# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/101 "2007-02-09T21:46:55Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Dr. Perper touched your peepee? [/QUOTE] Well, I did get the hernia “turn your head and cough” check, so he held the boys for a couple of seconds. And, of course, the finger check too. So he might as well have. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/102 "2007-02-09T21:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Nor do I get the hate for ANS marrying her 90 old first husband. He met her at a tittie bar! It’s not exactly like she was working as a secretary for the old goat and tricked him into marrying her. “Gramps” was out oogling the ladies and managed to connect with ANS. Og knows that if I was a withered old bastige with a couple of zillion dollars, I’d be more than happy to settle down (sort of) with some hot, young floozy who’d put her boobies on me any time I asked. Screw the kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and the great-great grandkids! I got oodles of cash and ain’t long for this world? I wanna go out with boobies on me, dagnabit! [/QUOTE] To be honest, I never understood the rancor about a billionaire marrying Nicole. If I were that rich, I would certainly deserve a hot trophy wife, like mid-90s Anna Nichole Smith. When I’m “amorously engaged” with my hot Playboy model, do I really care that she’s only in it for the money? It’s not like I picked her for her charming personality. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/103 "2007-02-09T21:55:43Z")
I had the weirdest feeling I’ve ever had regarding a celebrities death. Some don’t affect me at all (the vast, vast, majority really…cue standard ‘of course it is sad when anyone dies’ response) and some affect me a great deal (John Candy and John Ritter come to mind) but ANS’s death hit me as though I was watching a movie in which I knew the ending before it was coming. My honest reaction to her death was, “I suppose that makes sense”. Then I changed the channel. I have nothing against the lady, I’m sure she was nice, and my sympathy goes out to any loved ones she may have. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/104 "2007-02-09T22:00:03Z")
I sure mangled that up; let me take a crack at the first sentence again… I had the weirdest feeling after I found out about this celebrity death. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/105 "2007-02-09T22:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Right now on CNN’s front page is a picture of medical examiner Joshua Perper giving a press briefing about the preliminary autopsy results. He’s the guy who gave me my entrance physical for the Navy back in 1983 at the Pittsburgh MEPS. The same hands that touched my groin have touched Anna Nicole’s boobies!!! [/QUOTE] Wait, you remember the name of a guy who gave you a MEPS physical 24 years ago? I got my physical done a month and a half ago, and I don’t even remember the guy’s name. Either you’ve got a hell of a brain, or Dr. Perper gave some badass physicals in his day. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/106 "2007-02-09T22:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Right now on CNN’s front page is a picture of medical examiner Joshua Perper giving a press briefing about the preliminary autopsy results. He’s the guy who gave me my entrance physical for the Navy back in 1983 at the Pittsburgh MEPS. [/QUOTE] How on Earth can you remember that? I went into the Navy in 1989, and my visit to the Atlanta MEPS is lost in the chasms of my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/107 "2007-02-09T22:33:00Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] How on Earth can you remember that? I went into the Navy in 1989, and my visit to the Atlanta MEPS is lost in the chasms of my memory. [/QUOTE] C’mon. It’s the name. He got a physical from Dr. Perper. It’s right there between the name of a soft drink and having to point to the dolly to show what the bad man did. It’s memorable. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/108 "2007-02-10T00:03:51Z")
The cause of death [remains unknown.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a.qW3uIwjQDg&refer=us) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/109 "2007-02-10T00:05:31Z")
[QUOTE=HubZilla] If I were that rich, I would certainly deserve a hot trophy wife, like mid-90s Anna Nichole Smith. [/QUOTE] No, **Zilla,** you could **afford** her. Not quite the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/110 "2007-02-10T00:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] The cause of death [remains unknown.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a.qW3uIwjQDg&refer=us) [/QUOTE] No pills were found in her stomach which shoots my suicide theory to hell. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/111 "2007-02-10T01:35:37Z")
this train might be somewhat wrecked, but it hasn’t reached the end of its journey. yep, poor little girl. once she is able to understand what happened in her early life, she will have quite a lot to deal with. she will find out: a. her brother died shortly after her birth. she is named for him. b. there was a very public and rather bitter paternity dispute. c. mom dies in odd circumstances. d. people crawled out of the woodwork to try to gain custody of her. her best chance may be adoption by an amish couple. at least her classmates and their parents would have no idea of the whoopla involved. with the people around her, who on earth would you award custody to? zaa-zaa and her husband? “husband” stern? exboyfriend? she is going to have a tough time just dealing with her own thoughts and feelings on all this. not to mention the taunting of classmates. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/112 "2007-02-10T01:41:47Z")
[QUOTE=rocking chair] this train might be somewhat wrecked, but it hasn’t reached the end of its journey. yep, poor little girl. once she is able to understand what happened in her early life, she will have quite a lot to deal with. she will find out: a. her brother died shortly after her birth. she is named for him. b. there was a very public and rather bitter paternity dispute. c. mom dies in odd circumstances. d. people crawled out of the woodwork to try to gain custody of her. her best chance may be adoption by an amish couple. at least her classmates and their parents would have no idea of the whoopla involved. with the people around her, who on earth would you award custody to? zaa-zaa and her husband? “husband” stern? exboyfriend? she is going to have a tough time just dealing with her own thoughts and feelings on all this. not to mention the taunting of classmates. [/QUOTE] Why not give her to Madonna? Then all this will seem **normal** to her! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/113 "2007-02-10T01:42:52Z")
[QUOTE=rocking chair] she is going to have a tough time just dealing with her own thoughts and feelings on all this. not to mention the taunting of classmates. [/QUOTE] I don’t think that 8 year olds will have any idea who Anna Nicole Smith was in 8 years. Before their time and her 15 minutes expired in the 90s, leaving her famous for having been famous since then. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/114 "2007-02-10T02:10:49Z")
I wonder how long it will take for all the commemorative stuff to start popping up. I bet there will be atleast one doll. Commemorative plates would be _interesting_. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/115 "2007-02-10T02:11:47Z")
their parent would know who a.n.s. was. little pitchers have big ears, recorders for brains, and no gags on their mouths. taunting will occur. unless she is in a boarding cloistered school. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/116 "2007-02-10T04:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] The same hands that touched my groin have touched Anna Nicole’s boobies!!! [/QUOTE] Huh. Your live genitals or her dead breasts. It’s hard to imagine which would have been more disturbing for the good doctor. 😉 [QUOTE=Lissa] No pills were found in her stomach which shoots my suicide theory to hell. [/QUOTE] Of course, there wouldn’t be pills if the drugs causing an overdose had been, say, slipped into a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/117 "2007-02-10T08:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=Batsinma Belfry] I wonder how long it will take for all the commemorative stuff to start popping up. I bet there will be atleast one doll. Commemorative plates would be _interesting_. [/QUOTE] Disturbingly, I was wondering how long it would be before someone rewrote _Candle in the Wind_ for her. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/118 "2007-02-10T10:21:14Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] No, **Zilla,** you could **afford** her. Not quite the same thing. [/QUOTE] Do you know anyone who could afford something and didn’t buy it because they thought they were undeserving of it? “Well, I’ve wanted that fast sports car, but seeing as I can only afford it because I won the lottery, I really don’t deserve it.” Umm, yeah, not likely. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/119 "2007-02-10T13:43:30Z")
For those of you who thought (wrongly!) that this story could not get more bizarre, Anna Nichol’s half-sister is saying the baby was conceived with semen from Anna Nicole’s dead husband! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408/120 "2007-02-10T13:54:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] No pills were found in her stomach which shoots my suicide theory to hell. [/QUOTE] The coroner said that they frequently find no pills in the stomach of a suicide. It’s the blood levels that will determine if she ingested too much dope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-reportedly-collapsed-possibly-dead/391408.md?page=7)