Anna Nicole Smith Died From 9 Drug Cocktail / Accidential Overdose Killed Anna Nicole Smith ???

Anna Nicole Smith died of accidental overdose, authorities say

MIAMI - Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy results, released Monday, reveal as much about the star's reckless life as they do about her sudden death of an accidental overdose at age 39.

The autopsy report paints a complex, yet human picture of Smith: a mother battling depression after losing her son; a woman struggling to quell chronic pain from several plastic surgeries; and a star so obsessed with preserving her beauty that she gobbled diet pills, drank SlimFast and injected her buttocks with anti-aging drugs.

Yet Smith was a woman in control, even in the final days of her life, days that she spent in a suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino fighting a 105-degree fever, flu symptoms, sweating and a painful infection caused by a ruptured abscess in her buttocks.

Three days before her Feb. 8 death, her temperature soaring, Smith took an ice bath and Tamiflu, but firmly refused to go to the emergency room.

Smith improved the next day, but Broward Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper said Monday that a trip to the ER could have prevented her fatal overdose, caused by at least nine prescription drugs. The combination of drugs slowed down her brain and caused respiratory arrest.

Smith idolized Monroe, died like her

DANIA BEACH, Fla. - Throughout her life, Anna Nicole Smith relished the breathless comparisons to Marilyn Monroe. Both were famous for their bombshell curves, their come-hither poses, their outrageous behavior.

Now, with the release Monday of the former Playboy model's full autopsy report, Smith has one more thing in common with her idol - a fatal overdose that included the powerful sleeping drug chloral hydrate.

Smith's death was ruled an accident. Like Monroe - whom she adored so much she tattooed her image on her body and sought to be buried near her - she was found unresponsive in bed, with a toxic mix of medications to blame.

Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County medical examiner, noted the similarity.

But while rumors have swirled since Smith's death followed her young son's by just five months, authorities said they saw no correlation there, no criminal activity responsible and no reason to charge anyone with wrongdoing.

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Daniel Smith, Son Of Anna Nicole, Confided In Private Detective

Anna Nicole Smith's late son Daniel feared his mother was being kept in a drugged state and came close to hiring a private detective to investigate her relationship with companion Howard K. Stern, according to US reports.

California private investigator Jack E. Harding has revealed the troubled 20-year-old came to him with his concerns three months before he died last September (06) - but never followed through on his plans to commission the detective.

In a private meeting, Daniel told Harding he feared his mother was being held "a virtual prisoner" in Nassau, the Bahamas by Stern, who was controlling her like a Svengali.

Daniel Smith feared for mum Anna Nicole Smith with Howard K Stern

A Californian private investigator has claimed he was approached by the late Daniel Smith to keep tracks on Daniel’s mum Anna Nicole Smith.

Jack E Harding told the Globe that Daniel approached him in July last year because he was worried about Anna Nicole’s relationship with Howard K Stern, claiming she was being held “a virtual prisoner” at her home shared in Nassau. Daniel met with Harding to discuss his fears but didn’t finalise hiring the investigator.

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Anna Nicole's Will Leaves More Questions

The 19-page will did not say how much Smith was worth, so it is still a mystery how much money those battling over her remains and her baby daughter could get. And while her body underwent embalming Saturday, the will also didn't mention where Smith wanted to be buried.

It named Smith's lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as her executor, stipulating that he hold her estate in trust for son Daniel Smith. But her son died last September at age 20 of apparently drug-related causes, days after the birth of the Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.

Embalming of Anna Nicole Smith's body begins

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- The body of Anna Nicole Smith was being embalmed Saturday at the Broward County Medical Examiner's office, officials said.

Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin ruled on Friday the embalming could proceed, and although the move takes the former Playboy Playmate's body one step closer to burial, the fight over where she will be buried has only begun.

Smith's attorney and longtime partner, Howard K. Stern, says Smith wanted to be buried next to her son Daniel, who died in the Bahamas last year. But the reality TV star's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, wants her buried in her native Texas. (Watch how the will gives Howard Stern legal clout )

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James Brown has yet to be buried. Over a month after his death, legal wrangling over Brown’s estate has prevented the signing icon from receiving a proper burial. And despite considerable precedence in cases like this, (Elvis Presley wasn’t buried for 90 days because of legal issues. Ted Williams’ family feuded for months over whether to freeze or cremate Williams’ body.) The man deserves to be buried immediately.

James Brown Rape Case Back On The Docket As Victim Wins Appeal

James Brown's former assistant has won the opportunity to sue for a slice of the late soul star's fortune after claiming he raped her at gunpoint in 1988. Jacque Hollander's shocking claims were thrown out of court in Chicago, Illinois, last year after a judge ruled she had waited too long to make the charges, but now the US Supreme Court will hear the case after her lawyers appealed the decision.

How to avoid an estate nightmare

"The whole point of having a good estate plan is that you don't have to go through what her family is going to go through now," explains Daniel Krug, a certified senior adviser who runs an estate-planning firm in Clarkston.

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WTF?! Zsa Zsa's Husband Says He Might Be Dannielynn's Dad!

Prince Frederick von Anhalt tells the Associated Press, "If you go back from September, she wasn't with one of those guys, she was with me." He says he will file a lawsuit if custody of Dannielynn is turned over to Stern or Birkhead.

Prince Frederick von Anhalt Announces Decade Long Affair with Anna Nicole Smith

The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said that he had a decade-long affair with Anna Nicole Smith and may be her infant daughter's father.

The claim by Prince Frederick von Anhalt comes amid a paternity suit over Smith's 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as attorney Howard K. Stern, but former Smith boyfriend Larry Birkhead is waging a legal challenge, saying he is the father.

''If you go back from September, she wasn't with one of those guys, she was with me,'' von Anhalt told The Associated Press in an interview.

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