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Anna Nicole Smith’s Legacy, Five Years Later

Posted: February 9, 2012

anna nicole smith five years later

Can you believe it has been five whole years since the sudden death of model and star Anna Nicole Smith?

Anna Nicole was a lot of things in her life- model, pin-up, playmate and good-humored reality show star among them. While her antics on the show that bore her name later in her life were often mocked, the starlet managed a comeback and also to endear many fans years after she’d become famous more for her soap opera life story than her modeling work.

But in a world of understated glamor, Anna Nicole Smith wasn’t afraid to be the blondest blonde, wear the reddest lipstick, or let her boldly Southern style show through- and she became massively popular in her modern heyday because of it. But after marrying an elderly oil magnate- which was also a very Texan thing to do- her public persona became inextricably linked to the bitter court battle that ensued with the surviving heirs of J. Howard Marshall.

It was to be almost pointless, the years of fighting in court to secure her future- on February 8th, 2007, Anna Nicole died of an overdose of prescription drugs in a hotel room in Hollywood, Florida. Despondent over the death of her son Daniel- with whom she had been extremely close- Smith survived only a few months. And in another fiction-worthy turn, Daniel died visiting his mother in the maternity ward after she gave birth to daughter Dannielynn, now five. It was determined that Daniel died of a fatal drug interaction, and Anna Nicole was so distraught at his funeral that “she had them open the coffin and tried to climb inside.”

Five years on, daughter Dannielynn is now a reportedly well-adjusted five-year-old, living with father Larry Birkhead. Had she lived, Anna Nicole Smith would be 44 today.



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17 Archived Responses to “ Anna Nicole Smith’s Legacy, Five Years Later ”

  1. Michael Spero
    Feb 9, 2012

    Wow has it been that long :(

  2. Anonymous
    Feb 9, 2012

    On the day she passed, I wrote this song: "Anna Smiled". Hope you like. Here's the link: http://onus.bandcamp.com/track/anna-smiled.

  3. Patricia Swagger
    Feb 9, 2012

    It's a shame she killed herself, she could have enjoyed that little girl!

  4. Trevor Gowe
    Feb 9, 2012

    It is sad.

  5. Camp Trailhead
    Feb 9, 2012

    she did not kill herself. someone else killed her. if you read her autoboigraphy she was being injected daily with numerous drugs.

  6. Michele Olson
    Feb 9, 2012

    Loser fortune hunting drug addict!

  7. Michele Olson
    Feb 9, 2012

    Yes it was suicide because of her son the only one feeding her drugs was her the story is themedication was being provided by others but the dispensing of the drugs was done by her and her alone so better read the article again or read the right articles I mean the woman was a boozer and an addict in need of BIG TIME help PERIOD!!

  8. Sharon Conn
    Feb 9, 2012

    she made me laugh what a sad story for her and her son, i miss them.

  9. Anonymous
    Feb 9, 2012

    It is quite simple for me…She was sexy! Naked Gun assured that! I don't care if she was hungry for money. I don't care if she was a total dolt in her reality show. She was sexy! Big, small, or whatever. I would've loved one night with her! =p

  10. Anonymous
    Feb 9, 2012

    Something gives me the feeling that you didn't like her.

  11. Anonymous
    Feb 9, 2012

    It is sad how some people's lives turn so bad under the glare of the spotlight. Reminds me of Marilyn Monroe. The were both killed by their fame and money. Rest in peace, Anna Nicole and Marilyn.

  12. Tom Merk
    Feb 10, 2012

    she was too close, too involved in her sons OD for me to worship her. no hero of mine. only fools and the desperate worship her.

    the only one she ever helped, with all of her wealth and fame, was herself. she was very selfish and all her talk about her children, was garbage. she did nothing for the world. a magazine cover picture of her eating potato chips with the title 'white trash' said it all.

    her life came to a point in which she needed to grow up or die. we know what she chose. don't blame others for that, although many around her were scum, including her own parents.

    stop making hero's out of beautiful stupid women and obscenely wealthy men who's only claim to fame is someone else's money.

    let her rest in peace and move on.

  13. Diana Lettiere Tedone
    Feb 10, 2012

    she did NOT mean to kill herself. she was so pumped up with drugs that her private doctors…and the doctors are the main culprits. Not intentional death. she loved her new baby, but maybe the death of her son was just too much for her. I have 4 adult sons, if something happened to one of them I don't know what I would do. BUT, I do have 3 other wonderful adult sons to consider. NO one has the right to bear children and then "do yourself in"….ANNA…I miss you, you beautiful woman. R.I.P….your daughter look just you.

  14. Tracy Chapin
    Feb 10, 2012

    You obviously are a follower of the negative press

  15. June Jankowski Coll
    Feb 10, 2012

    I believe that slime ball Howard Stern had EVERYTHING to do with it! AND the only reason he wanted custody of the baby is because he THOUGHT she was going to be heir to the fortune from the elderly man Anna was married to!

  16. Rita Parkis
    Feb 10, 2012

    Happiness is like trying to light a room with matches, it keeps burning out on you. Look at Elvis and a lot of others. Money and fame are great, but Joy in the Lord is the answer. It gives you the fruit of caring for others The ego makes everything about you. True sucess can't come from the ego. It causes you to lose your balance. Anna Nicole died of a broken heart. R.I.P. Hope you made it to heaven.

  17. Judi Johnson
    Apr 29, 2012

    How sad that her daughter will never know her mom, she will never have her mom to help her grow into a woman, its just very very sad. The fact her son, who was her everything left this earth when her 2nd child was born, so strange, we don't really decide our death, its all preplanned. Whatever the case may be, this beautiful little girls mommy is not here, so however everyone thinks, put yourself in the daughters shoes, not an easy path!