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Friday, 9 February 2007, 08:48 GMT
Life in pictures: Anna Nicole Smith
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Anna Nicole Smith, a platinum blonde former Playboy model, lived constantly beneath a spotlight but her flamboyant personality belied a troubled private life.
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A model, actress and occasional TV star, she grew up saying that she wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe - and posed as her heroine in a campaign for the anti-fur group Peta.
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Her marriage, at the age of 26, to octogenarian billionaire J Howard Marshall, drew accusations of gold-digging. After 14 months of marriage, he died.
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His death triggered a lengthy series of court battles for his estate. She won a victory at the Supreme Court in 2006.
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Her attorney, Howard Stern, always by her side during her court appearances, became her husband.
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But her final months were marked with tragedy. The birth of her daughter, Dannielyn, in September last year was followed, just a few days later, by the death of her 20-year-old son.
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