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Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized after collapse
Former model reportedly unresponsive when firefighters arrived at scene

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Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., and was rushed to a hospital on Thursday. A Hollywood, Fla., fire department spokesman told MSNBC TV that the actress was unresponsive when the rescue unit arrived on the scene.

Sources confirmed to Access Hollywood that Smith was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. EST on Thursday. Access Hollywood also is reporting that Smith was intubated at the scene.

Officials told the Miami Herald, "it does not look good."
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On Tuesday, Smith and the diet products company TrimSpa Inc., for which she is a spokeswoman, were sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill is false or misleading.

Smith also was order by a judge to have baby daughter undergo paternity testing. The test is being sought by Smith's former boyfriend Larry Birkhead, who claims he is the father of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. She was born Sept. 7 in the Bahamas.

Less than a week after the birth of her daughter, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel died in her hospital room while visiting Smith after the birth. An coroner's report ruled the death was caused by an overdose of anti-depressants and methadone.

Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the following year.

She then feuded with Marshall’s son, Pierce Marshall, over her entitlement to the tycoon’s estate before he died in June at the age of 67.

In the long-running dispute, Smith had won a $474 million judgment, which was later cut to about $89 million and eventually reduced to zero. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Smith could continue to pursue the fortune in federal courts in California despite a Texas state court ruling that Marshall’s youngest son was the sole heir.

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poor anna....

"...$474 million judgment, which was later cut to about $89 million and eventually reduced to zero."

DAMN. I never heard what happened with all that gold-digging bullshit.

is she married? would be an irony if the guy that hooked up with her just did so for the death money.

SHE DEAD...

tell elton another rewrite of "candle in TEH WIND" is in order

SERIOUSLY?

CNN says she dead.

Very sad indeed. For that poor little baby that is.

yep...suicide

Sho nuff. Damn.

Damn...this just makes my already strange week even stranger.

im gonna need the rest of the day off

Jesus.


Sad thing is that most folks won't be too surprised.


Tragic. She was a train wreck but damn it most likely didn't have to end like that..

It says her son committed suicide, not her. I'm sure she did, but it's not in the story.



Been there more than once. Pretty crappy place.

i opened this thread and immediately heard from two aisles away - "wow. anna nicole smith died." it was very weird.

How very sad...sheesh.

yeah, sad end to a sad life.

...Z discovers after all this time that Timis works 2 cubicles away...

i hate to say this, but i'm not surprised...

Yeah, it's just an assumption I made. A very, very accurate assumption.

RIP my angel

I just told my co-worker and she let out a very loud "OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS??!".

Didn't expect ANS to elicit such a reaction.




How soon til the "Trim Spa Baby!" jokes start?

I'd guess... negative four minutes.

Oh, and Van Der Sloot can rest easy for the next few weeks (if not months), because Nancy Grace is gonna be BUSY!!!

Trim Spa announced the release of their new diet pills today......