Anna Nicole is dead at age 39!!!!

[Bluebear]

Collapsed at Hard Rock casino Miami, CPR was performed, she died this afternoon.

[bling bling]

1. Seriously??

[originalpckelly]

3. YEP I JUST HEARD IT!

OMG!

[bling bling]

15. I'm sorry to hear that.

She just had a little baby too. What a tragic year for her and her family. Rest in peace.

[pnwmom]

132. Yes, that poor baby. They better find out who the father is NOW.

[eleny]

4. yup

msnbc

[KittyWampus]

23. who the hell is she? I have heard the name but have no clue.

[Maraya1969]

60. She is the model who marred that multi billionaire. She was a Playboy

centerfold I think. And she had the gig for Gap Genes. Recently she lost a lot of weight and was the spokesperson for Trim Spa. She appeared drugged out several times on TV and she had a reality show when she was heavy. I used to watch it and I grew to like her. It is so sad.

Oh she just had a baby and 2 days later her son died of an overdose. Now there is a paternity suit going on. A young guy says he is the father and she was just ordered to get a DNA test for the baby.

[KittyWampus]

69. thanks, I probably sound really stupid for asking but I only watch a little tv.

[uppityperson]

2. RIP Anna

Poor girl, what a life. Pity.

[americanstranger]

5. Naw. Really?

I'm nowhere near a TV so I have no idea whether you're series or not.

If it's true, this is hugh.

- as

[originalpckelly]

6. No, this is fucking real!

What the hell is with those poor people? So sudden!

[Bluebear]

Just given birth, lost her son, yo-yo dieting, what a tragic life. nt

[originalpckelly]

10. Yeah, this just came the fuck out of nowhere!

[CottonBear]

7. It is true. n/t

[LittleClarkie]

28. No, it's not fucking HUGH

Someone dying isn't funny.

[americanstranger]

52. Oh, relax.

I didn't say it was funny. I said I didn't know if it was real or not.

- as

[LittleClarkie]

147. It's not that you said it was funny that someone died.

It's that whole damn "HUGH!!11!! SERIES!11!!!" thing.

Sorry. Pet peeve. People generally think they're funny when they say "hugh" or "series". Hence, it would seem that you thought that, if Anna Nichole was indeed dead, it would be funny.

Consider, if someone died in your family, would you want someone coming up to you and saying how hugh, or series, it was?

[jollyreaper2112]

65. consider

Yeah, but tell me you wouldn't giggle just a little if Cheney dropped dead while shooting caged birds.

[patrice]

82. Yes.

I am *sorry* to say. Heck, Yes!!

[City Lights]

8. MSNBC is confirming.

:-(

[boobooday]

It's true

Very bizarre.

RIP

[Gman]

9. Here's a link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050167/?GT1=9033

[DURHAM D]

11. It is true - saw it on the tv - CNN. n/t

[featherman]

12. It's true...link

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/08/anna.nicole.collapses/index.html

[sundog]

13. aww

:(

[AX10]

14. Confirmed via MSNBC.

[Beetwasher]

16. Holy Shit, That's Some Fucked Up Shit Right There

n/t

[Lex]

51. No kidding.

Dang.

[devilgrrl]

17. No surprises there.

eom

[proud patriot]

18. I turn 38 in May

[TahitiNut]

64. A mere child, m'dear.

It's terrible to hear of someone so young dying ... too much tragedy there to contemplate. :cry:

[TahitiNut]

77. The media is wallowing in the perversions of "reality TV" ... even the 'news.'

... because it SELLS to the tabloid-obsessed, fast-food and fast-news addicted public. Appalling.

[proud patriot]

120. Indeed

:(

[anitar1]

19. I've always felt sort of sorry for her.

Such a messed up life. Now the child is alone.

[ShortnFiery]

20. Yeah, the brain-dead media will not be able to focus on anything else.

:eyes:

Yes, I'm sorry for the family's loss, but this is not NATIONAL NEWS!!!

[Bluebear]

21. Yes, this is National News.

This is someone everyone in the nation knows, whether you think she is important or not, it is certainly news.

[Selatius]

33. Well, that's a judgment call on your part.

The death of a soldier in Iraq has warranted little more than a scroll at the bottom of a screen in most cases.

[Bluebear]

38. OK come on Selatius,

don't accuse me of not thinking Iraqi soldiers are not important. A nationally known figure has died within the last hour and you want to argue this is not news?

[Selatius]

62. Now don't go and set up strawmen and expect me to defend them.

If you are as free to make a judgment call on what is and isn't nationally significant news, then am I not free to do the same thing?

[Bluebear]

68. OK friend , whatever as they say. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. That is becuase our prioriities are wrong

the death of that soldier should lead the news, and her death can close it... shows the propper priority...

[onenote]

63. again: it has always been this way

The death of an individual soldier has never...never...taken priority over the death of a national entertainment celebrity. During the Vietnam War, Americans were dying at a greater rate than they are in Iraq, but the national news media virtually never covered an individual soldier's death. But when Judy Garland, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin died, those deaths were covered by the national news (albeit not to the extent that Smith's death will be covered in this era of 24 hour news channels).

[Benhurst]

59. Yeah and the thousands of Iraqis being murdered don't even rate that.

[shadowknows69]

107. It's not worthy of all day coverage

CNN is going to broadcast the press conference for gods sake. Where presumably they will confirm that Anna Nicole is still dead.

[FrenchieCat]

122. IT will be all day coverage for Anna Nichole Smith......

One day I can take. Afterall, she was a blonde bombshell...which warrants much news as you may know.

But although I didn't admire in anyways, she was still a public figure, and many will be interested in this, because it is news that will sell. It's pretty sensational.

She lived by the media, and so it shall be that she will get more than her fair share of coverage upon her death.

That's the United States for you.

I still feel sorry for here. No one's death, especially one so young is good. It is always a sad thing, in particular to those she left behind.

She may become an Icon a la Monroe. This happens often to those who die a tragic death after having been in the media's eye as she was.

Plus, she won her legal case, and might have eventually gotten millions!

It's an American story. America will watch.

[mwb970]

138. But not for hours and hours.

She has no accomplishments and is of no real importance. To pre-empt coverage of real news to wallow in this non-story is, well, typical of the media. Even MSNBC, I am sorry to report.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. It is national news though not leading news

why? She is known by most people.

Personally, RIP, but I really don't care

But it is national news

[onenote]

43. who put you in charge of deciding what's news?

Google Anna Nicole. Google Dennis Kucinich. Compare the number of hits. Whether or not she "deserved" to be, she was a national celebrity. You can make up your own reality or you can live in the real world.

[ShortnFiery]

88. To me she'll always be filed under "gold digging bimbo of little talent"

You all can go and obsess and it speaks volumes about your priorities. I find this just pathetic, i.e., hyper focusing on a gold digging and talentless shill. :shrug:

[Rick Myers]

96. Agreed! Who cares!

She signed up for the game, played it hard, and that's the price.

[ShortnFiery]

Next!

:hi: You got that right! ;)

[Fran Kubelik]

118. Tragedy and death is the price of the game?

Wasn\'t she just following the American dream?

[Selatius]

22. Death catches up to all of us. All we can do is greet it with a smile.

I wonder if drugs did her in.

[oldtimecanuk]

66. I would be willing to bet she was hyped up....

She's a druggie, plan and simple.....

ww

[rocktivity]

24. Cause of death: a broken heart?

Between her personal problems and the way her weight ballooned up and down, it's quite possible.

:(
rocknation

[MADem]

25. Rita Cosby just reported it. I had a feeling it was bad. They were

doing CPR and had her intubated when they took her out of there.

Now, the questions begin. Overdose, or murder?

And we know damned well it will be in no time at all that we are treated to the life story movie about this poor, tortured soul, for fun and profit.

And now, the Gloria Vanderbilt of the 21st Century, her little daughter, will be torn to bits with all the fighting going on over her. We know full well that since ANS is dead, like Ken Lay, her lawsuit worries go away. And that little kid is left sitting on a bundle of cash, which makes her a very popular little child, indeed.

[babylonsister]

42. How about a simple heart attack? It could happen; she might have

put lots of stress on her organs from all the dieting. It could be natural. BTW, who would murder her?

And that's the last post I'm making on this topic on DU! :evilgrin:

[stonecoldsober]

53. I highly doubt that!

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

86. Well, watch me change the subject completely and talk about

YOU! :evilgrin: :beer: :silly:

[stonecoldsober]

110. Nobody would believe you! It's too damn far-fetched sounding!

[Cassandra]

87. Possibly a congenital heart defect.

Look at Sen. Johnson, who had that blood vessel defect in his brain for so many years and it wasn't a problem until it was. Stuff happens. Sorry to hear about Ms. Smith and I expect I'll be even sorrier to hear about it when the story is in its 5 millionth hour. Too bad this story will probably overrun the congressional hearings and the Libby trial.

[MamaBear]

105. I've known yo-yo dieters who ended up with serious heart problems.

A couple of them made it, one did not. She died after loosing over 100 lbs in the space of a year. Severe dieting puts tremendous strain on the human body.

[MADem]

134. Well, none of us know. But her problems with drugs are well-known.

And as to murder, there's that fellow who was contesting the paternity of the child, and the family of that rich guy she was married to briefly. And of course her husband would have to be put on a suspect list as well, because the police always ask "cui bono?" when a young lady dies. She has money in the bank, I'm sure, and her image is worth money, even after her death--and maybe even more so (her whole, sad life is movie-ripe).

Again, though, this is nothing but idle speculation. None of us know, and none of the talking heads on tv know, either. The doctors at the hospital and the EMTs and the bodyguards know more than we do. The medical examiner, when they do the autopsy, will know more still, eventually.

[deadparrot]

26. That's bizarre.

I can only hope it was some sort of tragic accident and not something more sinister. She may have been a gold-digging airhead, but she was probably suffering through a lot after her son, the lawsuits, etc. Good vibes going out, especially for her daughter.

[originalpckelly]

35. I know this is just completely strange...

just boom! Now she's dead.

[shance]

78. Wasn't her son killed/murdered recently?

n/t

[ceile]

98. Accidental OD

anti-depressants and methadone.
The MSNBC article linked above makes mention of it.

[redqueen]

27. That is so sad.

:(

RIP Anna

[no_hypocrisy]

29. Sigh, another Death By Celebrity.

I feel sorry for her and for her newborn baby. Hope the DNA gets her to the biological and (the best, I hope) father.

[Janice325]

31. Ah, shit. It's on MSNBC.

Truly unfortunate, IMO, that it's Rita Gargles With Razors doing the story.
Poor Anna Nicole. RIP.

[Horse with no Name]

32. Very very sad.

Such a tragic beginning in life...to be "discovered" for Hollywood in Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Texas to Hollywood.
What a terrible thing.
I hope she finds peace. Prayers to her family.

[Hav]

34. .

Wow, after reading the other thread where the majority was just joking around, I thought this would be a thread in bad taste. Sadly it seems it's not.
I barely knew anything about her, the last thing I heard was her son dying young. This family doesn't seem to be blessed concerning the things that matter.

[LSparkle]

36. As others have noted, what a sad, tragic life ... RIP Anna

Prayers for her little daughter, too ...

[Rosemary2205]

RIP Anna and to the media orgy about to begin - FUCK YOU.

I know it's too much to hope America will just tune it out and teach the media whores a lesson.

[babylonsister]

45. I'm right there with you, Rosemary2205. The media will be making

this into a circus for days to come probably.

[Virginia Dare]

37. Very sad for her family...n/t

[madrchsod]

40. she crashed and burned

i can`t imagine just how unhealthy she was. sounds like a heart attack.
she certainly was one of a kind.....

[Morgana LaFey]

74. It could've been something else. There was one report of her having

flu-like symptoms the last several days.

And, I think she's had substance abuse problems as well, tho none of us know (yet) if that had anything to do with her death.

I used to absolutely despise her. But in the past several months, I've come to realize that she really is MOSTLY just a horribly tragic figure. Self, self-destructive, and yes, a victim. Today, in the interim between when it was first reported that she'd collapsed in the casino and the news of her death, as MSNBC has been showing all those different video clips of her, I couldn't shake the similarities with Marilyn Monroe. I went as far as to think to myself, this is this generation's MM.

RIP, poor young woman.

[onenote]

83. sounds like a heart attack?

what sounds like a heart attack? What do we know other than that she collapsed and died.

[JuniperLea]

41. RIP Anna Nicole

And Don't Fear The Reaper...

How said. Money, fame, beauty... means nothing. It can't buy one more minute. Poor, dear thing.

To loose a child would do me in. That's all it would take.

I don't mean to sound flip, but she is the epitome of the old adage: Live hard, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.

[dogday]

46. Sounds like she was going through lawsuit hell

as well as the loss of a child, and add abusing medication to that mix, and it is understandable....

[JuniperLea]

97. You've got that right

Stress kills.

That poor little girl will never have her mom.

The only reaction Anna Nicole ever got from me was a roll of the eyes; now I feel so much sorrow for her! Life is weird.

[Horse with no Name]

127. My sentiments exactly.

It is a very sorrowful story.

[Maraya1969]

44. The poor thing had a hard life.

[AlCzervik]

47. what a terrible end, i really didn't see this coming. I was hoping she'd

turn things around and her life would improve.

[The Flaming Red Head]

48. only one surviving heir. Come on. We all saw that coming.

new daddy gains control of millions

[Bob Loblaw]

49. I know I'm a cynical SOB but (with all due respect),

what a perfect time to attack Iran. No one will even know as the "news" of her death will surely dominate the airwaves over the next six weeks or so.

And by the way I'm quite sure the word some of you are looking for is spelled huge, not hugh.

[Bluebear]

54. No, the word is Hugh.

Really!!!11111

[Deep13]

57. "spelled huge, not hugh"

That's actually an inside joke. Freepers have a lot of famous misspellings.

[Bob Loblaw]

79. I think I realized that

right after I hit the post message button. I'm such a moran.

[dogday]

76. Rule # 1, always ask first...

There are many inside jokes etc on this board... If you see something that looks off the cuff, chances are, it is intentional... Just ask if you are not sure...

Welcome to DU :hi:


You are right about the news, this story will be prime-time gossip for a while...

[Bob Loblaw]

85. I thought rule #1 was

obey all rules. At least according to Barney Fife it is.

Thanks for the welcome.

[dogday]

119. Well if Barney said it, it must be true nt

[CTyankee]

117. I made the mistake of starting a thread about Brazilian grill restaurants

Imagine MY surprise when it turned into one big joke about Bush and Brazilian soldiers...

[Rosemary2205]

80. hugh - link to the DU glossary and WELCOME

when I was a newbie someone pointed this out to me. It's a glossary of DUisms and inside jokes. There's a link on the research forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x190

[onenote]

81. With all due respect, you're not cynical

However, you may be slightly delusional.

[jannyk]

89. Welcome to DU and here are a few inside....

jokes. These spellings were taken from the Free Republic (freeper) website over the years. They are an 'inside joke' and are used incessantly on DU.

Hugh = Huge sometimes followed by 11111 as in this is Hugh1111 - meaning really big

Series = Serious. As in I'm really series this time

Moran = moron as in he's such a moran!!!

Screwn = screwed as in we are so screwn1111

there are others - you'll see them. All came from 'real' postings at freeperville.

:hi:

[Bob Loblaw]

Let me see if I can use it in a sentence.

I thought everyone was being series and that we were being screwn. I am a hugh11111 moran.

I think I've got it. Thanks.

[jannyk]

116. LOL! You'll fit in very nicely n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

143. "Hugh", "Series", and 1 instead of ! are "Leet-speak"

It's hacker sarcasm toward their own version of Freepers.

But "Moran" is Freepish.

The Left even has a few of its/our own, like "Corproate", and abuse of the letter "k", as in "Amerika", "KKKorproate".

--p!
Good-bye, Anna Nicole
I never knew you too well ...
And it seems to me you lived your life like
A Candle in a Public Rest Room ...

[blonndee]

90. "Hugh" is an inside joke, Bob.

Just FYI. :)

[americanstranger]

101. I got yelled at for using the 'H' word.

n/t

- as

[SoCalDem]

139. That's because you hate America

[Deep13]

50. Hmmm, I'm 39.

My guess: aneurysm.

[originalpckelly]

94. Dr. Gupta on CNN said that too many anti-depressants can cause heart failure...

And she was said to be on them.

[alfredo]

55. I had a feeling she wasn't going to live very long. My first thought

was she OD'd. We will have to wait and see.



What a waste.

[ceile]

56. Geez....

39? She never was my favorite person, but I did love to see a real woman modeling for Guess. And all her personal probs-money, son, etc., I guess it just all caught up to her. Heart attack maybe?
RIP, Anna Nicole.

[Cocoa]

58. I don't believe it

I know she's hanging on some island with Ken Lay. :tinfoilhat:

[soothsayer]

61. Jeez, I'm sorry to hear that. She was a mess, but I felt for her.

[etherealtruth]

67. A very tragic end to a tragic and eventful life

May she rest in peace and may the media find something else to adhere itself to ... let those that loved her mourn

[patrice]

70. Her son died recently. That would be very hard to cope with.

Rest in peace Anna Nicole.

[qanda]

71. This is just very sad

I feel bad for her daughter. RIP Anna Nicole.

[partylessinOhio]

72. Now she was cheated of her inheritance by her untimely death.

I can see her horrible mother moving in to take her baby daughter.

Poor Anna. She lived hard and fast.

[TX-RAT]

108. mother moving in to take her baby daughter.

Or the baby's biological father.

[burythehatchet]

73. What do you bet her diet pills had a big effect on her health

[Hippo_Tron]

100. I was about to say, Trimspa might be kinda screwed

[Bucky]

151. You mean besides having to find a new celebrity spokesmodel?

This is pretty bad PR for them at the very least, even if their little pills turn out not to be a contributing factor.

[judaspriestess]

75. she probably died of a broken heart

parents never recover from the death of a child on top of all the stress she was having. She was being sued by the government of the Bahamas, her ex and lord knows what else. Thats too bad, I kinda liked her. She was a good laugh.

[libnnc]

93. I didn't think she'd survive her son's death.

He was her whole world. So sad. I liked her. She seemed like a genuinely good hearted person.

How sad, she was so beautiful.

[BayCityProgressive]

115. aww

this is sad. :( I feel really bad for her baby. Hopefully that sheisty lawyer she has been seeing didn't wack her and her son off to get at that money.

[Saphire]

84. That poor girl. To have everything go so wrong in life....just sad.

[Marie26]

91. Rest in peace. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

92. Very sad!

RIP.

[Marnieworld]

95. RIP Anna

What a sad crazy life. I was never a "fan" but I'm actually a bit bummed about it. I bet it was suicide over her son. What a shame. What a waste.

[rzr77]

99. she wound up being a modern-day Marilyn Monroe after all. rip. nt

[PresidentObama]

102. Awww, thats sad. My thoughts are with her family.

RIP Anna Nicole.

:-(

[wicket]

103. RIP Anna

Never a fan of hers, but my god, has she been through hell.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

104. This is very sad news. eom

[piedmont]

106. I feel for her baby.

Mother and brother dead, and father unknown. Sounds like a Dickens novel.

[LibraLiz1973]

109. I feel really bad for her new baby daughter

Horrible

[Annces]

111. Very sad

She was on a rollercoaster.

[dancingme]

112. Howard K Stern just lost his meal ticket

jerk

[fooj]

123. Not if he's the father of her little girl...

Stern was ALSO present when the son died suddenly.

[L A Woman]

133. Didn't she marry him recently???

I could have sworn it....

[JVS]

113. Media vita in morte sumus!

[valerief]

114. What a shame. She was so likeable in a twisted kind of way. nt

[originalpckelly]

121. Witness on CNN says she was dead on arrival.

[FourScore]

124. How sad.

My prayers goes out to her baby daughter. I think the death of her son was perhaps too much for her to bear.:cry:

[Behind the Aegis]

125. So sad. RIP. She didn't get it (peace) in life, perhaps now she will.

I also see the "ghouls" are out in force today. Some of the responses to someone's untimely death leave me cold and sick to my stomach.

[Bluebear]

128. Cold and sick kind of say it.

What did this woman ever do to them? I kind of liked her in a odd, trainwreck kind of way. Anyhow, if anyone dies at 39 I can't see anybody saying "yawn" but that's just me.

[Behind the Aegis]

136. I agree.

Some of the responses I have seen are disturbing and hateful. Post sympathy about her untimely death? You must have missed the fact that troops died yesterday?! What kind of bizarre thinking is that?

When ever a celebrity dies, it's news. When Pat Tillman died it was big news because he was a celebrity, as well as soldier. I don't recall every soldier's death getting that type of media attention. I also don't recall "hate" posts mocking his celebrity status. Of course, I could have missed those.

[L A Woman]

141. the ignore button can be our friend...and my finger hurts from pushing it

I'm just whizzing through the Anna Nicole threads and putting the grave dancers on ignore because people like that are not liberals and I will never care what they have to say about anything, ever.

[Bluebear]

144. OMG LA Woman . . . . .

I have to agree. The Snickers thing made my list grow from 1 to 9 in one day. People say "I have NEVER put anyone on ignore" but life is happier when I don't even have to experience these kind of people here.

[jus_the_facts]

126. RIP Anna Nicole....

....the media won't ever let you but hopefully you will eventually regardless. :(

[helderheid]

129. PRESS CONFERENCE:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=entertainment&id=5016088

[Caoimhe]

130. How bizarre and sad

Her life has been like a slow motion car accident. I hope her daughter grows up away from the media spotlight.

To me, it is silly to say that people talking about this is denegrating to our soldiers dying in Iraq. It's still a tragedy, and whether you liked her or not, she was famous and young and that always gets press.

[Fran Kubelik]

131. A tragic end to a tragic life.

:(

[Catchawave]

135. I smell a Trimfast lawsuit.....

RIP Anna, you are finally at peace now.

[Bucky]

150. Thank you. My thoughts too.

While she had an older step son who kept after her legally for years whom not a few DUers will suspect had her killed, the fact is that she subjected herself to lord knows what all chemicals and procedures in pursuit of an "attractive" body. Reports of drug use can't be far behind this tragedy. Plus her own son just died last year in Mexico in a drug-related scene. I wouldn't rule out a slow unintentional suicide here.

[Stu DeBeouf]

137. I ate at the Hard Rock....

once...I'm glad to have survived.

[Rockholm]

140. CNN=Entertainment Tonight

I WANT REAL NEWS.

[Bluebear]

142. Like Nancy Pelosi and her airplane woes?

You would prefer they return to this topic today?

[Rockholm]

148. Nope, that's a non-news story too.

Totally made up.

[ecstatic]

145. RIP. First her son, now her. Is her husband a suspect yet?

I'd think it was the diet pills or chronic dieting/unhealthy eating habits that were the cause were it not for the fact that her son (the sole heir to her fortune) passed away as well.

[Bluebear]

146. It is a very bizarre coincidence, isn't it?

Mother and son, 39 and 19, dying within months of each other.

[ignatius 2]

149. Anna always had the vibes of a Marilyn Monroe character, she seemed very

fragile and vulnerable, a mass of insecurities and quite childlike really. I hope someone is watching over the baby girl and that she is taken care of away from what will be a public fiasco.

RIP Anna.