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Anna Nicole Smith: Her Life - From Topless Dancer to Celebrity to Untimely Death  
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Anna Nicole Smith, the voluptuous former model whose life as a Playboy centerfold, billionaire's widow and reality TV star made her the center of tabloid attention, was found dead today – February 8, 2007. She was 39. Here is a quick synopsis of her life:

	Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan in the small Texas town of Mexia on November 28, 1967. She was raised by her mother, a police officer.
	She married her 16-year-old boyfriend, Bill Smith, in 1985, quitting high school after 11th grade.
	After her husband became abusive following the birth of Daniel, Smith left, supporting herself as a waitress and in a discount store. The couple divorced in 1987.
	Smith was working as a topless dancer in Houston, Texas, when she made her first appearance in Playboy. The magazine put her on the cover in March 1992 and made her Playmate of the Month in May.
	In 1993 she was named Playmate of the Year.
	She appeared in ads for Guess jeans and had a small part in the movie "The Hudsucker Proxy." That led to appearances in several movies, including "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" in 1994.
	In June 1994, the then-26-year-old Smith married Texas oil baron J. Howard Marshall II, 89, a wheelchair-bound tycoon whom she met while working as a dancer.
	Marshall, who was worth $1.6 billion, died 14 months later. The lack of a prenuptial agreement set off a huge, 12-year legal battle between Smith and Marshall's son, E. Pierce Marshall.
	At first, Smith was evicted from the Marshall ranch and her money -- a $50,000 monthly allowance -- was cut off. She filed for bankruptcy in 1999.
	Then, in 2000, Smith won a $474 million judgment, but that was scrapped when a Texas state court ruled that Pierce Marshall was the sole heir.
	In May 2006, however, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Smith could pursue her fight in federal court. Pierce Marshall, 67, died in June.
	The Marshall family said at the time they would continue the legal battle over the fortune.
	In 2002, Smith launched a reality television program, "The Anna Nicole Show," on the E! Entertainment network.
	In early 2006 she attended U.S. Supreme Court arguments over her claim to a portion of her late husband's billion-dollar fortune. The justices unanimously decided in her favor in May.
	On September 7, she gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn Hope, at a hospital in the Bahamas.
	Three days later her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died of an apparent mix of antidepressants and other drugs in Smith's hospital room.
	Smith was found Thursday "unconscious and unresponsive" in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, according to Hollywood Fire and Rescue. Pathologist Cyril Wecht to reporters that Daniel Smith died from a combination of methadone along with antidepressants Lexapro and Zoloft.

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