# Anna Nicole Smith's son has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306 "2006-09-11T16:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/1 "2006-09-11T16:43:53Z")
I know she’s an easy target as TWANS (The Widow Anna Nicole Smith), but I can’t imagine this type of loss. Her son died in the Bahamas 3 days after his mother gave birth there: [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/11/anna.nicole.son.dies.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/11/anna.nicole.son.dies.ap/index.html) I will confess to watching her reality show, and I remember being struck by how “normal” he seemed. Bright, charming and obviously devoted to his mother, as she seemed to be to him. Sad. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/2 "2006-09-11T16:47:35Z")
Poor kid. He was always so painfully _embarrassed_ on her reality show. If growing up with Anna Nicole Smith as a Mom doesn’t screw you up, nothing will. (God I hope Bobby Trendy isn’t in chrage of funeral arrangments!) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/3 "2006-09-11T17:08:57Z")
How sad for her to lose her first child shortly after giving birth to her second child. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/4 "2006-09-11T17:53:29Z")
For some reason, the news makes me so sad for this poor kid. She’s a major screw-up but he seemed pretty normal and well-adjusted. It’s just such a shame. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/5 "2006-09-11T18:13:03Z")
I can’t imagine how awful it would be to lose a child. That poor woman. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/6 "2006-09-11T20:25:53Z")
I’m stunned. I originally thought you meant she had a baby boy who died three days later. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![2lazy2pee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4bbf92/32.png) [@2lazy2pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2lazy2pee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/7 "2006-09-11T20:38:44Z")
I’m not a big fan of Anna Nicole. But I’m not unsympathetic. My sympathies to Anna on her loss, which I would not wish on anyone. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/8 "2006-09-11T21:12:22Z")
How terrible. 20 years old is far too young to die. ☹ I never paid much attention to Anna Nicole, but I definitely feel sad for her. Having to bury your own child must be one of the worst heartbreaks anyone can go through. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/9 "2006-09-11T21:25:55Z")
What’s even more horrifying is that he apparently just had a massive heart attack right in front of her. Preliminary reports are that no drugs or alcohol were involved, just one of those freak young-person-has-heart-failure-out-of-the-blue deaths. I can’t even imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/10 "2006-09-11T21:52:31Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] What’s even more horrifying is that he apparently just had a massive heart attack right in front of her. Preliminary reports are that no drugs or alcohol were involved, just one of those freak young-person-has-heart-failure-out-of-the-blue deaths. I can’t even imagine. [/QUOTE] Where did you get that info? CNN hasn’t provided any additional info since I first saw the story this morning? How sad. I know she adored that kid. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/11 "2006-09-11T21:54:18Z")
That’s not to say I don’t believe you…I just couldn’t find any more info and I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/12 "2006-09-11T22:40:45Z")
From the AP: > [@](#): > > Daniel Wayne Smith arrived Saturday night in the Bahamas, and apparently went directly to the hospital where he spent the night in his mother’s room, Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of the Royal Bahamian Police Force, told The Associated Press. He said an autopsy was under way. “It would appear from our report that the mother had gotten up, saw him in the chair and he appeared to be sound asleep,” he said. “She tried to wake him up, he was unresponsive, and she sounded the alarm.” Medical personnel arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene, Ferguson said. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/13 "2006-09-11T22:44:56Z")
Geez, that’s awful. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/14 "2006-09-12T00:34:26Z")
I can’t imagine anything worse. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/15 "2006-09-12T13:52:37Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] I can’t imagine anything worse. [/QUOTE] Living on with Anna Nicole Smith, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/16 "2006-09-12T14:16:10Z")
It’s very sad and very spooky in a way. The saddest thing is, he was in the hospital visiting and someone might have saved him if it happened in some other way, like while they were awake and talking. I wonder if the new baby will make her sad. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/17 "2006-09-12T14:41:17Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] That’s not to say I don’t believe you…I just couldn’t find any more info and I’m curious. [/QUOTE] I think I must have read a preliminary report similar to the one Eve quoted which did not have the information that Anna-Nicole found him asleep. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/18 "2006-09-12T15:37:17Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] That’s not to say I don’t believe you…I just couldn’t find any more info and I’m curious. [/QUOTE] While it’s possible for an otherwise healthy 20 year old person to have an “out of the blue” heart attack type death occur, given the context of being the son of someone whose lifestyle seemed to have revolved around being more of less continuously drunk or drugged up, I don’t think I’d be betting on natural causes as the cause of death. But… anything can happen. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/19 "2006-09-12T15:53:17Z")
[QUOTE=astro] While it’s possible for an otherwise healthy 20 year old person to have an “out of the blue” heart attack type death occur, given the context of being the son of someone whose lifestyle seemed to have revolved around being more of less continuously drunk or drugged up, I don’t think I’d be betting on natural causes as the cause of death. But… anything can happen. [/QUOTE] Well, everything I’ve ever seen of the kid indicated he went the complete opposite (as many kids do). He seemed like a quiet, straight, reserved kid who loved his mom very much. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306/20 "2006-09-12T22:25:21Z")
I’m not a big Anna Nicole fan, but this is heartbreaking. Personally, I’m wondering if he developed a blood clot in his leg during the plane flight and it traveled to his heart. The reason I say that is we have a co-worker who was on a plane trip and developed clots in her legs. She was put on strict bed rest and blood thinners and advised that if she flies again she is to wear compression stockings. Granted, she’s older than 20, but hey it could happen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smiths-son-has-died/372306.md?page=2)