputy sheriff. She dropped out after 11th grade after she was expelled for fighting, and worked as a waitress and then a cook at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken restaurant in Mexia. She married 16-year-old fry cook Bill Smith in 1985, giving birth to Daniel before divorcing two years later. ___ AP Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch in Los Angeles and Associated Press Writers Sarah Larimer in Hollywood, Fla., and Ana Beatriz Cholo in Los Angeles contributed to this report. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_...na_nicole_smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 On this occasion, I have to defer to Rosie's comments. I know a lot of people were tired of seeing her on Entertainment Tonight. I rolled my eyes the day she died to see her in another sit down interview. I thought to myself how disoriented she looked. I pray that I never surround myself around a bunch of people who don't have my well being in mind. Her grief should've private and not tabloid fodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 The mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith predicted that the fight over her granddaughter Dannielynn would get "ugly," and dismissed Anna Nicole's rags-to-riches self-portrayal as mere myth-making. In an interview on "Good Morning America," a disconsolate, almost disgusted Virgie Arthur described Anna Nicole as "wild and crazy," and reiterated that she'd warned her daughter to stop using drugs. She added that she "really sincerely" worries about five-month-old Dannielynn, and wants her to be with her father -- whoever that might be. When asked about the pending paternity battle, Arthur agreed that it would get ugly. Curiously, Arthur also took the opportunity to debunk the myth that Anna Nicole's rise to fame was a classic rags-to-riches tale. "Why do you tell people stuff like that?" Arthur said she asked Anna Nicole. "I'll do whatever it takes," replied Anna Nicole. "If my name's out there, I make money." Her mom and sister strike me as too many fill in the blanks and none of them nay good ...they bashed her mecrilessly when she was alive; so much for exuding a certain amount of restraint in death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 It would explain why the baby's name is Dannilynn... But I think that is too odd, even for Anna. Wouldn't the baby have deformities from incest? The baby looks normal from the pics I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brandeis Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 That was one of the rumors I read yesterday and it made me cringe. I wasn't about to repeat it. The possibility is greatly increased but not guaranteed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drew Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 That rumor's been one thats been out there for a while, and could definitely be a reason why she didn't want her DNA tested. Anna and Daniel always had an oddly close relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brandeis Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I know but I wasn't comfortable reading about it, let alone discussing it, so quickly after her death. At one site it was dredged up about 15 minutes after CNN broke the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R3dheartz Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I actually took an anthropology class last year as an elective and we actually talked about incest. My teacher said breeding with someone you are related to is like a double edged sword, you could get the best of all the qualities or it could totally wrong. (kind of like how the bred dogs, some turn out great some like my pure bred doxsen have a 2 missing toes (claws i guess) a huge over bite and a few abnormalities, (I still love him though)) Now I am not sure about parent/child sibling/sibling babies, but I know world wide many first cousins are married and it is looked upon as normal (in africa) My teacher said the US is more critical of it than other cultures and it is looked down upon. Basically what I got it that there is greater chances of having a baby with no abnormalities than having them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brandeis Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 There's a book by Oliver Saks you might enjoy (most of his books are an interesting read). I can't remember the title but it's about a small isolated population on a tropical island and most of them are blind. Back to ANS. Apparently e-Bay is going through a massive frenzy over ANS memorabilia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tishy Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 The thought of Daniel being the father is just icky. I really don't even want to contemplate it. Yes they were close. So what? They only had each other for so long. They just had a press conference. No DNA test today. Apparently Birkhead wants ANS' DNA so that they don't produce a random baby and completely show that the baby isn't his. Also the judge is worried about jurisdiction. THis may be decided in the Bahamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_...na_nicole_smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brandeis Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I saw this on MSNBC. It's getting more incredible as each day, no each hour, passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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