Smith, Anna Nicole

▪ 2008

Vickie Lynn Hogan 

      American celebrity

born Nov. 28, 1967 , Mexia, Texas

died Feb. 8, 2007, Hollywood, Fla.

engaged in a lifestyle that frequently captured tabloid headlines, especially when she married 89-year-old Texas oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, at the age of 26. His death 14 months later led to a high-profile legal struggle for his estate between Smith and Marshall's son, E. Pierce Marshall. In 2006 the U.S. Supreme Court granted the sometime actress the right to pursue Marshall's millions in federal court. Smith, who was working as a topless dancer when she met Marshall, had a brief career as a model, and in 1993 she was named Playmate of the Year by Playboy magazine. Smith remained in the news when her 20-year-old son died suddenly while visiting her a few days after she gave birth to a daughter in 2006. The uncertain paternity of her daughter led to more legal wrangling.

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