Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39

Update: Anna Nicole's death remains a mystery
Anna Nicole Smith has died near Miami, Florida at the age of 39. Smith, a former Playboy bunny, married Texas oil billionaire J Howard Marshall II in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. He died a year later. She spent years in court fighting his son for a share of his estate, and won a victory at the Supreme Court in 2006. She was found unconscious in a hotel room and could not be resuscitated. No cause of death has been announced. US media have reported that an autopsy will be conducted on Friday. One of Smith's lawyers told Reuters news agency her husband Howard K Stern was "speechless and grieving".
Smith was born Vicki Lynn Hogan in Mexia, Texas, on 28 Nov 1967.