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Anna Nicole Smith

AKA:

1993 Playmate of the Year

Birth Name:

Vickie Lynn Hogan

Birth Date:

November 28, 1967

Birth Place:

Houston, Texas

Death Date:

February 8, 2007

Place of Death:

Room 607, Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, Florida

Age:

Cause of Death:

Combined drug intoxication

Cemetery Name:

Lakeview Memorial Gardens

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Anna Nicole Smith was a stunning, full-figured American model, a terrible actress and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for fashion companies including Guess, H&M and Heatherette. In 1993, when she modeled for the Swedish clothing company H&M, this led to her picture being displayed on large billboards in Sweden and Norway. Smith was also featured on the cover of Marie Claire and in GQ magazine. Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985 and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Eventually losing her bid to gain control of a portion of billionaire Marshall's $1.6 billion estate, she was saddled with attorney fees that made her bankrupt. In the end, Vickie Lynn Hogan swapped her small-town woes for a ticket to stardom as a Playboy Playmate, Guess Jeans pinup girl and glamorous movie star: a walking, talking billboard for fashion, sex and, later, severe misfortune.

Fun Fact

Anna Nicole Smith was not J. Howard Marshall’s first liaison with a stripper. In 1982, he met “Lady” Diane Walker, a nude dancer, at a strip club and offered to marry her if his wife Betty, who had Alzheimer’s disease, were to die. Over several years, Marshall gave Walker $15 million worth of jewelry and other gifts. Walker died in 1991 at age 51 due to complications from facelift surgery. The gifts became subject to scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service since gift taxes were not paid; Marshall claimed that the gifts were instead “consulting fees”.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Lakeview Memorial Gardens

3J33+669, Gladstone Road

Nassau, ,

The Bahamas

North America

Grave Location:

Smith Family Plot

Grave Location Description

As you enter the white metal gates off Gladstone Road, drive straight ahead 100 feet and park at the intersection. Walk towards the white gazebo and just in front of the cremation gazebo you will see the final resting places of Anna Nicole Smith, her son Daniel and her husband billionaire J. Howard Marshall.