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New Claims: Anna Nicole's Hidden Illness
Disneyland Pal Says She Suffered From Lupus

(CBS) A man who said he was a longtime friend of Anna Nicole Smith said the ex-Playmate suffered from the autoimmune disease lupus.

"I never told anyone this," Frank Rodriguez told "The Insider" in an exclusive interview. "She asked me to swear I would never, ever ever tell anybody."

Rodriguez said he is speaking out now because he doesn't like people calling the late starlet "a drug addict."

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http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/27/people_late_great/main2521822.shtml

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Anna Nicole's Friend Claims She Had Lupus

http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/spotlight/47188/


Photo: Frank Rodriguez

[Jrabbit]

Well, Frank, maybe she lied. Lupus sounds better than "I'm so drugged up I can't function like a normal person". Generates a lot more sympathy, too!