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EXPLOSIVE NEW CLAIM: SMITH CHOKED ON HER OWN VOMIT — According to a credible source, an employee of Anna Nicole Smith found her in her room in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The employee pulled back a sheet and discovered that she appeared to have choked on her own vomit.
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Source: Illegal Drugs Found In Anna Nicole's Room — Friday Morning Autopsy Expected To Shed More Light — SLIDESHOW OF THE DAY: Celebrity Real Names Revealed — (CBS) LOS ANGELES CBS 2 has learned that while searching Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room late Thursday afternoon investigators found …
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
FINAL FOOTAGE OF ANNA NICOLE SMITH SELLS FOR OVER $500,000 — Footage of the final moments of Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's life sold for more than $500,000 Thursday after a media bidding war, according to Splash News & Picture Agency, the paparazzi outlet that sold the rights to the tape.
CNN:
Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapsing in hotel … (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.
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People.com:
Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy, Paternity Hearing Today — A day after Anna Nicole Smith's death, her autopsy will be conducted, as will an emergency hearing to decide whether a court-ordered DNA sample can be taken from her body to help determine the biological father of her daughter, Dannielynn.
People.com:
Anna Nicole's Death: The Key Questions — Following Anna Nicole Smith's death Thursday in Florida, many key questions remain: — How did she die? — Unknown. An autopsy Friday and a toxicology test will ultimately decide cause of death. Smith had battled health problems recently …
David Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Estate battle goes on in courts — The dispute between Smith and her late husband's family is likely to continue in the name of her daughter. — WASHINGTON — The long-running legal battle over the $1.6-billion estate of Anna Nicole Smith's late husband, Texas oilman J. Howard Marshall, has survived both parties to the dispute.
TMZ.com:
Anna Nicole: Narcotics Found in Hotel Room — Suspicion that drugs killed Anna Nicole Smith was heightened today as investigators found illegal narcotics as well as prescription medications in Anna Nicole Smith's room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., according to reports this morning.
Gawker:
Anna Nicole Smith's Wikipedia Entry Defaced As She Died — In the minutes following Anna Nicole Smith's death today, her Wikipedia page went totally postal. A few bits of web-graffiti saved for posterity after the jump. … Talk: Anna Nicole Smith [Wikipedia]
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CNN:
Autopsy begins for Anna Nicole Smith … HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) — Investigators began an autopsy Friday to help determine the cause of Anna Nicole Smith's death, according to the Broward County medical examiner's office. — There was no indication how long the autopsy would take …
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Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
LAWYER FIRES FIRST SHOT IN BATTLE OVER ANNA NICOLE'S BABY — The lawyer for the man claiming to have fathered Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter vowed to file an emergency court order Friday to have the late ex-Playmate's DNA tested before her body is released to her family.
TMZ.com:
The Life of Anna — Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, November 28, 1967 in Houston —Told childhood friends she would be the next Marilyn Monroe —Married Billy Wayne Smith in 1985 after meeting in a fried chicken restaurant (divorced 1993) —Worked at Wal-Mart and Red Lobster before becoming an exotic dancer
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Anna Nicole: A Look Back at Her Life — Divorced as a teen, widowed at 27, and now dead at 39, Anna Nicole - or Nikki, as people in her hometown of Mexia, Texas, first called her - lived a life worthy of a soap opera. — When she was only 17, she married 16-year-old Billy Smith, who worked with her at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken.
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Anna Shanks / Splash News Online:
ANNA NICOLE SMITH: DEAD! VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Watch this space!!!! — SPLASHNEWSONLINE HAS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF ANNA NICOLE HAVING CPR ADMINISTERED. STAY TUNED! — Splash blog fans (and not) we're getting a kicking about this video, (BWE.tv, Defamer, Dlisted, Jossip, ICYDK)but lets face it …
Claude Brodesser-Akner / TMZ.com:
Playboy Eds. Meet with Hef, Consider Memorial — TMZ has learned that Playboy magazine's top editors are currently in conference with founder Hugh Hefner to determine the best way to commemorate deceased 1993 Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith in the magazine's pages.
Jocelyn / In Case You Didn't Know: UPDATE: More on Anna Nicole's Death (Last Update: 4:08PM Pacific)
Defamer:
ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S LAST MOMENTS: COMING TO A STREAMING VIDEO WINDOW NEAR YOU
ANNA NICOLE SMITH'S LAST MOMENTS: COMING TO A STREAMING VIDEO WINDOW NEAR YOU
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NY Daily News:
A cross-dressing-down for Sheen — Brace yourself, Charlie Sheen. Two of your least-favorite people - former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss and drag diva Kayla Coxx - have teamed up to sell a video. And it's all about you! — The good news for Sheen is that you don't see him on the tape.
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Leigh Holmwood / The Sun:
Stunner Petra's model ambition — GORGEOUS Petra Nemcova is is to join the ranks of models with their own TV series after signing a deal to present a new reality show. — The 27-year-old Czech supermodel will front The Petra Nemcova Project for American channel TLC in the summer.
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Cameron Makes $3 Million in Just a Day — Cameron's popularity isn't limited to the US. In fact, the a-lister was recently paid $3 million to make a Japanese cell phone commercial that only took 6 hours to film. How's that for a day's work? She has worked for the company in the past …