History of anna nicole smith
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Anna Nicole Smith
American actress and television personality (1967–2007)
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| Born | Vickie Lynn Hogan (1967-11-28)November 28, 1967 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 2007(2007-02-08) (aged 39) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Combined drug intoxication |
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| Years active | 1992–2007 |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Preceded by | Cady Cantrell |
| Succeeded by | Angela Melini |
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| Preceded by | Corinna Harney |
| Succeeded by | Jenny McCarthy |
Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Ni
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Anna Nicole Smith
1967-2007
Who Was Anna Nicole Smith?
Anna Nicole Smith rose to fame as a model. She was named Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in 1993. In 1994, she wed 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, who soon died. Smith spent years fighting for a share of her late husband’s estate. She starred in her own reality show from 2002 to 2004. Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Anna Nicole Smith
BORN: November 28, 1967
DIED: February 8, 2007
BIRTHPLACE: Mexia, Texas
SPOUSES: Billy Smith (1985-1993) and J. Howard Marshall II (1994-1995)
CHILDREN: Daniel and Dannielynn
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Sagittarius
Early Life
Anna Nicole Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967, in Mexia, Texas. A high school dropout, Smith’s dramatic life began quietly in the small Texas town. She had a difficult childhood, growing up without her father who left the family when she was only a baby.
As a teenager, Smith worked at a local fried
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Years before Anna Nicole Smith became a Playboy centerfold, reality star, and pop culture fascination, she was Vickie Lynn Hogan—a Texan single mother who was starting a new job at a Houston strip club. Hogan was naive, flat-chested, and physically awkward—she danced like “an emu trying to fly,” remembers a fellow dancer named Missy in Netflix’s new documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me. Missy, who would go on to be Hogan’s lifelong friend, sometime lover, and witness to her celebrity transformation, took Hogan under her wing, teaching her about dancing and the new gig. But there were two subjects on which Hogan needed no education.
“No one needed to give her any pointers on how to attract a man,” says Missy. “She knew what she was doing.” She also “didn’t need any help at manipulating anybody. She was better at it than me.”
Such is the complicated portrait of Smith that emerges in the Netflix documentary, directed by Ursula Macfarlane and available today. Mac