caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place alias children nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
smith video music awards 2005 in luna park sydney , australia on . the red carpet at the mtv australia 8 february 2007 hollywood , florida , u.s. 1991 -- 2007 houston , texas , u.s. vickie vickie lynn smith and vickie smith -lrb- early playboy career lynn -rrb- nikki hart -lrb- legalized name change -rrb- marshall -lrb- when married to marshall -rrb- daniel birkhead -lrb- born 2006 -rrb- wayne smith -lrb- 1986 -- 2006 -rrb- dannielynn american anna nicole smith 28 november 1967 billy -rrb- j. howard marshall ii -lrb- m. 1994 -- 1995 smith , his death -rrb- howard k. stern -lrb- m. 2006 -lrb- -- 2007 , her death -rrb- m. 1985 -- 1993 , divorced anna nicole smith.jpg anna nicole smith
 vickie lynn hogan model actress television personality drug overdose
anna nicole smith

anna nicole smith -lrb- born vickie lynn hogan ; november 28 , 1967 -- february 8 , 2007 -rrb- was an american model , actress , and television personality .
smith first gained popularity in `` playboy '' , winning the 1993 playmate of the year .
she modeled for fashion companies and beauty products , including guess , h&m , heatherette , lane bryant , conair and live by anna nicole .
smith dropped out of high school at age 15 and was married three years later , in 1985 .
her highly publicized second marriage to j. howard marshall resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian mainly for his money , which she denied .
following marshall 's death , smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate .
her case , `` marshall v. marshall '' , reached the u.s. supreme court on a question of federal jurisdiction , and again on a question of bankruptcy court authority -lrb- now called `` stern v. marshall '' -rrb- .
smith died on february 8 , 2007 in a hollywood , florida hotel room as a result of an overdose of prescription drugs .
during the final six months of her life , smith was the focus of renewed press coverage surrounding the death of her son , daniel , and the paternity and custody battle over her newborn daughter , dannielynn .
