Anna Nicole Died of Accidental Overdose
Tragic model Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental drug overdose, according to Florida police. The 39-year-old was found dead in her suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on February 8 - five months after the death of her 20-year-old son Daniel in the Bahamas. Seminole Tribe Police Chief Charlie Tiger and Broward County, Florida Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper announced results of the model's autopsy in Dania, Florida at 10am local time yesterday morning. Tiger said there was nothing to indicate foul play in her death and the case was now closed. Perper said there was "no evidence of disease" in Smith's body, but she had been feeling ill and had a high temperature prior to her collapse. He added he had searched numerous medical records and studied numerous bottles of medication in her possession, including Methadone, anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication. An autopsy showed Smith had overdosed on sleeping medication chloralhydrate and a minimum of eight prescription drugs, including Valium. An investigation into Daniel's death is scheduled to begin in the Bahamas today. Meanwhile, Smith's partner Howard K. Stern, ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt are submitting DNA tests to determine which man is the father of the model's six-month-old baby Dannielynn.
- 3/27/2007
- WENN
Smith Autopsy Report Set for Release
Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy report is set to be released on Monday, following weeks of speculation over the star's death. Brower County, Florida, medical examiner Joshua Pepper will release his findings at a press conference with Seminole Police chief Charlie Tiger. Pepper postponed the determination of the cause of the tragic model/actress' death last month after police provided him with additional evidence, admitting at the time it would take his staff up to five weeks to determine how the star died. But Pepper admitted at the February press conference his initial autopsy had ruled out "any kind of physical injuries, such as blunt-forced trauma, gunshot wound, stab wounds or asphyxia" as a cause of death, but added he "saw something that looked a little bit unusual" in Smith's heart. The former Playboy model was found dead in her suite at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on February 8.
- 3/26/2007
- WENN
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