Anna Nicole Smith Dead at 39 - Florida Hotel Collapse

[humanino]

yeah, I knew she was Texan.

Does it enlightens something about her personality ?

 

[Evo]

Does it enlightens something about her personality ?

I was born in Houston, I think MIH was, or at least that's where her family lives now.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was born in Houston, I think MIH was, or at least that's where her family lives now.

yeah, I wasn't born there, but I consider it my home because my family lives there. I lived out there for about ten years.

Evo, do you remember Anna Nicole defending her slurring speech by blaming it on her Texas drawl? What a bunch of horse hockey! She might have fooled a few Yankees but we know better!

 

[Astronuc]

yeah, I knew she was Texan. They're saying she's from Mexia, but I don't know where that is.

Mexia is 41 miles east of Waco on US84 - and just about 10 W of I-45.

More recently, the town is known for one of its most famous celebrities, the late Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007). It was at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in 1985 that Smith met Billy Smith, a cook at the restaurant. The couple married and Anna gave birth to a son, the late Daniel Wayne Smith.

from Wikipedia - The couple apparently separated in 1987, and Daniel died in 2006, five months prior to his mother's death.

According an article about her, she was Playboy's 1993 Playmate of the Year.

While working as a stripper in October 1991, she apparently met the billionaire octogenarian whom she married in 1993, after divorcing her husband. The billionaire second husband apparently died in 1995, after 13 months of marriage. The billionaire son contested Ms. Smith's right to any of the old man's estate.

Does this shed any light on her life?

 

[mathwonk]

isnt discussing this sort of like eating a krystal hamburgers? or reading the national enquirer? or reading a calculus book by hass finey and thomas?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Funny.

If anything, I think it's a discussion of sociology or cultural anthropology.

To me, Anna Nicole Smith was a caricature of Hollywood and fame, and what it does to people, and what they will do to get here. Maybe not relevant to you guys, but this is my city, and I am familiar with its industry and its ways. We're all about shiny facades plastered onto eroded foundations - from our delapidated theaters to the 45-year-old actors still trying to get a role on "Days of Our Lives" after 20 years of extra work. We are a botoxed culture in every aspect because beauty and youth and "image" is our currency. The up-keep takes its toll, and every earned cent is reinvested in the facade and not the foundation.

Aside from that, I really don't understand why so many of the news reports compare her to Marilyn Monroe, when ultimately she was more the Jayne Mansfield type. Her true gift was self-exploitation.

And BTW, I like Krystal hamburgers very much!

 

[Evo]

I don't get it. I'm watching a news show and her supposed "best friend" that was with her this whole time said that Anna Nicole was very ill the past few days with a fever reaching 105 and that they gave her an ice bath to bring her fever down, that she was too weak to stand and vomiting. But that the next day her fever had gone down to 100, but then she fainted in the bathroom and hit her head, but they checked her and didn't see any immediate signs of bruising.

WHAT?

Why wasn't she taken to the hospital?? A temperature of 105 is extremely serious. Her symptoms were serious.

I hope these people are held accountable for her death. How stupid can you be?

When a person is this ill, you get them medical attention, yet not one person tried to get her to a doctor.

 

[turbo]

I don't get it. I'm watching a news show and her supposed "best friend" that was with her this whole time said that Anna Nicole was very ill the past few days with a fever reaching 105 and that they gave her an ice bath to bring her fever down, that she was too weak to stand and vomiting. But that the next day her fever had gone down to 100, but then she fainted in the bathroom and hit her head, but they checked her and didn't see any immediate signs of bruising.

WHAT?

Why wasn't she taken to the hospital?? A temperature of 105 is extremely serious. Her symptoms were serious.

I hope these people are held accountable for her death. How stupid can you be?

When a person is this ill, you get them medical attention, yet not one person tried to get her to a doctor.

To take the most cynical stance (perhaps not unreasonable, though) if you are leeching off a dumb but rich lady, are you going to put her in the hands of the authorities, who might actually recognize the signs of drug abuse and try to help her? There is a legal battle going on right now between at least three guys who are claiming to be the father of her infant girl, so that they can grab the money that she "inherited" from the decrepit billionaire that she hooked up with. NOT GOOD!

 

[verty]

It's amazing what people will do for unearned wealth.

 

[marlon]

It's amazing what people will do for unearned wealth.

True, but i guess that's inherent to human nature. I mean, we have had people like A.N. Smith in every day and age and in every society. It is not just a Hollywood fenomenon. The only Hollywoodian aspect is the fact that for some reason, she got very famous.

marlon

 

[marlon]

from our delapidated theaters to the 45-year-old actors still trying to get a role on "Days of Our Lives" after 20 years of extra work.

I don't really have the inside track on Hollywood but it seems to me that you are right. I don't understand why people throw away everything to become an actor. I am an aspiring actor myself but i would NEVER have dropped out of college or quit my job to get into acting. If you are smart, you construct a "real life" and do the acting on the side as a hobby. I truly believe that if you are any good, people will notice you. The only thing you can do is try to get your name out there, show people what you can. But that does not change the fact that i would NEVER want to spend my days as an extra on the set. You need to go for low profile projects in which you get the chance to act, in stead of being an extra on popular shows.

marlon

 

[Astronuc]

isnt discussing this sort of like eating a krystal hamburgers? or reading the national enquirer? or reading a calculus book by hass finey and thomas?

It is like reading the headlines of the National Enquirer. I don't know about Krystal hamburgers or Hass, Finey and Thomas.

Why wasn't she taken to the hospital?? A temperature of 105 is extremely serious.

I heard that she had a high fever which preceded her being unconsious. Certainly, she should have been in hospital.

Apparently she had a private nurse. Her boyfriend or common-law husband was also with her. She had flu-like symptoms for days! What were these people thinking?

Meanwhile - the vultures (or more crazy people) are circling.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/09/prince.paternity.ap/index.html Another side-show.

To me, Anna Nicole Smith was a caricature of Hollywood and fame, and what it does to people, and what they will do to get here. Maybe not relevant to you guys, but this is my city, and I am familiar with its industry and its ways. We're all about shiny facades plastered onto eroded foundations - from our delapidated theaters to the 45-year-old actors still trying to get a role on "Days of Our Lives" after 20 years of extra work. We are a botoxed culture in every aspect because beauty and youth and "image" is our currency. The up-keep takes its toll, and every earned cent is reinvested in the facade and not the foundation.

Ah! The cynicism. MIH - runaway - get away from that city! We'll send a resuce party.

 

[FredGarvin]

The vultures are circling is right. The only thing that will be more offensive than the train wreck of that woman's life will be the scum of the Earth coming out of hiding trying to get a piece of the oil billionaire's money. Two words are coming to mind that will desscribe the E! channel for the next year...circus act.

 

[ranger]

CNN has been showing nothing but ANS all day for a couple of days now. Every time I switch over, ANS ,ANS ANS ,...blah blah. I want them to start showing how we're screwing up in Iraq again

 

[humanino]

I want them to start showing how we're screwing up in Iraq again

I must admit that, without having gone through this thread, I would be quite puzzled about this fascination on ANS... And you certainly can admit that your soldiers are not close to be as sexy as she was, so when it comes to audience...

 

[verdigris]

If you don't have proof,you shouldn't call her a prostitute.

 

[ranger]

If you don't have proof,you shouldn't call her a prostitute.

I think he's trying to say that she slept with a rich dude for his money. So yea, that could qualify for calling her a prostitute.

 

[verty]

I agree actually (with not calling her a prostitute). If the old geezer wanted to marry her then so be it.

 

[radou]

I think he's trying to say that she slept with a rich dude for his money. So yea, that could qualify for calling her a prostitute.

No, it couldn't, since she, as I already pointed out, just made use of her advantages. After all, the guy agreed to marry her.

It's just a legal way of making money. And it's definitely not the dirtiest one.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Don't you agree that any guy over the age of 70 is going to realize that any 20 something year old that is interested in marrying him is likely just interested in his money? Though it is definitely not illegal, and I believe that everyone should be able to make their own choices.

I think

pros·ti·tu·tion
–noun 1. the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.

speaks for itself...


Of course there is always the argument that she fell in love with the man. I suppose that it is possible that she had some uncommon attraction for extremely old men, but I think that it is far more likely that she was interested in the money/lifestyle that he offered her.

 

[humanino]

Erh... What is the point of debating about the choices made by two dead people. We'll really never know the truth, and in that precise case, who cares ? Are you jaleous ? This is sick. Sorry.

 

[ranger]

haha. Do you really think that someone like Anna was truly in love with an old dude. I mean hot girl/old guy don't really go together. Its useless to argue about this though, since it doesn't even matter.

 

[verty]

What I'm saying is that if she gave the old guy some happiness then what's the problem?

 

[Gokul43201]

What I'm saying is that if she gave the old guy some happiness then what's the problem?

Yet you seem to have a problem with prostitution. Where's the logic in that?

 

[humanino]

Do you really think that someone like Anna was truly in love with an old dude.

I just don't know... Sometimes human nature is surprising. Say she could have so many guys, and she did not know what she was searching anyway. Maybe this old guy brought her some wisdom. Maybe that was unexpected to her but at some point she really has some feelings for him. Maybe he thought she would just be a cute thing to have around his old days, and maybe him too had real feelings for her in the end.

We don't know. We don't need to know. I hope they did have some true feelings about each other, and if not at the beginning I want to believe that they developped some.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Erh... What is the point of debating about the choices made by two dead people. We'll really never know the truth, and in that precise case, who cares ? Are you jaleous ? This is sick. Sorry.

Jealous of what? Are you joking?

 

[verty]

@Gokul:
I think you've made a mistake. When I said it's amazing what people will do for unearned money, I didn't mean that to apply to her marrying him, I consider that to be a fair deal. He chose to marry her so it's all good. I was talking about these vultures that come after the fact.

 

[humanino]

Jealous of what? Are you joking?

Yeah, most of the times that's what I do

Calling a recently dead person by such names, I just don't feel confortable with. But I really believe they might have had strong feelings about each other. When he died, I'm sure that there was something very complicated in ANS thoughts.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Well I didn't really call her a prostitute per se, but I definitely questioned her ethics (although at this point it doesn't really matter any more, since she's dead - As you pointed out, and I agree with.)

I guess what I don't understand is why people give people like Anna more respect than a regular drug addict. She just happened to be a drug addict with lots of money, what did she do?

Of course a life is a life and I wish anyone she left behind the best, but I don't think she deserves the respect she gets. But that is just my oppinion.

edit: At least I didn't mean to call her a prostitute, but meant rather to show why she may be called one, perhaps correctly - I don't know.

 

[Gokul43201]

This thread is quite sad. First of all, it's many pages worth of talk about a nobody. Then there's a bunch of people wielding the word "prostitute" as though that were an insult, and another group defending the nobody against this "insult".

Please! Prostitution is a perfectly honest transaction, there's no trickery or deception involved. A service is provided for a fee, and that's that; nobody is hurt in the process unless the system is abused. And it certainly is not aimed at senile 90-year-olds who are hardly capable of making informed decisions. So can we please stop insulting prostitutes?

 

[radou]

This thread is quite sad. First of all, it's many pages worth of talk about a nobody. Then there's a bunch of people wielding the word "prostitute" as though that were an insult, and another group defending the nobody against this "insult".

If all of us were smart enough, this thread wouldn't actually have more than 3 or 4 posts.

 

[ranger]

Please! Prostitution is a perfectly honest transaction, there's no trickery or deception involved. A service is provided for a fee, and that's that; nobody is hurt in the process unless the system is abused. And it certainly is not aimed at senile 90-year-olds who are hardly capable of making informed decisions. So can we please stop insulting prostitutes?

I understand what you mean and I'm sorry. But there are so many other services that are provided for a fee, yet these people are insulted. I guess its just how some people see other people.

 

[marlon]

Prostitution is a perfectly honest transaction, there's no trickery or deception involved. A service is provided for a fee, and that's that;

Aleluia, people, i think we have already found the winner in the 2007 "most stupid generalizations" contest.

marlon

 

[Thrice]

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs less. ~Brendan Francis, Playboy, 1985

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs less. ~Brendan Francis, Playboy, 1985

If you factor in the costs of the test for Gonorrhea, does this rule still apply?