Readers were fascinated by her good looks, her marriage to an elderly billionaire and subsequent court fight over his estate, her weight fluctuations and the sudden death last year of her 20-year-old son. ET reported that the couple was shopping for a new boat in Florida.ģAnna Nicole Smith was a main dish for the tabloids even before she became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993. Stern, told 'Entertainment Tonight' that Smith had a high temperature Wednesday night. WFOR-TV reports that Smith was in the room with a nurse when she started to experience 'difficulty.' The nurse reportedly called Memorial Hospital directly, and while she was on the phone, Smith's bodyguard entered the room and began to perform CPR.

She was due to check out tomorrow ,' said Danielle Giordano, a spokeswoman for the hotel.Īnother spokeswoman for the hotel tells the Miami Herald that Smith told hotel staff, when she checked in on Monday night, that she was sick.

7 in the Bahamas, days before her son Daniel, 20, died suddenly of a drug overdose.Ī medical examiner hired by the family said Daniel had methadone and two antidepressants in his system when he died.īahamian authorities announced last month that there will be a formal inquiry into his death on March 27.ĬBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports that police are not treating Smith's death as a crime but they are interviewing people who were with her at the hotel. The child is our number one priority.'Īn emergency hearing is scheduled for Friday in Los Angeles, to consider Birkhead's request for a DNA sample from Smith's body. He is inconsolable, and we are taking steps now to protect the DNA testing of the child. She was due in court at the end of this month in connection with a paternity suit filed by her ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, who claimed to be the father of her infant daughter, Dannielynn.ĭebra Opri, the attorney representing Birkhead in the paternity suit, tells the Herald that Birkhead is 'devastated. Joshua Perper, who is to perform the autopsy, says if the death was from natural causes, the findings will probably be announced quickly but a final report could take weeks.ĢThe past year was turbulent for Smith. Tiger said police received confirmation of her death at 2:49 p.m.ĭr. Speaking at a news conference in Florida, Charlie Tiger of the Seminole police told reporters that a private female nurse discovered Smith's body at the hotel and that a bodyguard administered CPR at 1:45 p.m.

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