Yesterday's tragic news of the death of model/Playmate/reality star Anna Nicole Smith, after being found unconscious in a Florida hotel room, was shocking, and yet, at the same time, oddly not completely surprising. From her days as a stripper in Texas to her marriage to an elderly oil billioniaire, her rags-to-riches life story often seemed stranger than fiction. There was not only her long court battle with one of her deceased husband's children to obtain part of his fortune, but also her bizarre reality series on E!, and more recently, her only son's death, shortly after the birth of her baby a few months ago.As her personal trials and tribulations played out in the media over the last decade amidst the tabloid rumors and late-night parodies, I was reasonably certain of only one thing about Anna Nicole's life: She had no one around her who truly cared about what was best for her personally. While estranged from her mother and other family members, she still had an entourage--including her lover and lawyer Howard K. Stern--to keep her company. Yet I always believed that real friends, not to mention family, would not let someone they loved be exploited in the way she obviously was, as she staggered and slurred her way through "The Anna Nicole Show," or any number of other public appearances, for that matter. They would have gotten her the professional help she clearly needed. They would have protected her from those who wished to prey on her assests--financial and other. Instead, it seemed that perhaps a few of them were the ones doing the preying.
Now that she has died suddenly at only 39 years of age, her legacy will not be her beauty--however ostentatious--or the wealth she fought so hard for. And I am guessing no one will be extolling her virtues as a mother. Her life has gone from being a punch line in a comedic monologe to simply becoming another cautionary tale that the material trappings of this world are ultimately futile and meaningless. And sadly, it's a tale that will probably be soon forgotten, as the media becomes fascinated with the next moral trainwreck in celebritydom.
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I feel that she most diffently would want her burial by her son. I myself lost a child at 19 and due to a marriage he had quickly jumped into did not have a say as to where he went to lay his head. I wanted him on my plots but did not happen as I was in a position that I did not have the legal right. I also understand Anna Nichole's mother as being the one that has gone thru this. But I do think that under the circumstances of Anna Nichole that she should be laid to rest next to her son soon. This has gone on and on and that is not the normal trail of life even though she did not have a really normal life. She did what she could to make money as they all were living off of her. I pray everday for the end of all of this so her body can lay in peace. God Bless you Anna Nichole Smith.
I am very sorry about the tragic loss of Ms. Smith and her family. I know from personal experience that living in lots of comforts it can unfortunately be easy to accidently take your own life. I think its kind of sad that Americans put so much stock into sexuality and could only get to really know her after she has died. Kind of looks like vultures after the kill. But I'm sure she served Gods purpose and I hope all of us can see that. God bless AnnaNicole, or VickieLynn and her family. BillieLynn Holt. Rochester, NY
I was very sorry to hear about anna nicole. I watched her show sometimes, I really think that Howard Stern would do anything for her and her son, and baby girl.I hope that Howard gets custody of the baby. I think Anna died from a broken heart to I think she was in so much pain from a lot of things, probably only Howard Stern knew. good luck Howard and rest in peace Anna Nicole Smith.
Yes it is sure sad to see the stages name {Anna Nicole Smith} Vickie Lynn Smith and her son Daniel Smith gone.
but also sad for her mother Vergie too.
she the one try to reach her through the News and warn her about the kind of people she hang out with and she will be next.
the result was there in few months later Vickie was really gone.
hope that Vergie should be the rights to have share custody of Danielynn to just to make sure that Danielynn is safe and not be around wrong people just like Vickie that she hang around wrong people in her life. Larry don't bother to just to make sure.
it is natural for all Grandparents to respond to their grandchild to be safe.
IT IS VERY SAD WHAT HAPPENED WITH ANNA NICOLE. U NFORTUNILTY SHE HAD USER'S IN HER LIFE THAT ALL THEY ARED ABOUT WAS HOW TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF HER. sHE HAD NO ON ETHAT TRULY CARED ABOUT HER BECAUSE IF SHE DID THEY WOULD HAVE TRIED TO GET HER OFF THE DRUGS NOT TAKE PICTURES OF HER MAKING A FOOL OF HER SELF. AS FAR AS THE MAN THAT FATHERED HER CHILD HE IS NO BETTER THEN THEE OTHER. HE NEW SHE WAS ON DRUGS WHILE SHE WAS PREGANT WITH HIS CHILD AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT...I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER THAT SHE HAD NO ONE THAT CARED ABOUT HER AND NOW T HEY ALL ARE MAKING MONEY FROM HER DEATH, IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALOUD TO DO THIS... THIS WORLD IS SICK
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