Anna Nicole Smith
- Profession: Model
- Place/Date of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA, 28 November 2020
- Date of Death: 08 February 2021
The cause of the 39-year-old’s death in a
Outside court, Stern stood side-by-side with Anna Nicole’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, his rival in a separate legal fight over who fathered Dannielynn.
Richard Milstein, the lawyer representing the baby’s interests, said the model’s final resting place should be in the
"Our intention is that the burial will take place next to her son Daniel," he said.
The 20-year-old died in September as he visited his mother in the hospital where she had given birth to her daughter just three days earlier.
Judge ’to rule in days on Anna Nicole remains’ - Feb 22 2007
A judge has promised to rule by Friday on who should get custody of former Playboy Anna Nicole Smith’s body, amid fears that her corpse was decomposing so fast an open casket funeral would not be possible.
Anna Nicole’s estranged mother, who is battling the star’s companion Howard Stern over the remains, now also wants to exhume her grandson Daniel from the
For the second day the medical examiner called the courtroom in
Although it was still in good condition, a decision was needed soon if it was going to be presentable for a public viewing, Dr Joshua Perper warned.
Her body was embalmed at the weekend but that only slows the process of deterioration, which begins at the moment of death, meaning the body could have unsightly marks.
Dr Perper said Judge Larry Seidlin’s pledge to conclude the case on Friday would be acceptable.
Judge: Let Anna Nicole rest in peace - Feb 20 2007
As the row over Anna Nicole Smith’s burial continues, a judge has called for her to rest in "peace and tranquility".
The long-distance battles over what to do with the former Playboy Playmate’s body -- and the paternity of her young daughter -- are still rumbling on in courtrooms in
Anna Nicole’s estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, and boyfriend, Howard Stern, appeared in
Stern’s lawyers were also set to argue in
Almost two weeks after the model died in
Judge Larry Seidlin said: "This is very important to me - to carry out what Anna Nicole wanted."
Without written proof of her own wishes, the judge will be forced to hear testimony from those who claim to know what the reality TV star wanted.
"We’re trying to balance the rights and respect of a body that wants peace and tranquility," he said last week.
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Although she had aspirations to become ’the next Marilyn Monroe’, Vickie began working at Jim’s Krispy Fried Chicken where she met her first husband, Billy Wayne Smith. They married when Vickie was just seventeen. The next year she gave birth to their son Daniel and in 1987 seperated from her husband, finding work as an exotic dancer in Houston.
Whilst working as a stripper she met elderly millionaire J. Howard Marshall, with whom she began a relationship despite the sixty three year age gap. In 1994 the couple married amid much tabloid excitement. Marshall died thirteen months later, leaving nothing to his young wife.
In the interim Vickie, now going by the name Anna Nicole Smith, appeared on the front cover of Playboy, being made Playmate of the Year by Hugh Hefner. She bagged a deal with Guess?, replacing supermodel Claudia Schiffer and finding herself a household name. Meanwhile Anna Nicole battled Marshall’s sons in the courts for her share of her late husbands millions, however she was eventually bankrupted and ordered to pay $1million dollars in fees. She was again given the right to fight for her entitlement following the death of her stepson.
Anna Nicole’s acting career was much less publicised than her marriage, although she appeared in high profile films The Hudsucker Proxy and Naked Gun 33 1/3. Her bigger roles came in smaller films such as To The Limit and Skyscraper and on television, appearing as herself in wacky reality TV series The Anna Nicole Show. She later apeared in Be Cool and Wasabi Tuna.
On September 7 2006 Anna Nicole gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, claiming the father was her lawyer Howard K Stern, although her ex boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, claimed the child as his. Three days later her son, Daniel, died of an apparent drug overdose while visiting his mother and half sister in hospital. Later that same month Anna Nicole and Howard K Stern exchanged vows in a commitment ceremony in the Bahamas.
On February 8 2007, the day after a date for a paternity test on her daughter had been set, Anna Nicole collapsed at a hotel in Florida and later died. An autopsy has yet to determine the cause of death.
updated February 2007
December 2007