Bad News All Around
I was rather shocked to hear the news about Anna Nicole Smith’s death yesterday. I found out shortly before leaving work and, to be honest, I felt a bit sad. Yeah, she was a train wreck, but even at her peaks (and she had many…from Playboy to Guess model to her TV show) there was an element of sadness.
True, she married a near-death rich guy. True, she (at times) had lots of money. But she was raised dirt poor, got knocked up young, worked at a strip club to survive. She didn’t always have it good…and when she did have it good, she had issues with addictions. She didn’t always make the best choices, but she wasn’t cold-hearted or mean (from what I could tell) except to Bobby Trendy…but he deserved it.
Anyway, I just feel sad. I don’t know what the coroner is going to determine (drug overdose? heart failure? bad flu?) but after her new baby was born and her son died just a few days later, the media was relentless. The past few months must have been horrible for her and I can’t imagine that somehow didn’t play a factor. Poor thing.
Plus, her show had a catchy theme song.
Oh, and then my Mom called this morning to say Dusty, the 3 year old Shih Tzu, has been diagnosed with arthritis! The poor thing. Sometimes when my parent pick her up she’ll moan in pain. Now she’s on medication to help with the arthritis…and she’s only 3! ugh.
Sadness all around.
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I was also sad to learn of ANS’s passing. I’m thinking overdose. Her life was a bit of a train wreck, so I hope she has some peace now. I just feel bad for her newborn more than anyone else.
I agree with Mark. Apparently the police took large amounts of prescription medications and some narcotics out of the hotel room. She was slammed hard by her son’s death but if she did intentionally overdose, she must have been in terrible mental shape to abandon her new child. It’s sad. She may have acted rashly or unwisely at times but somehow I never got the impression of a calculating or bad person.
You know Trendy was just biding his time, looking for the right moment to strike. Actually, my first thought was to wonder if she and that Stern guy actually got married, cuz he’s been Mr. Shifty all along. In the end, I just imagine that it has been many years since she’s known what it felt like not to have a lot of some chemical or other in her system, and probably doesn’t know the difference between a little and a lot. Add that to any number of things, like illness, stress, and grief, and you just gonna kick it. I don’t know if I’d call that an overdose or not, but I do see there being a relationship.
Hmm…and, yeah, that poor kid (her daughter) – postpartum depression could play into it, too, of course – but that child is going to be raised by attendants and lawyers and almost certainly never have a moment’s stability – like a bad, bad fairy tale…even the Onassis wolves were at least somewhat there to look after their kin/there was a more established structure….
When I first saw that story yesterday afternoon, I literally went “Holy Shit!” I think she’s had a pretty rough life in general, and partying hard certainly doesn’t help. It’s possible that the death of her son, the continuing court battle over the old dude’s estate, and the paternity suit involving her daughter finally got the best of her. I keep seeing references to Marylin Monroe. There’s quite a resemblance, and if she did indeed die of a drug overdose, that certainly qualifies as creepy.