Anna Nicole Smith
- Profession: Model
- Place/Date of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA, 28 November 1967
- Date of Death: 08 February 2007
A new Bahamian birth certificate listing him as the father was issued in line with a court order last week, removing the name of Anna Nicole’s last companion, Howard Stern.
Stern had been caring for the girl in the oceanfront home in the
A publicist for Access Hollywood, which is owned by NBC Universal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Music boss buys Anna Nicole diaries - April 26 2007
An unnamed recording company executive from Dallas bought two diaries written by Anna Nicole Smith in the early 1990s for 59,750 US dollars (almost £30,000), an auction house said.
The move came after they failed to sell at a recent auction, said Doug Norwine, director of music and entertainment memorabilia of Heritage Auction Galleries of
They were put up for sale a minimum bid of 25,000 dollars (£12,500) each, and two people expressed interest in buying them, he said.
"We had two collectors who wanted to buy them, and the
The auction house obtained the journals and other items from an anonymous German businessman who purchased them on eBay for more than 500,000 dollars (£250,000) several weeks ago. He decided to auction the diaries after securing the publishing rights, Norwine said.
Smith’s lawyer-turned-partner, Howard K Stern, has alleged that the diaries had been stolen and should be returned to her estate.
But Norwine said he vetted the history of the journals and believed they were legitimately obtained by a celebrity memorabilia dealer in
The diaries from 1992 and 1994 cover a range of topics, from Smith’s love of octogenarian oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II to concerns about her eating.
Anna Nicole baby case still unresolved - April 22 2007
Anna Nicole Smith’s mother and ex-boyfriend left a Bahamian court disappointed as the latest closed hearing in the custody dispute over the late Playboy Playmate’s infant daughter ended without resolution.
Former boyfriend Larry Birkhead, the baby’s father, said he hoped to be leaving the
All participants are prohibited by Bahamian legal rules from discussing details of the case.
"On my behalf, everything went well," Larry told reporters after the hour-long hearing.
"I’m moving toward starting a life with my daughter outside of the
Anna Nicole’s mother, Virgie Arthur, left the courthouse in central
Before the session began, she said simply "I’m holding on".
The pair have tried in recent days to reach a visitation agreement that would end her legal bid for custody of seven-month-old Dannielynn, who could inherit a fortune from the estate of her mother.
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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
March 2008