# Anna Nicole Smith reportedly collapsed, possibly dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408 "2007-02-08T20:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/1 "2007-02-08T20:51:04Z")
> **[Anna Nicole Smith is Dead](https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/08/anna-nicole-smith-collapses/)** > > Former Playboy Playmate and TRIMSPA spokesperson Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday afternoon after she was discovered unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. She was 39. [http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/38722/index.html](http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/38722/index.html) Typical tabloid fodder, publicity stunt, or actually dead? Time will tell… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/2 "2007-02-08T20:53:21Z")
Fox News is reporting that she’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/3 "2007-02-08T20:53:28Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] > **[Anna Nicole Smith is Dead](https://www.tmz.com/2007/02/08/anna-nicole-smith-collapses/)** > > Former Playboy Playmate and TRIMSPA spokesperson Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday afternoon after she was discovered unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. She was 39. [http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/38722/index.html](http://www.etonline.com/celebrities/news/38722/index.html) Typical tabloid fodder, publicity stunt, or actual news? Time will tell… [/QUOTE] How about actually dead. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/4 "2007-02-08T20:55:07Z")
Wonder who had her in the Death Pool? If true, it’s not shocking. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/5 "2007-02-08T20:55:10Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] How about actually dead. [/QUOTE] Good point. Changed. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/6 "2007-02-08T20:56:28Z")
CNN com says she’s dead > **[Reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39 - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/anna.nicole.collapses/index.html)** > > Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday at a South Florida hospital after being discovered unconscious in her hotel room. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/7 "2007-02-08T21:01:24Z")
[QUOTE=HelloKitty] Wonder who had her in the Death Pool? If true, it’s not shocking. [/QUOTE] Lots of people did. But not me. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/8 "2007-02-08T21:01:38Z")
Why do I keep thinking the words “addition by subtraction?” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/9 "2007-02-08T21:02:18Z")
The few times we’d seen her on TV lately, she just seemed completely out of it, her speech bordering on incoherent. What a mess her life became. Her poor little baby. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/10 "2007-02-08T21:02:50Z")
:eek: Holy crap! Does this mean her face will be on the death list at the oscars? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/11 "2007-02-08T21:03:30Z")
Holy cow- [that’s fast](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith). ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/12 "2007-02-08T21:04:04Z")
Like it was ever going to be a happy ending to this sad and weird tale but still… I feel for her family and her new born. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/13 "2007-02-08T21:05:39Z")
I agree. I would be surprised, looking at her recent interviews and from her dramatic weight loss, if she wasn’t a drug addict. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/14 "2007-02-08T21:11:22Z")
Ha ha! Hilarious [Wiki-vandalism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith): > [@](#): > > …was later pronounced dead by doctors. Officials are investigating that crazy astronaut chick. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/15 "2007-02-08T21:11:25Z")
So who thinks the husband who ostensibly isn’t the actual father of the daughter is miraculously going to inherit? Oh the movies and books… Poor thing was a mess. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/16 "2007-02-08T21:19:10Z")
Shocking - yet not. She reminded me a lot of Elvis - uneducated, unable to cope & surrounded by people who didn’t care as long as the free ride continued. “Back in the day”, she was arguably one of the most beautiful Playmates ever - [http://cache.wonkette.com/politics/anna%20nicole%20smith.jpg](http://cache.wonkette.com/politics/anna%20nicole%20smith.jpg) (lingerie picture - no nudity). By all accounts she was a devoted and doting mother to her son Daniel; he was a remarkably normal and charming young man who adored his mother. She did the best she could with what she had. It’s easy to make fun of her, but I wonder how well _any_ of us could have coped under those limiting (education, etc) choices. The death of her son must have been a horror for her. It will be interesting to see which of the men posturing as the father of her daughter really steps up to the plate now. A very complicated life - I hope she’s a peace. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/17 "2007-02-08T21:20:52Z")
This is so sad…the whole thing is tragic. When I saw her on TV after her son died, I had a gut feeling she’d never get past it. Between the drugs, the dieting, a recent birth, pneumonia, grief, and all the stress of the lawsuits, it’s no wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/18 "2007-02-08T21:31:56Z")
Now who gets her 90-years old ex-husbands millions? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/19 "2007-02-08T21:36:07Z")
When I first heard this I was surprised, then a second or two later I realized it’s not that surprising. For a long time she has struck me as someone who would die relatively young. When her son died I figured she might follow but I thought maybe the new baby would keep her going. I hope things work out better for the baby. Then my third thought was “who had her in the death pool?”. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/20 "2007-02-08T21:37:45Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Her poor little baby. [/QUOTE] That’s the first thing I thought of…and it brought tears to my eyes. That poor child. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408.md?page=2)