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Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapsing in hotel
POSTED: 4:45 p.m. EST, February 8, 2007
Story Highlights• Smith collapsed Thursday afternoon
• Reports: Smith was found in hotel room unconscious
• Former model, reality star involved in controversy
• Adult son died last year soon after Smith's baby girl was born
More on CNN TV: Join Larry King for special coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's sudden death. Watch tonight, 9 ET.
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(CNN) -- Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel, according to news reports.
"I can confirm that she is deceased. It's as shocking to me as to you guys," Smith's attorney, Ronald Rale, told Reuters. "I don't know anything further. [Her lawyer and husband] Howard [K. Stern], obviously, is speechless and grieving."
Smith's nurse called Seminole Hard Rock Hotel workers at 1:38 p.m. and security went to the room, hotel officials told Reuters. Fire rescue workers arrived within minutes, and Smith was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood at 2:10 p.m. (Watch how Smith's death leaves daughter's fate undecided )
Smith was involved in a paternity suit regarding the parentage of her daughter, Danielynn, as well as other disputes, including some regarding a house she stayed at in the Bahamas around the time she gave birth.
Earlier this week, Smith was included in a class-action lawsuit against a company, TrimSpa, for which she had worked as a spokesperson. TrimSpa makes a product it claims leads to substantial weight loss. The lawsuit alleges the marketing of the product, TrimSpa X32, was false or misleading. (Full story)
Smith's son, Daniel Wayne Smith, died at age 20 just days after the birth of Smith's daughter. Pathologist Cyril Wecht said a lethal dose of methadone and antidepressants caused cardiac dysrhythmia, leading to his death.
In June 1994, the then-26-year-old Smith married Texas oil baron J. Howard Marshall II, 89, who had an estate valued at $1.6 billion.
He died the following year, and Smith waged a 12-year feud with Marshall's son, Pierce Marshall, over the inheritance.
She initially won a $474 million judgment, but that was scrapped when a Texas state court ruled that Pierce Marshall was the sole heir. In May 2006, however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Smith could pursue her fight in federal court. Pierce Marshall, 67, died in June.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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POSTED: 4:45 p.m. EST, February 8, 2007
Story Highlights• Smith collapsed Thursday afternoon
• Reports: Smith was found in hotel room unconscious
• Former model, reality star involved in controversy
• Adult son died last year soon after Smith's baby girl was born
More on CNN TV: Join Larry King for special coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's sudden death. Watch tonight, 9 ET.
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(CNN) -- Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel, according to news reports.
"I can confirm that she is deceased. It's as shocking to me as to you guys," Smith's attorney, Ronald Rale, told Reuters. "I don't know anything further. [Her lawyer and husband] Howard [K. Stern], obviously, is speechless and grieving."
Smith's nurse called Seminole Hard Rock Hotel workers at 1:38 p.m. and security went to the room, hotel officials told Reuters. Fire rescue workers arrived within minutes, and Smith was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood at 2:10 p.m. (Watch how Smith's death leaves daughter's fate undecided )
Smith was involved in a paternity suit regarding the parentage of her daughter, Danielynn, as well as other disputes, including some regarding a house she stayed at in the Bahamas around the time she gave birth.
Earlier this week, Smith was included in a class-action lawsuit against a company, TrimSpa, for which she had worked as a spokesperson. TrimSpa makes a product it claims leads to substantial weight loss. The lawsuit alleges the marketing of the product, TrimSpa X32, was false or misleading. (Full story)
Smith's son, Daniel Wayne Smith, died at age 20 just days after the birth of Smith's daughter. Pathologist Cyril Wecht said a lethal dose of methadone and antidepressants caused cardiac dysrhythmia, leading to his death.
In June 1994, the then-26-year-old Smith married Texas oil baron J. Howard Marshall II, 89, who had an estate valued at $1.6 billion.
He died the following year, and Smith waged a 12-year feud with Marshall's son, Pierce Marshall, over the inheritance.
She initially won a $474 million judgment, but that was scrapped when a Texas state court ruled that Pierce Marshall was the sole heir. In May 2006, however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Smith could pursue her fight in federal court. Pierce Marshall, 67, died in June.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN.
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Dad charged in freezing death
Student's killer gets death
Snow buries upstate New York
Walsh: No Dahmer tie to slain son
Prosecution rests, Russert challenged in Libby trial
Autism rate about 1 in 150, new study finds
Snow buries upstate New York
Palestinian talks yield power-sharing pact
Police: Dad left toddler outside to freeze to death
Anna Nicole Smith leaves the Supreme Court in early 2006.
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