Anna Nicole Smith has died according to ABC News

[A Citizen Reporter]

Say, I think I see HKS sitting there, nobody is talking to him, (except his attorneys)

Where's his sister, Bonnie? Does he have other family there?

[ken5050]

It would be AFTER the estate taxes are paid. Rest assured, that as the court case on the inheritence from her husband goes forward, the IRS has already filed a lien on the estate.IOW..Assume..using round numbers, that she inherits $800mill...figure $350 mil for taxes...so the estate is $450 mill...now, if the daughter is the sole beneficiary, and inherits, does it get whacked again by the government..no..their are generation skipping provisions in the code..

I figure that whatever $$ ANS end up inheriting..figure that 40% goes for estate taxes, 20% for legal fees, another 10% for future psychiatric bills for the baby..

[Arizona Carolyn]

If so, and if she is a nice person, how wonderful if he is proven to be the father and she could have a stable family upbringing. What do we know about Birkhead's background?

[maggief]

Years ago James Brown and entourage were staying just down the hall from me at a hotel. One evening there was a HUGE argument coming from the direction of his room. A woman was screaming, "Caught you again, James ...cheating on me with another woman." Something to that effect. It was intense.

[ken5050]

It's his lawyer...get a prenup, dude..

[ken5050]

LOL..You obviously didn't use your frequent flyer point to upgrade your room...

[Arizona Carolyn]

If he manages to settle the paternity question before they all leave this mess, they can appeal all they want, at least Dannielynn will know who's her daddy.

[toldyou]

LOL! You said it before I did!

[maggief]

I had my ear on a glass up to door until it ran through my mind that gunfire may be exchanged. It was quite a violent exchange. :)

[redgirlinabluestate]

But which came first? The addiction or the enabler.

The addiction

I'm not so sure about that. I think both are intertwined. The guy who was ANS's manager during the Playboy and Guess era (who has a book on ANS coming out this week!) said she was perfectly normal, lucid, non-addicted during that time period and then Howard came into her life. Of course, she probably used/abused drugs and alcohol all her life, but the addiction followed Howard entering her life. Use and addiction are two separate things. IMHO HKS was instrumental in the initiation of her addiction, if not very closely linked.

[A Citizen Reporter]

ARRGH. Just when the judge was going to open his mouth.

[Southerngl]

THE FEED IS DOWN!!!

So anyone watching MSNBC can do a play by play????

[sodpoodle]

Can't think of his name, but he wrote the book "Big Beautiful Doll" about ANS.

I believe it's Eric Redding per info from previous post.