Anna Nicole Smith
- Profession: Model
- Place/Date of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA, 28 November 1967
- Date of Death: 08 February 2007
Anna Nicole, 39, collapsed and died from an accidental drug overdose in February.
Larry friendly with former adversary - April 19 2007
The father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby has only kind words to say about Howard K Stern, his former adversary in the paternity case.
"People blame him a lot, but Anna had her own mind too," Larry told OK! magazine.
"She had a choice and we were arguing and that’s what happens. I’m thankful that everyone can get along for Dannielynn. How could you not?"
Larry, 34, ex-boyfriend of the late Playboy Playmate, had feuded with Stern over the paternity of seven-month-old Dannielynn.
A court ruled last week that DNA tests proved Larry is the father.
Father and daughter are featured on the cover and inside the magazine’s latest issue.
Stern has been helpful, Larry says.
"It seems unlikely, but he’s been a great help. He’s been with Dannielynn the last several months. He knows her likes and dislikes and things that could help me."
But Larry isn’t as generous with his comments on Anna Nicole’s mother, Virgie Arthur, who is seeking visitation rights.
"It’s puzzling for her to display affection to me and then for the attorneys to say she’s going for custody and Larry was just a sperm donor and a one-night stand," he says.
"Then they all come and shake my hand. You’ve gotta scratch your head and say, ’What’s going on here?’"
He added: "I’m willing to listen to see what people want, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to agree.
"I hope I don’t have to fight for the baby."
Anna Nicole Smith ex files lawsuit - April 16 2007
Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend has filed a slander lawsuit against the lawyer of her estranged mother over claims he killed the model.
The lawsuit, filed in court in
O’Quinn is also accused of invasion of privacy and Stern seeks unspecified damages.
O’Quinn is representing Smith’s mother, Virgie Arthur, in a custody battle over Smith’s baby daughter following her death in February aged 39 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Florida.
The medical examiner in the case ruled her death was caused by an accidental drug overdose.
According to the lawsuit, O’Quinn appeared on several national television shows in which he suggested Stern murdered Smith.
During an interview in
O’Quinn also suggested on the cable TV news station MSNBC that Stern had ulterior motives for wanting to see Smith’s will days before Smith died.
Earlier this week a court in the
A custody hearing between Birkhead and Arthur has been postponed until next week.
Birkhead: No need for court battle - April 12 2007
Larry Birkhead - the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter - has said there’s no need to share legal custody of the child now DNA tests have proved he’s the dad.
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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