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   > Anna Nicole Smith Dies At 39   
   >   
   > Police Say Cause Of Death Has Yet To Be Determined   
   >   
   > Slideshow: Anna Nicole Smith's Odd Life   
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   > (CBS) MIAMI Anna Nicole Smith, the voluptuous former Playboy centerfold   
   > who   
   > married an octogenarian billionaire and waged a legal battle for his   
   > fortune all   
   > the way to the Supreme Court, died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel.   
   > She was   
   > 39.   
   >   
   > The blond bombshell-who recently became tabloid fodder all over again   
   > after the   
   > sudden, apparently drug-related death of her 20-year-old son-was stricken   
   > while   
   > staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and was rushed to a   
   > hospital.   
   >   
   > Edwina Johnson, chief investigator of the Broward County Medical   
   > Examiner's   
   > Office, said the cause of death was under investigation and an autopsy   
   > would be   
   > done on Friday.   
   >   
   > A private nurse called 911 after finding Smith unresponsive in her   
   > sixth-floor   
   > room, said Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger. He said Smith's bodyguard   
   > administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation about an hour before she was   
   > declared   
   > dead.   
   >   
   > Through the '90s and into the new century, Smith was famous for being   
   > famous, a   
   > pop-culture punchline because of her up-and-down weight, her exaggerated   
   > curves,   
   > her little-girl voice, her ditzy-blonde persona, and her over-the-top   
   > revealing   
   > outfits.   
   >   
   > The curvaceous 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, captivating readers with her Marilyn Monroe looks. 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, the   
   > head of   
   > oil-based Koch Industries, which is part of a family fortune worth at   
   > least $400   
   > million. He died in 1995 at age 90, setting off a feud with her former   
   > stepson,   
   > E. Pierce Marshall, over whether she had a right to his 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 in her battle with her former stepson.   
   >   
   > The stepson died June 20 at age 67. But the family said the court fight   
   > would   
   > continue.   
   > More recently, Smith's ballooning figure and up-and-down weight became a   
   > subject   
   > of public fascination. But she lost a reported 69 pounds and became a   
   > spokeswoman for TrimSpa, a weight-loss supplement.   
   >   
   > She starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show," in   
   > 2002-04.   
   > 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 a bit part in "The Hudsucker   
   > Proxy" in   
   > 1994.   
   >   
   > After news came of Smith's death, G. Eric Brunstad Jr., the lawyer who   
   > represented Marshall, said in a statement: "We're very shocked by the news   
   > and   
   > extend the deepest condolences to her family."   
   >   
   > Smith's son, Daniel Smith, died Sept. 10 in his mother's hospital room in   
   > the   
   > Bahamas, just days after she gave birth to a daughter.   
   >   
   > An American medical examiner hired by the family, Cyril Wecht, said he had   
   > methadone and two antidepressants in his system when he died. Low levels   
   > of the   
   > three drugs interacted to cause an accidental death, Wecht said. Last   
   > month, a   
   > Bahamas magistrate scheduled a formal inquiry into the death for March 27.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, the paternity of her now 5-month-old daughter remained a matter   
   > of   
   > dispute. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as attorney   
   > Howard K.   
   > Stern, Smith's most recent companion. Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead   
   > was   
   > waging a legal challenge, saying he was the father.   
   >   
   > Debra Opri, the attorney who filed his paternity suit, said Birkhead "is   
   > devastated. He is inconsolable, and we are taking steps now to protect the   
   > DNA   
   > testing of the child. The child is our number one priority."   
   >   
   > She was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six   
   > children   
   > of Donald Eugene and Virgie Hart Hogan. She married Bill Smith in 1985,   
   > giving   
   > birth to Daniel before divorcing two years later.   
   >   
   > "From my professional exposure to Anna Nicole, I can say she was always   
   > personable, down to earth and driven. All in all, a joy to have as a   
   > client,"   
   > said Wayne Munroe, her Bahamian lawyer who has overseen the aftermath of   
   > her son's   
   > mysterious death in Nassau   
   >   
      
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