Anna Nicole Smith has died.

[Midlodemocrat]

:(

http://www.cnn.com/

edit to add link.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. What a fucking bummer

RIP Anna...So sad... :(

[Giant Robot]

2. Hopefully ,for the first time probably,

She is at peace.

[sundog]

3. sad

:(

[JVS]

4. Why couldn't you have taken Rachel Ray instead God?

*shakes fist at sky, walks off*

[graywarrior]

5. This is one that really bothers me.

Fucking sucks.

[Giant Robot]

9. I'm curious why?

This one really bothers you I mean, if thats not too personal or offensive to ask.

[Shakespeare]

12. It really bothers me, too.

First, why the fuck do you care if it bothers someone a little more than another celebrity death might? What an odd thing to ask.

Here's why, for me: She was very beautiful (and successful as a result of that), but also very innocent in many ways. She was exploited and ridiculed her entire adult life, and by all accounts was tremendously unhappy. That she then suffered the loss of her son only made her life that much more tragic. A tragic life with little happiness ended by an untimely death is deeply sad to me. And much more sad than, say, Frankie Layne dying of old age.

[Name removed]

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[Shakespeare]

30. I DID give you a serious answer.

And as I said, your question seemed odd to me (and not terribly respectful), hence my initial "wtf." I make no apologies for that, and am in no need of "settling the fuck down."

If I just wanted to hit you with attitude, I wouldn't have bothered giving you a serious answer.

[johnfunk]

44. Anna Nicole Smith, 1967-2007: Victim of the Media

Entertainment Tonight, Excess Hollywood, Yecchstra -- Smith was their meatpuppet and their victim.

[Critters2]

50. She clearly enjoyed the attention.

No one forced her to do a reality show.

She was famous for being famous. Nothing more.

[Shakespeare]

53. Wow, you're just full of love for everyone today, aren't ya. n/t

[Critters2]

55. There are important things going on--young people dying in Iraq

People without reality shows, I mean.

[Shakespeare]

57. Oh, okay.

I didn't realize that precluded my feeling sad about the tragic death of a young woman. I'll know better next time.

(I can multitask my emotions--I'm more than capable of continuing my grief and outrage at the war while also feeling sadness over this)

[Critters2]

59. Okay. But I won't be sharing that grief with you.

She lived her life to be in the limelight, which is what I found sad. Really seemed tawdry and shallow. And the press love that, because it draws people's attention from the things the press report badly about.

Lots of young women will have died today. I'm afraid I'm more sad for those whose names I don't know.

[Shakespeare]

90. By the way, she was an important spokesperson for an issue near and dear to your heart.

But, as you said in another thread, she never did anything for anybody. :eyes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x161105

[L A Woman]

110. she was also a gay rights supporter

i met her a couple years ago at my favorite haunt in West Hollywood - she was tending bar for charity. It was gay pride weekend. She was awesome, truly. I am infuriated by many of the responses in GD...it's disgusting, truly. But as we've learned in recent days, homophobia is not too uncommon on DU.

[Shakespeare]

113. kick for mycritters so she can see ANS lived up to her standards

ergo, she DID do things to help others.

[cboy4]

123. That sure shut him/her up didn't it?

"I'm not sad, so I'll criticize everyone else who is."

Big Mouth.

[Shakespeare]

127. Yes, she's conspicuously silent about the PETA connection.

Because then she might have to actually admit she was wrong about her.

[Shakespeare]

131. One last kick.

Not that I expect the poster to acknowledge it, of course.

[Shell Beau]

92. Why can't we be sad for all?

[ronnykmarshall]

109. I'm giving you an extra delux ....

How Niiiiiiccccceeeee!

[Midlodemocrat]

89. DEAR GOD. You are a MINISTER!!!!

If you can't have some compassion for someone why post anything at all? It reminds me of your comments about hating housewives. Super Christian, that's for sure.

:eyes:

[bicentennial_baby]

94. Thank you....

I am as appalled as you are... :wow:

[Deja Q]

105. But today isn't their day. Nor are they important. Anna reigns supreme.

Don't worry, the way the media operates she'll be forgotten in a week. :crazy: Though given how the media is using her in death as they were in life, what's truly changed? Nothing. Who needs television anymore to entertain us?

After all, regarding other media darlings, James Brown is forgotten and Mike Evans, who did far more for advancing real social causes than Anna or James, was barely mentioned as a blip on the far side of the radar screen. Quite probably because Mike Evans was a decent guy who couldn't get into a tabloid trash article if he tried!

[ronnykmarshall]

108. No shit.

That one's be a royal pain in the ass today.

[barb162]

101. I think so

I was watching some clips of her mugging/kissing the cameras with a super low cut dress and she was picking up the dress from the bottom to show more of her legs for the cameras. And I thought, did she want to be taken seriously?

[ForrestGump]

118. So she enjoyed the attention. So she showed off her physical assets.

There's nothing wrong with that. Not all of us are made to be theoretical physicists. And not all of us are made to be Guess models.

Being taken seriously is not always a good thing, especially when it's by yourself.

[RebelOne]

130. So what, I would have enjoyed the attention. What's wrong with that?

We all would like to have our 15 minutes of fame.

[Deja Q]

103. Hollywood and the media... they are the biggest sleaze, by far.

For all the talk of Anna, one way or the other, Hollywood is the sleaziest of them all. Period. Incontrovertible.

The media loves to find something, anything, and make a circus out of it. And then dump the act the second it becomes unprofitable.

But the proverbial circus performers are not victims either. The tabloid trash media loves to stalk celebrities or even the questionable just for a story they think might sell. Sensationalist garbage. And thanks to all the tabloid trash, who the fuck knows where the truth re: Anna's life was? Unless she flaunted the parts of it the media would cling most to, and even the naive have to admit the media means big bucks. And the media will spin things when reality becomes inconvenient. Just ask the makers of the "bio-pic" "A Beautiful Mind". Can't have reality when that might reduce the audience viewing figures...

See why it's easier to stay out of something? It becomes way too easy to become one-sided, jaded, and in some posts outright vicious. From either point of view and there are times when the wishy-washy, oops I mean those who want to find the middle and the truth, are better to stay out.

Maybe her sons are the real filth.

Maybe the old guy she loved was filth.

Maybe she's filth.

Who the fuck knows?

At this point, as much as I loathe to say it, who the fuck cares anymore? Her life was trashed long ago BY the media that all sorts of societal problems are being overlooked. And we can only hope she didn't encourage the media along the way. That's like OJ Simpson selling a book telling us how he killed Ron and Nicole, if he really did do it despite not bothering to fulfill his promise of looking for 'the real killers'... oops, too late. No doubt he'll have a lot of people mourning him too. When his day comes, I can only be apathetic. The hard worker down the street, living the straight life, trying to do good for his family and dying due to overstress will still be ignored for some poodle dancing for his media friends.

But, as I said before, she died way too young and that's THE most tragic aspect of all this.

And no doubt I'll get fried for my Charles Manson comment by his fan base too... :eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

111. How niiiiicccce!

[idgiehkt]

47. didn't she just have a baby, as well?

now this little one is gonna grow up without a mom. It bothers me because she is from a working class background. I always related to that for some reason. It also bothers me because she was portrayed as so mercenary for marrying J. Howard for his money, as if he didn't marry her for her youth. It think it was a business exchange, and yet she was the only one that was tainted by it. So strange the way that works.

[Shakespeare]

49. I used to stop at the Dairy Queen in Mexia where she worked....

...when she was a teenager (when I was making the drive between Texas A&M and my parents' house in Dallas). They were SO proud of her, and she came from such a poor, modest little town. The whole thing's just so tragic.

[Left Is Write]

69. Yes. Her baby was born in September.

[Bzzzz]

84. Maybe, just maybe...

the child will have a shot at a normal life. Sorry...just saying...:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

115. Right! Let's hope so, but now this baby is motherless.

And for the time being, fatherless. At least until they know for sure who the dad is.

[barb162]

102. Yes, think that baby is 5 mos. old

But there is her family and the father

[LostinVA]

63. Me too, Shakespeare

She was full of pathos, you know? And, she never hurt anyone, although many people did hurt her.

I know the death of her son devastated her.

It just sucks.

[barb162]

99. Respectfully, I think she wasn't exploited

She had millions and didn't have to show her stuff. I think she enjoyed that fame thing or else she wouldn't have been doing that sex strutting /posing stuff after she had the millions.

[ForrestGump]

120. I could copy and paste what I wrote above, I guess

or I could just do this, much as I don't particularly like this smiley: :eyes:

'Showing her stuff' is what she did a for a living. She did it for fun, too. She was a wild girl, in many ways. The only thing I know for sure is that you have no right, really, to judge her.

And, yes, she probably did enjoy that fame thing. Even though it probably did her more harm than anything else.

It sounds like you think she should've done the whole sackcloth and ashes thing, or worn a burkha, or maybe undergone female circumcision to cast out from her the evil urges to sexily strut and pose....

I repeat: :eyes:

[graywarrior]

13. She was a walking disaster and was in over her head.

I just think she was vulnerable and couldn'g handle her lifestyle. I've known people like that personally. It's a hard thing to watch someone self destruct.

[Giant Robot]

22. Thank you for the answer graywarrior

And your politeness in doing so. I was curious, like I said, and I appreciate the honesty and sharing of yourself in this tragedy. It is wonderful to be able to learn from one another and it is sad that we only usually do in the midst of tragedy.

[graywarrior]

26. You're welcome.

[Control-Z]

6. How very sad

She never found her way to happiness. I hope she has finally found peace.

[HoneyBee]

7. Rest in peace with Daniel...

:(

[MonkeyFunk]

8. That's so sad

I had always hoped for a happy ending for her. Guess it wasn't meant to be.

[JoDog]

41. It seemed there was no one to help her

After watching a few episodes of her reality TV show, I had to turn it off. I felt so sad for her. It seemed that she had been told all her life that she was nothing but a body, with no one encouraging her to develop her mind. She needed help and protection to learn how to stand on her own--which she never got. There never seemed to be anyone around her who genuinely cared about her other than her son. She was surrounded by pirahanas, all trying to make their buck. She didn't have friends, she had employees, her son and a dog.

It seems in this final act, she may have followed in the footsteps of Marilyn Monroe, who image Anna Nicole Smith's pictures often copied. Near the end of her life, Marilyn started taking acting lessons, and was showing promise as a real actress, not just a body and a breathy voice. But her addictions wiped that out. Who knows what Anna could have become if given time and the right mentors? And what will become of her little girl?

[Critters2]

61. Wasn't she an adult? Who takes care of you?

I'm guessing she would have had a community in her small hometown, but she gave that up to become a "star". Still, as an adult, she was responsible for caring for herself, or creating a community around her. It's what the rest of us are expected to do.

[Shakespeare]

65. She was pulled into that world when she was 16....

....and was very, very naive and unsophisticated. She never had a chance to learn HOW to take care of herself, which is why so many of us find her death tragic.

[Critters2]

70. "pulled in"? How was she "pulled into that world"?

And why couldn't she get out? She had more resources than most.

[Shakespeare]

71. Gee, you're right. Somebody sweet, naive and uneducated....

....should've just pulled herself up by her bootstraps. So sorry I voiced my sympathy for her. :sarcasm:

[Critters2]

74. It's what most sweet, naive, uneducated people do.

But no one realizes that, because they're all staring at media-invented celebrities like ANS.

[dropkickpa]

86. I disagree

Most sweet, niave, uneducated people end up getting shit on for their entire lives, going from one bad situation to another, being taken advantage of, and they either die (be it natural, suicide, or murder) or become hardened and bitter, losing every bit of their sweetness and naivete by being ground under the bootheel of life.

[barb162]

126. Yeah but are you suggesting she had no education?

[Shakespeare]

128. She was a high school dropout, and known for not being terribly bright. n/t

[Evoman]

107. So what about the soldiers in Iraq that we "aren't paying attention to"

Nobody forced them to join the army. They joined it..they knew what they were getting into. Most of them did nothing of importance (fighting a war in Iraq is the epitomy of useless).

Why the fuck should we care about them?

Answer: Because we are human beings with sympathy for people who have made bad decisions, and who have suffered. Well..most of us, anyways.

[Evoman]

106. Sympathy is not a weakness.

Especially sympathy for a lady whos son died 3 days after she gave birth. A lady who leaves behind a 5 month year old son.

[barb162]

121. Even in grammar school we are taught our minds are

very important. Also high school. Did she miss that part?

[deepthought42]

10. dude....that sucks....

:(

[KittyWampus]

11. Who the hell is she? please? Anyone? I have no earthly idea

[matcom]

15. the American dream

married a guy 147 years old for his money

[JVS]

17. here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith

[underpants]

18. Google her name

hit images

turn off the safe search

She was a blond bombshell Playboy playmate of the early 90's. Really great bod but she has had a wild ride of fame.

Got hefty and then lost it all-she really was fantastic looking
Had a reality show that was startlingly embarassing and hard to watch
Married a BILLIONAIRE and had to fight his kids all the way to the Supreme Court
Her older son died of a methdone overdose in the delivery room when he gave birth a few months ago

[matcom]

19. her older son was pregnant when he died?

i hadn't heard

[johnnie]

29. Dude

I feel terrible laughing at that.

I do think it is sad though. Her death that is.

[Shell Beau]

31. Really?

Sorry that picture I posted was some kind of large!

Trimspa, baby?

[johnnie]

33. Well...

That is a pretty big picture you have there.

[Shell Beau]

35. Yeah, I had to delete it!

It was big!

[cwydro]

14. And she just had a baby

so sad.

[underpants]

38. I would venture to guess that there was some serious Post Partum depression

aside from just having it ...when you older son OD's IN THE ROOM yeah that has to be tough

[SOteric]

16. Oh man, she just had a baby girl.

That's bound to be a rough way to grow up. :(

[Midlodemocrat]

34. I always thought she was such a tortured soul.

She just never seemed to be happy. She always seemed to me to have this very haunted look in her eyes.

I hope she can find peace. But, that poor little baby. :cry:

[quiet.american]

20. Sad....Terrible for her little baby.... n/t

[Shell Beau]

23. That poor little girl!

[Cascadian]

24. I am not surprised she died.

If you have ever seen her in interviews and that dumb reality TV show she had, her speech was slurred and she just looked she was not all there. She was definately on something or some things. In fact, I am a part of a deadpool group and I put her name in the deadpool. Geez! What a bullseye that was!

All and all, it is sad. I feel sorry for her baby daughter.


John

[HuffleClaw]

60. deadpool????

oh my fucking god that is just truly sick and twisted...





...i want in.

[Ahpook]

79. You are in a death watch group?

I could actually give two shits about Smith, but that seems morbid.

[Cascadian]

117. No. It was just an internet thing.

No Vegas style wagers or anything like that. Her name just popped up because she has been seemingly on the edge since her son died. All and all it is just sad.


John

[Little Wing]

25. I smell rich people with a grudge armed with hired 'help' and poison

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

28. You too ?

I smelled it for months ...

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

27. I know she was just a celebrity but its like somehow you knew that this was a sad situation ...

Her last months was just sad - I feel like "damn" because you just watched everything unfold like a train wreck. I hope that her daughter can live a life of peace as her mother and brother did not.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. I've never been a big fan; but

this is really tragic. I hope her child is well taken care of.

[Control-Z]

80. I can't imagine how

that will ever happen. Poor little girl is almost doomed. Just growing up without a mother alone will be devastating. The publicity will be horrible and will haunt her the rest of her life. Damn.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

81. As publicity fades, maybe she'll be able to quietly

slip into as normal a life as possible.

[Control-Z]

85. That's a nice thought

but it won't happen. It will take some very outstanding adults to support her every step of the way and even then it won't be without great sadness for her. She'll google her mother's name some day and it will be there. It will always be there and it will always hurt like hell.

[AngryAmish]

36. Anna Nicole-

I miss you and I hope you know you have a special place in my heart. You will fly to heaven on a pair of golden wings. I will always remember you. You were an insperation to the world. RIP Anna Nicole. Love always, AA

[L A Woman]

37. terrible news...

i am not easily shocked by celebrity deaths, but this one...geez...i almost think it must be suicide, given the trauma of the past year. i know she has a newborn, but sometimes suicidal people are unable to focus on the good things...it's really, really sad. :-(

[philosophie_en_rose]

39. I wonder how she died.

Now that she's gone, her daughter would likely take everything as her sole lineal heir. (unless she had a valid will). Her daughter's guardian could likely still seek whatever share of Howard Marshall's estate that Anna Nicole Smith was entitled to, with the daughter stepping into Anna Nicole's shoes.

If the Stern is the father, he controls that potential money. If the other guy is the father, then he controls what happens.

[SeattleGirl]

40. God, that's so sad.

RIP, Anna Nicole.

[Ellen Forradalom]

42. It's a shame.

Hopefully she'll find peace where she's gone.

[KitchenWitch]

43. This is really sad.

[jus_the_facts]

45. RIP Anna Nicole...the media won't ever let you....

...but hopefully you will be able to regardless. :(

[Deja Q]

112. Neither will DUers who think she can do no wrong and blame everyone else...

And not say anything to help justify Anna's purported purity. They can say "Love --- blah blah blah" in a pithy way but they say nothing of substance. That doesn't add to their argument.

Either way, she died too young and unlike some people deserved to live. And my gripe is that the media never pays attention to the most noble people of them all... because it's not sensationalist enough. The media loves a slinging mud fight.

They'd love DU right now too.

From people on both sides.

There is no middle.

Mountains of tabloid trash prove that...

[Deja Q]

46. So did Jim Manicraw...

Don't see him on every website, and he didn't hook up with a 70 year old man to dig the gold from under him...

[MonkeyFunk]

48. God, why did I oppose the nuclear block?

[lildreamer316]

51. Tell me about it.

Excuse her for making a man happy in his final days.

[Deja Q]

96. Dunno.

I just have a habit of advocating the opposite viewpoint.

Everybody dies. I still don't entirely understand why the famous (and infamous) get more praise than the average person, whose career is in ways just as valid and in some cases more.

[Karenca]

56. ?? I wouldn't say anything if I couldn't show my respect.

RIP, Anna.

[MonkeyFunk]

58. what a shocking concept

isn't it?

If you don't have any respect for her or her death, why not even FAKE a little respect for those who ARE saddened by it? This is supposed to be a community of sorts - how hard is a little civility?

[Karenca]

62. Exactly---

That was totally disrespectful, not ony to Anna Nicole, but to everyone here who is
expressing their sadness. Something a bratty child might say.

[SammyWinstonJack]

129. Or possibly a jealous child? Anyway, RIP Anna.

[Karenca]

132. That's a better analogy ---

The JEALOUS child!

I believe you're correct :)

[LostinVA]

64. Anna Nicole Smith wasn't a gold digger -- his damned son is

And, her marriage was by all accounts very loving, full of affection, and symbiotic. People don't have to have sex to be close to one another.

Jesus. WTF do I even bother with this one.

[Shakespeare]

67. That man was one of the few people not to enter into a relationship with her...

....in order to exploit her. And as unsophisticated as she was, she knew that and by all accounts loved him back. His sons are malicious, petty, greedy little bastards.

[LostinVA]

72. Look at this link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6162309

[Shakespeare]

73. I just saw that. It should be deleted.

What a fucking piece of shit that poster is to post that garbage.

[ronnykmarshall]

87. They locked it

and I agree that poster is a piece of shit.

[JackBeck]

93. Wow. That was disgusting.

And who knew you could get threads locked for being insensisitve. Would have come in handy the past few days.

[Evoman]

97. Geez, thats sick.

I mean...its not like she is bush or reagan or anybody like that. She is a harmless human being, who may not have done anything to save the world...but how many of us do?

I'm not against pissing on graves as a rule....I would have taken a shit on Pinochets grave, if I were in Chile. But Anna Nicole Smith?!! What did she ever do to deserve this scorn.

[Deja Q]

100. Wow. Talk about an unmalleable opinion in that post...

Puts my sarky content to shame...

But I won't discredit him for having a belief. Most people with beliefs are damned.

So are those who are "wishy-washy" and often turn with the tides...

Maybe the Libertarian filth have a point; just stay out of things and live for one's own gain?

And that leads to a question I sure as hell refuse to ask... it's fairly obvious anyway.

[Deja Q]

98. What's her 'damned son' all about?

It's obvious I've not kept up with the whole story... so I did a quick search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=anna+nicole+smith+gold+digger+son&btnG=Google+Search

So much tabloid "news" that I honestly don't know WHERE to look to find anything one way or another. Even of the time when the debate over whether it was love or 'gold digging' occurred. It makes finding something of value, then or now, nearly impossible, so I'm just going to stay out of this issue entirely, but refrain from taking sides - one way or the other.

She died way too young and that's the most tragic aspect of them all. She died. Too young. It's tragic. So is the fact she got more tabloid attention than real attention. That alone adds a negative stigma. But she, like most of us, deserved a full life. Charles Manson, on the other hand, should have died at 38 as far as I'm concerned; I don't care much for murderers...

And I solemnly promise to stay out of the eventual "Britney Spears has died" threads that will doubtlessly bloom like so many fields of goldenrod that induce hayfever when she croaks... I dunno if Anna was genuine with her desires and maybe she was, but Brit is all too obvious and with each passing day it becomes increasingly clear what she is... and it'd be all too easy to make extremely snide comments about her, now or ultimately.

You've been sincere in your response (as are the others). You've made me think about my own beliefs. Maybe that's why you did bother responding, even if I'm not ready to utterly believe her relationship was honest. In the end, it's none of my business, her personal life, and people will say what they will. It's up to others to change peoples' minds or take sides and do the dance they cajole you to do.

Please consider that.

[TK421]

52. I didn't know much about her, but that does suck

I feel bad for the little girl

[mvd]

54. As I said in LBN, this is too bad

She had that baby, and there's another victim.

[MrScorpio]

66. That's terrible

May she now rest in peace

[Left Is Write]

68. I just logged on to MSN and saw that.

How horribly sad.

[Meshuga]

75. What a tragic life!

Poor woman... RIP Anna!

[woo me with science]

76. Wow.

She wanted to be just like Marilyn.

[ForrestGump]

122. I think, in some ways, she was

maybe a little more like Jayne Mansfield.

And not just physically.

[earth mom]

77. RIP Anna.

You didn't deserve all sh*t you got: the exploitation by the media, being cheated out of your inheritance or the early death of your son. :cry:

[Jamastiene]

78. RIP Anna.

Sad news.

And to the posters who are calling her a gold digger...even if she was, which I do not believe she was, what of it? Isn't that what little girls are taught from the minute we are born? We aren't good for anything else but our bodies right? Just a set of warm wet holes for men to enjoy and the only way we can succeed is to marry some man with money. I mean really. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't. Wonder why I gripe about the hatred toward women? Sheez, I never once heard anyone call Rob Camilletti a gold digger. Fucking woman haters. Like I said, damned if we do and damned if we don't.

[xchrom]

82. i can always count on you!

:applause:

[Jamastiene]

114. ;D

:hug: :pals:

[xchrom]

83. farewell sweet princess.

i enjoyed you -- and now you are gone too soon.

you rest in god's hands now.

[ronnykmarshall]

88. She's with her son Daniel.

I think his death was really hard for her to take.

If this ex-boyfriend turns out to be her daughters father, I hope Howard K Stern doesn't fight for custody. Danielynn only has one parent now and she needs to be with him (whoever it is).

[xchrom]

95. i couldn't agree more.

[Cascadian]

124. There is going to be a huge, ugly custody battle for the child.

It will be between Howard K Stern, Larry Burkhead, and I will bet that Anna Nicole's Mom and her family may try to push for custody as well.


John

[jobycom]

91. Damn. RIP, Anna. Just too sad. nt

[Kajsa]

104. It's so very sad--

RIP, Anna.

:(

[Scarlett17]

116. So sad. . .

there was always an innocence about her that really made me hope she'd pull herself together. I felt really bad for her when she lost Daniel--I could not even imagine what that much have been like for her to got through that right after the birth of her daughter. Just tragic. Hopefully the baby will be well taken care of and loved. What a way to enter the world.

[Cascadian]

119. She celebritiy status has just been changed.

Anna Nicole Smith is now going to be a cult-like figure just like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, James Dean, and Elvis.













John

[mentalsolstice]

125. It says so much for our society

...and how celebs live here. So many of them nowadays look so lost and unhappy. This poor woman was used from the time she was a teenager and had to claw her way up so that she and her son could survive. I defy anyone to say that this isn't news, and isn't a commentary about our society today. Who is next...Brittany, Lindsey, Nicole Ritchie...most of these people aren't really on my radar screen, as Anna was not, however, I see them constantly chased by the media, with their every move recorded, and all I can think is that it's a matter of time before a tragedy happens.

Funny, I saw "The Queen" this past weekend, and I can't help but think about Diana now in terms of this current tragedy.

RIP, Anna