1. Vickie Lynn Marshall, known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress, and television personality.
29 Facts About Anna Nicole Smith
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Anna Nicole Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993.
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Anna Nicole Smith's cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority.
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Anna Nicole Smith died in February 2007 in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.
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Anna Nicole Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28,1967, in Houston, Texas, the only daughter of Virgie Tabers Arthur and Donald Eugene Hogan.
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Anna Nicole Smith attended Mexia High School, in Mexia, Texas, transferring there from a Houston school.
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Anna Nicole Smith attended at least one semester of ninth grade in Mexia but did not complete a whole term of tenth grade.
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Anna Nicole Smith had five half-siblings on her father's side.
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Anna Nicole Smith was primarily raised by her mother and her family in Mexia.
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Anna Nicole Smith secured a contract to replace supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a Guess jeans advertisement campaign featuring a series of sultry black-and-white photographs.
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Guess photographers noticed Anna Nicole Smith bore a striking resemblance to Jayne Mansfield and showcased her in several Mansfield-inspired photo sessions.
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Anna Nicole Smith was featured on the cover of Marie Claire, shot by Peter Lindbergh in October 1993, and in GQ magazine.
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TrimSpa diet product company and Anna Nicole Smith were sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill was false or misleading.
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In March 2005, at the first MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney's Luna Park, Anna Nicole Smith spoofed Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction by pulling down her dress to reveal both breasts, each covered with the MTV logo.
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Anna Nicole Smith gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith, on January 22,1986.
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In October 1994, Anna Nicole Smith initiated a $5 million lawsuit against the New York magazine, claiming that she did not authorize the use of her photo on the cover of its magazine titled "White Trash Nation" and that the article damaged her reputation.
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However, in July 2001, Houston judge Mike Wood affirmed the jury's findings in the probate case by ruling that Anna Nicole Smith was entitled to nothing.
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On June 1,2006, Anna Nicole Smith announced her pregnancy in a video clip on her official website.
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Anna Nicole Smith gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn, on September 7,2006, in New Providence, The Bahamas.
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On September 10,2006, Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Wayne Anna Nicole Smith died in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his half sister Dannielynn, who was born three days earlier on September 7.
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Anna Nicole Smith said that 'if Daniel has to be buried, I want to be buried with him.
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In late 2006, Anna Nicole Smith was granted permanent resident status in the Bahamas by Immigration Minister Shane Gibson.
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Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard and his wife, who was a registered emergency nurse, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Anna Nicole Smith was taken to Hollywood's Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, at the age of 39.
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Perper announced that Anna Nicole Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the "major component".
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Anna Nicole Smith's death was ultimately ruled an accidental drug overdose of the sedative chloral hydrate that became increasingly toxic when combined with other prescription drugs in her system, specifically four benzodiazepines.
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Anna Nicole Smith's funeral took place on March 2,2007, in the Bahamas.
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Anna Nicole Smith's will was prepared by attorney Eric Lund in 2001, in Los Angeles, California.
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Anna Nicole Smith named her son Daniel as the sole beneficiary of her estate, specifically excluded other children and named Stern executor of the estate.