Michael Moran
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In the weeks since Anna-Nicole Smith’s death many ostensibly serious news outlets have displaced major current events stories in order to satisfy the public’s ravenous hunger for details about the demise of this very 21st-century celebrity.
That’s as nothing though compared to the veritable explosion of blog posts looking for significance, sentiment, or a whiff of suspicion in the court case which has followed her meteoric burnout. As Hollywood.com suggests, Anna-Nicole would probably be thrilled could she but have known that reaction to her death would echo, however faintly, the enduring wave of sentimentality engendered by the death of Marilyn Monroe. Wildstarz takes the comparison further, revelling in that perennial bloggers' hobby-horse, the conspiracy theory. Concurring opinions gives us a lawyer’s take on the unseemly squabble over her millions, while Bodogbeat offers us an oleaginous portrait of Howard K.Stern, the lawyer at the centre of the case. Celebrific is similarly damning, outlining the scale of his financial motivation.
Mr.Stern is also shown in court as Live Leak carries a video of the judge's emotional summing up at the end of the curious legal squabble over her remains. Stern is by no means the only competitor in the unseemly competition to lay claim to the paternity of Anna-Nicole's recently born daughter, Dannielynn Hope, and by extension her vast fortune, as Celebrity Hack wryly illustrates with a handy wall-chart.
As befits a life lived principally for the benefit of the cameras, Anna-Nicole is well represented on YouTube: everything from a mawkish tribute which wil surely interest Elton John's publishers to a home video showing us Ms Smith pregnant, altered, and wearing makeup that we should warn you may unnerve the more delicate viewer.
Families.com reminds us that, behind all the noise, this should ultimately be seen as just another sad waste of a young life. But then again, as Cranky Grammy points out so acerbically: while she was alive, nobody really liked poor Anna-Nicole anyway.
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Only i can say, congratulations! to LARRY BIRKHEAD,for the effort that he fought for his triumph through his daughter baby Dannielyn Hope marshall Birkhead. And also,I would like to extend my greetings to MAMA VIRGIE ARTHUR,despite of everything she struggled for the support of that triumph of her grandchild. You know guys.....,without this two people, maybe the life of ANS,is like a rotted egg that place in the garbage that nobody fought against the truth. And someone to profit all her states that supposed to her daughter.
angie, Tokyo, Japan
Howard Stern, I pray for you and family.heartbroken that Dannylynn was not your baby...i still think Anna wanted you to raise danny lynn. God bless you as you have shown dignity, "PURE" integrity throughout this entire ordeal. yes,
stay in the Bahamas close to Anna, & Daniel. Their spirits
will show you that they are with you "CLOSE"! Be quiet, be still and you will "SEE"! all God's love and prayers.You, Howard are a good man ! Hold your head hight with pride.
Judy Barnett, RICHMOND HILL, GA. U.S.A.
What is wrong with you people! Anna's mother lost her daughter to drugs and had Anna's lawyer/companian as her drug dealer. If this was a prostituate on the street, noone would have any sympathy for the drug dealer who wanted to bury her in a foreign country! Anna's mother needs to take her home now. Anna's life was full of drugs, immorality and illegals acts. Its over now. Let her rest in peace back home and let her daughter, Dannielynn, be able to visit her whenever she chooses without having to go to a foreign country.
gayla, rush springs, usa/ok
Anna this may be the only way you can hear me, so I wil tell you. You were a beautiful woman, and a good mother, I loved watching you whenever I saw you on TV. We all have our mountains to climb but you let go, not because you wanted to but because you had to. The loss of your son was just to much for you to handle, we will take care of DannyLynn, she will be fine. So rest in peace with your son. He has you there now, hold him in your arms and never let him go.
There is a special place I have to be,
That needs my humble skill
A certain job I'm meant to do
that no one else can fill.
There is a hand that I must hold
He is scared by himself I am told.
My battles are now over and I am on Heaven's shore,
I won't have to suffer or struggle any more.
Kathy Kavulis, Chesterland, Ohio
I know a ot of people did not like Anna, but I did. she had a lot of things go wrong in her life and I think was taken advantage of. her mother should not have any say so in what happens to her body for heavns sake let her get the peace in death that she did not have in life. She may have been wild and off the wall, but heck so are half the stars, shes gone give her a break. and the judge god please help us, did he put a show on? there was no reason for all the people to testify in court this was about her bady being released not about the baby it should have been short and simple, he was just making a play for the T.V. The fact is she bought a plot by her son, I think that speaks volumns-
Please let her rest and be done with it. No one deserves this type of treatment dead or alive / liked or not.!
Diane, Indianapolis, Indiana
Anna may not have ben everyone's favorite "STAR" but she was a human, a mother that loved her children. She dose not deserve to lie in state, & rot. Any one deserves better than she has gotten! She should be buried by her son!!!! They should not be moved after burieal....... Momma Vergie, should shut up & her or someone bury that poor woman's body. Anna said in an interveiw her mom was evil, I see that now. She would rather Anna rot, than to buried by her son!!!! HOW SAD!
Shell, Union City, Tn.
I think they should take Anna Nicole to the Bahamas and bury her by her son. Why keep waiting? Her mother just needs to let her go to her final resting place. She is a peice of work. Anna hated her mother and had no contact with her for years so why does she all of a sudden want to the good little mother now? Give it up lady!!!
PJ, Newport News, VA
Somethings wrong with you site - I'm sure I'm seeing more links than i did before. Its cool that your doing someithng like this tho. Most news sites are too backwards
Shaun, Chicago, Illinois
personally.... I believe she should be buried with Daniel
juan , san antonio, texas,
Haven't we all got better things to be worrying about than this?
Cannot understand the hype, nor the "comparisons" to marilyn monroe :rolleyes: - she wasn't even in that league.
Sall, UK, UK
I think it is very sad. I really liked Anna and I think I is stuped that everyone is fighting over her body! All they should be worried about is Dannielynn and her safty!!
Michelle, Grimsley, Tennessee
Anna Nicole Smith was a woman who was real. She loved her old 89 year old husband and was not ashamed of it and that is why i loved and respect her. she was also a gorgeous, lovely, classy woman who people should of had respect for and lots of love for. Give her credit... she went through alot in her life and deserved paradise. I love you Anna and may God bless you and your daughter... I always wish that i could meet you but I just want to let you know that Howard K. Stern, Daniel, and Daniell Lynn and your mother loved you.. See you one day. Your Fan.
Nicole Diamond, Cambridge, MA
This whole situation is very sad....you either loved her or you hated her...I personally liked her and thought she was beautiful...sounds like she had a tough life like some of us and she worked her way into the spotlight...good for her...she did what she had to do....and then her son passed away....3 days after she had a baby girl...that was so devestating...I really felt sorry for her towards the end...she should definitely be buried with her son...wherever that may be. REST IN PEACE ANNA NICOLE.....I'm sorry your life had to end so soon.
Susan, Hamburg, NJ
Bury her next to her son and if howard needs to make money to support dannielyn by selling rights to her funeral so what
he has to support the baby and be by her side and he should be entitled to money to do with his committed wife if he wants to if i want to gain money to support my kids when their father dies by selling funeral rights who cares???? if i was howard i would say..anna sold baby pictures of our baby so why cant i earn money too.
sherrrie, greenwich , ct
I think the mother should butt out!!!! She hated her mother with a passion, the whole world seen that on ET! Bury Anna beside her son and lets move on.
Wendy, Salisbury, NC
Personally,,,,,,,,,,,,this is a disgrace to any human being. As much as Anna Nicole Smith adored attention, I find it hard to believe she would want this kind of disgraceful behavior to go on. Bury her near her son, whom she adored. That's where she needs to be!!!
Helen Hofmeister, Inverness, Florida