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Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan 28.11.67 - 08.02.07)
Anna Nicole Smith was model, television personality and Playmate of the Year (1993), known for her controversial marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall and the court case that arose after his death.
Childhood: Anna Nicole Smith was born Vicki Lynn Hogan in Houston, Texas in less than favourable conditions. Her parents divorced early in her childhood and she grew up under the guidance of both her mother and aunt. Smith attended Mexia High School, yet after failing her freshman year, she left and sought employment instead. After working in both Wal-Mart and Red Lobster, Smith began working as a stripper, leading to her answering a Playboy advert in 1991.
Career: After attending an audition for Playboy, Hugh Hefner was so impressed by Smith that he chose her for the cover girl of the March 1992 issue. In 1994, Smith made her film debut in 'The Hudsucker Proxy' from the Coen brothers. Her established modelling career helped lend to the film's promotion, although the film had only moderate success. Her highly publicised marriage to oil tycoon and billionaire J. Howard Marshall, who was 63 years older than Anna, lead to a long and painful legal battle following his death in August 4, 1995. The legal battle raged on until Anna Nicole Smith untimely death in 2007. After a seven week investigation it was officially concluded that Smith died of combined drug intoxication with the sleeping pills.
Personal Life: In 1985, Smith married Billy Smith, and the two had a child in the following year named Daniel Wayne Smith. In 1993, Smith met J. Howard Marshall, and promptly divorced Billy Smith. Smith and Marshall were married in 1994, yet Marshall passed away the following year. In 2006, Smith's son Daniel died a few days after she gave birth to Dannielynn Hope Birkhead. Later in the same month, Smith married Howard K. Stern, before she died from an accidental drug overdose in the following year.
Biography by Contactmusic.com