ANNA NICOLE SMITH 1967 - 2007

• 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)
• Began modeling at age 20
• Son Daniel born January 1986

• Worked at Wal-Mart and Red Lobster before becoming an exotic dancer
• Appeared in March 1992 Playboy, was centerfold in May
• Guess Jeans model
• Playmate of the Year, 1993
• Treated at Betty Ford Center 1995

• At age 26, married oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall. He was 89 and died 14 months later.
• Filed for bankruptcy, 1996
• Appears in her own reality show on E! in 2002, highest rated series on the network.
• Awarded nearly $500M by L.A. judge in case against her late husband’s estate, later reduced to $88M, later appealed all the way to US Supreme Court, which found in Anna’s favor in 2006, allowing her to pursue case in federal court.
• October 2003, Anna lost almost 80 pounds on TRIMSPA, for which she was spokeswoman.

• Her “stepson” E. Pierce Marshall, with whom she battled in court, dies June 20, 2006 at age 67 after brief infection.
• Daughter Dannielynn born September 7, 2006
• Son Daniel dies of overdose, September 10, 2006
• Has “commitment ceremony” with attorney Howard K. Stern on a boat in the Bahamas, September 28, 2006. Not legally binding.
• Anna dies at age 39, February 8, 2007, after collapsing in her Seminole Hard Rock Hotel room in Hollywood, Florida