Anna Nicole Smith has died according to ABC News

[kcvl]

Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., and was rushed to a hospital on Thursday. A Hollywood, Fla., fire department spokesman told MSNBC TV that the actress was unresponsive when the rescue unit arrived on the scene.

Sources confirmed to Access Hollywood that Smith was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. EST on Thursday. Access Hollywood also is reporting that Smith was intubated at the scene.

Officials told the Miami Herald, "it does not look good."

[mom4kittys]

Good work!

[stlnative]

The thing about the baby and Larry - both do not have protruding foreheads - the top of the nose comes straight down off the forehead on both of them. There is no inward dent on the nose on both of them between the eyes. Anna & Howard both have an inward dent between the eyes on the nose.

[TexKat]

Howard K. Stern, will he crash and burn?

Things aren't looking to good for Howard K. Stern in the battle for custody of Dannielynn. After much controversy over a video surfaced with Stern behind the camera taping an obviously drugged up Anna Nicole Smith with her face painted like a clown. Oh yeh, and she was 8 months pregnant.

Now, Stern's own "team" is starting to crumble. His sister says that Smith told her she didn't know who the baby's father was.

"When I spoke to (Smith) in March, when she found out she was pregnant, I took her shopping, and she told me the baby was due in mid-October, and that one other person could have been the father and that was Larry Birkhead, but nobody else," Bonnie Stern said.

In addition, Stern can't remove Dannielynn from the country due to an injunction at the hands of Anna Nicole's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur. Arthur has been vocal against Stern claiming her killed her daughter and grandson by leading them to drugs.

Larry Birkhead has also filed a lawsuit in the Bahamas saying that Dannielynn's birth certificate that lists Howard K. Stern as her father is a fraud.

Even worse for Stern, Arthur and Birkhead have practically teamed up together. Birkhead served as her witness in the custody battle over Smith's remains, and Arthur has thrown her support behind Birkhead for custody of Dannielynn saying she wants "...Larry to have custody of the child."

It looks like Howard's fun days of mushroom trips and methadone popping have ended. Now what will happen with Dannielynn? Can Stern possibly retain custody?

Only time will tell.

http://gaysocialites.com/2007/02/howard_k_stern_will_he_crash_a.html

[TexKat]

Let the custody battle for Dannielynn begin


Monday will kick off a battle in the Bahama's between friends and relatives of the late Playboy model, Anna Nicole Smith. Smith, of course, leaves behind a 5-month old daughter named Dannielynn who could stand to inherit a billion dollars.

Fighting for custody are Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, estranged mother Virgie Arthur and the man who is listed on Dannielynn's birth certificate as her father - Howard K. Stern.

Larry Birkhead is the most likely father of the child, but he may struggle to get custody. He first must get a judge in the Bahamas to order Dannielynn for a paternity test, then he will be required to obtain custody as well.

Virgie Arthur is the baby's closest to kin. Her best chance at getting custody seems to be if none of the men who have come forward match DNA with the baby. Meanwhile, she has already started a war against Howard K. Stern in hopes of taking Dannielynn back to Texas.

Being listed as Dannielynn's father on her birth certificate may give Howard K. Stern an edge on the pack. If a judge refuses to require a paternity test, then Stern simply has to maintain custody. His best chance at loosing is if the other two can prove that he was supplying Anna Nicole and Daniel Wayne Smith with the drugs that likely killed them.

The paternity hearing is expected to come to heads this week, as the court appointed attorney hopes to finalize arrangements to lay Smith to rest by Tuesday.

http://gaysocialites.com/2007/02/let_the_custody_battle_for_dan.html

[A Citizen Reporter]

Thanks for that link.

""When I spoke to (Smith) in March, when she found out she was pregnant, I took her shopping, and she told me the baby was due in mid-October, and that one other person could have been the father and that was Larry Birkhead, but nobody else," Bonnie Stern said."

Cute Bonnie, but nobody thinks you are credible. And, by the way, why do you, Bonnie, need a publicist?

[RummyChick]

There were reports that Howard was making comments during the birth that this is what she had been waiting 8 months for..maybe the baby was early.

[A Citizen Reporter]

a Billion $$!!!

[mom4kittys]

I'm definitely convinced!

[stlnative]

I'll probably be slammed for this - but Aniston & Birkhead would make a great couple. They could raise DannieLynn together!

[mom4kittys]

They would make a pretty pair wouldn't they?
Thanks for the picture of Aniston. That's the haircut I want next time I have a hair appointment.

[toldyou]

All I can say is OMG!

[RummyChick]

I was trying to find that article and came across this:

"On her back, Powledge has a tattoo of Anna Nicole’s face — a typical testament of devotion. The World of Wonder-produced documentary “Dark Roots” shows several of Smith’s kin who also inked the former Playmate on their skin. Her Uncle Floyd has a nude rendition of Anna on his back, while her Aunt Kay has a more modest back image. Cousin Melinda Hudson has Anna’s face on her leg."



I said earlier that Anna wanted to brand the people around her with her likeness. I saw a picture of her Aunt on one of the entertainment shows. I think she may be on Monday.
I can't even think of a nice way to put what she looked like. I wonder if it is her Aunt Kay. that Aunt must be the one who took the topless photos of ANS on the horse

[RummyChick]

One evening in December 1993, Sandi and Anna were lying in bed when Anna rolled over and said, "Why don't you get my face tattooed on your back?" Okay, said Sandi. And she marched off to do it.

"How big is it?'' Anna asked from New York.

Big, said Sandi -- takes up the whole shoulder.

"Shoulder!'' said Anna. "I wanted your whole back. Go do it again.''

Sandi stood firm for once. The tattoo hurt. But Anna really wanted a human billboard, and she turned to her blood relations, who proved reliable. An aunt Kay took Anna on the back, and a niece got branded on the ankle.

Anna was thrilled. Tattoos were no asset for a model, but she couldn't help herself. On February 27, 1994, according to Sandi's diary, Anna, too, drove up to a small strip mall on Aldine-Westfield and walked into Bubba's Skin Pin Studio. Sandi stood over Bubba as he worked his craft upon Anna Nicole's shaved pudendum. He recorded there a symbol that might be mistaken for a dollar sign -- an S with a line descending from the lower loop, forming the initials SP. Then, beside a likeness of two cherries, he slowly etched the words "Pawpaw's heart."


http://www.houstonpress.com/1999-12-02/news/larger-than-life/full

[toldyou]

I watched maybe four episodes of her reality show. One had a cousin on...a dark haired woman who reminisced with Anna on their childhood and growing up together. This woman was about Anna's age (early 30's at the time) and she had no teeth! It was very sad.

[gopheraj]

or.. the report she was in a room off the Casino floor drinking out of sight of all but the service people walking through to the kitchen area Wednesday night).

Yeah, to me, that's one of those those "hmmmmmm" things.

[IamHD]

That's her cousin Shelly:

Shelly

[Rte66]

Not happy about it, but so what else is new? Sounds like an ambulance chaser - the Bahamians probably wanted money, maybe a lot of money - but the FL atty would see the PR value and offer pro bono.

She already has one complaint filed against her for approaching some plane crash victims who already had attys - that's a no-no. But we'll see.

I'm guessing the 3 Virgie fired were all with Halsbury Chambers in Nassau - we had 2 of their names and there were indications that more in the firm were working on it.

Virgie is not in Nassau now, according to my chronically misinformed local news (this is even a different station from the other chronically misinformed one) but she will be there for the 12:30 PM start time of the hearing tomorrow, or so they say.

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[toldyou]

Wow...quite an article! Quite an eye opener. Should not be missed by anyone on this thread.

The wedding, on June 27, 1994, was a legendary affair at the White Dove Wedding Chapel. The old man arrived at the altar without a prenuptial agreement, and Anna trod over white rosebuds to get to him. When she announced that important modeling business would preclude their wedding night, Howard wept. Don't be sad, Anna reportedly said. "You know it's you I love." And she hurried away with her bodyguard, who would later claim he was ravished.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Virgie is not in Nassau now"

I heard that also this evening. Probably on FNC.

[stlnative]