Mar 23 2007Anna Nicole Smith died of an overdose

The National Enquirer and Star are reporting that Anna Nicole Smith died of a lethal level of a potent sleep medication, although she also had a blood infection that would've killed her had the sleep aid not. She took the sleep-inducer chloral hydrate (used in date rape drugs) on Feb 7 and then never woke up.
The official results were supposed to be announced Monday by the Broward County Medical Examiner but the National Enquirer and Star broke the story. They're usually a little off with their reporting but this just sounds right. Although any explanation involving the word "overdose" probably would've sounded right. They could've said she overdosed on horse manure and I would just nod my head in silent knowing.
NOTE: Not really related, but two handwritten private diaries written by Anna Nicole between 1992 and 1994 were bought off eBay for $512,500 by a businessman from Germany.
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Reader Comments
1. TrimSpaBaby - March 23, 2007 9:32 AM
I knew it! TrimSpa,baby!!
2. Wildhoney - March 23, 2007 9:32 AM
What a shame.
3. Fifth Stooge - March 23, 2007 9:32 AM
And what else is new?
4. HerpesHilton - March 23, 2007 9:35 AM
She was doomed no matter how many drugs she took. Sad...
5. redharing - March 23, 2007 9:36 AM
fourth?
6. mztry - March 23, 2007 9:36 AM
God rest your soul, Anna Nicole.
Anyone who makes fun of a young woman dying will answer to the Lord when their time comes.
7. BarbadoSlim - March 23, 2007 9:37 AM
Let me see if I got this: She died, but she would have died anyway...WTF!?!?!?
Whatever, I still think the world is now a much better place without her.
8. redharing - March 23, 2007 9:37 AM
dammit! fifth!
9. mztry - March 23, 2007 9:38 AM
BarbadoSlim..
... the world would be a better place without people LIKE YOU!
10. pookiedoo - March 23, 2007 9:40 AM
R.I.P. Anna Nicole.
For once in my life I don't have anything smart-assed to say. I always knew this day would come, I just thought I'd be a hell of a lot older.
11. Irish_Doody - March 23, 2007 9:42 AM
Bring on the Lord.
^J
12. Alllegiononflegit - March 23, 2007 9:43 AM
will this finally be the last we hear of this story? This is blown way out of proprotion.
13. notmeganharris - March 23, 2007 9:43 AM
Poor thing -- what a tortured life.
14. anothershityear - March 23, 2007 9:44 AM
#1 amphetamines make you go to sleep????
interesting and unique physiology you got there
very jfk-esque this ANSmith was
doomed to die anyway, riddled with disease
she behaved borderline flatline-braindead through most of her career and life, but damn if in her prime she didn't have about the most beautiful face ever
howard-k it's lottery time, get the kid and go for the 500-mill!!!!!!
15. TrimSpaBaby - March 23, 2007 9:47 AM
mztry, you are obviously on the wrong site because all you want to do is wahwahwah over every single celeb fucktard - now you're upping the ante? Go to hell. If you're so fucking sincere and devout go out and help people who don't have paps following them.
...oh, wait, you just told Slim the world would be better without him? Guess it's just the famous who deserve all your oozy sticky pity and piety.
16. BarbadoSlim - March 23, 2007 9:48 AM
@9 then that's too fucking bad for you then. I'm NOT GOING ANYWHERE, douche. bag.
17. shanonorato - March 23, 2007 9:48 AM
"They could've said she overdosed on horse manure and I would just nod my head in silent knowing."
BAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA!!!!
18. Superevil - March 23, 2007 9:49 AM
#6: Take your preachy bullshit somewhere else, preferably a cage with a tiger who's high on angeldust.
19. outrageous.opinion - March 23, 2007 9:49 AM
Cant wait to hear just what type of "blood Infection"
20. wedgeone - March 23, 2007 9:55 AM
chloral hydrate ... is that anything like chloroform, which was a common way in the movies to render someone unconscious (the old "cover the face in a hanky until they pass out" bit)?
Now all they need to do is prove that Howard K. is the one who covered her face with the hanky, & his next home will be with Bubba in the pokey. Hope he takes plenty of K-Y with him.
21. TrimSpaBaby - March 23, 2007 9:59 AM
Yeah, wedge, it's similar - what Bogey would call a "Mickey Finn". It's not what that shitbag Andrew Luster used on those girls, that was rohypnol.
22. Niecy - March 23, 2007 10:02 AM
I think everyone knew that already. There was no need for the autopsy to confirm it. Now all they need to do is prove that Howard put 200 sleeping pills in her food.
23. DrunkBlogger - March 23, 2007 10:03 AM
Anna Nicole Smith did drugs?
24. dumbphuck - March 23, 2007 10:04 AM
why is this still news?
25. Pelted - March 23, 2007 10:07 AM
#9, whoa nelly, it's a deep existenial matter, I'll grant you (who the world would be better off without). But I would argue it would be bettor off without knobby little taco sandwiches like LL, Paris, and ANS. The verdict is still our on Rumer.
But let's face it, God's got himself has a sense of humor; otherwise, as the saying goes, why did he create dwarves? And since God does have a sense of humor, he too got a big ol' kick out of LL finding Jebus. Because, let's face it, the only use Jebus would have for LL is for her to wash his feet and be forgiven for...but you know that story, too, I'm sure.
Yet, are we perpetuating the worship of their vast, sucking nothingness by visiting this site? (Oh, the deepness!!) If so, at least it's vastly less evil than subscribing to People or something. And cheaper.
26. TrimSpaBaby - March 23, 2007 10:17 AM
#25 I think this site skewers the hype balloon, not adds to it. I just personally have a problem with asslickers who intone in one breathe that the Lord will deal harshly with me if I diss a woman who stupidly wasted her life and then turns around and tells someone the world would be better off without him.
mztry has a severe problem with celebrity worship if she/he can't see their attitude is fucked.
27. Grobpilot - March 23, 2007 10:18 AM
The sky is blue
28. thesebeans - March 23, 2007 10:20 AM
Anna Nicole could write?
29. Argyle - March 23, 2007 10:21 AM
first
30. Fifth Stooge - March 23, 2007 10:23 AM
Anna Nicole Hasselhoff
31. DocSock - March 23, 2007 10:24 AM
Chloral Hydrate is not a date rape drug. It is a very old pain and sleep aid not really used anymore. It is easily made by anybody with stuff from WAlmart. That is why it is easily available on the street
32. Pelted - March 23, 2007 10:33 AM
Trim, to get nerdy for a moment: I totally agree as to the content, but, for example, I'm sure at least that all of those "flynetpictures.com" photos are paid for. And even if not, we need more pictures to feed our habits. Which means photogs following these junk-yard doglets around all the time. So on some sad level we're supporting an aspect of the machine that has these people convinced they actually matter. Not that I honestly give a shit. It is fun; it is fun, indeed.
And "Mztry" -- which is probably some ("totally hip, totally rad!!" -- because it has a 'z' in it, don't ya see!) code for 'ministry,' should be off donating blood or giving money to the poor -- you know, like many of us hellfire-bound heathen probably already have. But it's so much easier to be a sanctimonious snot-monkey while sitting at your computer.
33. vandalay_inc - March 23, 2007 10:34 AM
#28
Of course she could write. My two year old taught her how. They were just starting to work on that tricky talking thing when she passed...
34. schack - March 23, 2007 10:38 AM
i bet that diary is a rollercoaster ride...eh, more like a funhouse. a really terrifying funhouse that makes you think somebody slipped you LSD
35. Binky - March 23, 2007 10:42 AM
This smells of cover-up.
Stern was probably spreading Alpo on crackers and telling her it was pate.
36. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 10:43 AM
well fucking DUH
37. DrPhowstus - March 23, 2007 10:46 AM
She died from an overdose of stupidity, which means, technically, she's been dead for years.
38. Batwhore - March 23, 2007 10:52 AM
hopefully the "blood infection" was from that terrible tattoo on her back!
39. Spindoc - March 23, 2007 11:06 AM
I never realized that the technical term for clamydia was "Blood Infection"
40. DocSock - March 23, 2007 11:06 AM
When they used to say in Movies "slip him a Mickey", it meant put chloral hyrate in their drink. It would knock you out BUT, there is a fine line between killing you and knocking you out so it isn't used for knocking people out or sedating them anymore.
41. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:09 AM
Okay, we all knew it was drugs. Thanks for the update. Anyhoo.....Marcia Brady was a bullimic and addicted to coke.
42. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:11 AM
Here's another fun one.....at least more fun than big dead fat whatshername....
An assistant college professor's charges of racism led to a reported outburst by filmmaker Mel Gibson during a question-and-answer session Thursday night on a California college campus.
According to TMZ.com, Gibson was talking with a film class about his Mayan epic "Apocalypto" at California State University at Northridge in the San Fernando Valley. The site said that Alicia Estrada, an assistant professor of Central American Studies at the college, said that the bloodthirsty tendencies of the Mayans in the film were wrong and racist.
Gibson responded angrily by saying, "Lady, f--- off," TMZ reported.
The site reported that several members of the Mayan community came to hear Gibson and also protested their ancestor's portrayal of the movie. Those people were escorted out of the room as Gibson shouted, "Make your own movie," TMZ said
43. schack - March 23, 2007 11:13 AM
#35 paté (alt+130= é)
44. veggi - March 23, 2007 11:15 AM
Mel was drunk again.... You know, it only takes one drink to get drunk.... I don't know if it's the 12th or 13th though.
45. schack - March 23, 2007 11:16 AM
42- lmfao... no kidding.
people, we are entering a really great age. oh, bring it ON, america, BRING'T
46. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:21 AM
schack--where are you from?
47. schack - March 23, 2007 11:24 AM
NY, but i'm first-generation Eurobrat via brazil, if you must know
48. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:26 AM
Do you hate Americans and the United States?
49. schack - March 23, 2007 11:28 AM
god, no. it's the best country in the world.
50. fearsarewishes - March 23, 2007 11:30 AM
Chloral hydrate was a kind of a fun drug back in the day. I can't remember the brand name, but it used to come in giant green gelcaps as well as smaller red gelcaps and gelballs.
Some of my friends loved it, but it never hit me as well as methaqualone. Now, that was one groovy drug. Sadly, I simply cannot find it anywhere anymore.
Google research indicates that it is still available in some third world countries and that they somke it with marijuana. If this were true, one would think that some of those Quaaludes would find their way to my neighborhood.
Mztry, if there was a god he would find a way to get me some of that dope. But there is no god.
So fuck you and fuck your god, too.
Thank you.
51. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:32 AM
Excellent answer.
52. DrPhowstus - March 23, 2007 11:34 AM
Personally, I'd stop watching Hollywood films and move to Bollywood if they had more sex in 'em. Indian chicks are hot. My porn collection affirms this fact.
53. schack - March 23, 2007 11:34 AM
um, fearsareitches, you can probably order the anarchist cookbook online, sameday delivery.
54. veggi - March 23, 2007 11:39 AM
What do you call a fat girl alone in her apartment?
55. veggi - March 23, 2007 11:39 AM
you don't
56. elvisfanlaura - March 23, 2007 11:41 AM
Is it just me or does every entry on this website lead to Jesus?
57. magickal - March 23, 2007 11:43 AM
Wow - I did NOT see that coming. Hmmm.
BTW - I've been gone for a little while, but it's nice to see that mztry is still here cunting the place up with her special brand of douchiness. Bleeecccch.
58. jrzmommy♠ - March 23, 2007 11:47 AM
56--It's you. Fuck off.
59. johnnycake - March 23, 2007 11:48 AM
...what a steaming pile of f'in obvious information... "she died from a lethal dose of medication"...
Thread --> Christina Aguilera is a chameleon:
87. Posted by johnnycake on March 23, 2007 9:13 AM
"ANS update: she's still dead.
Check out ET for more round-the-clock coverage."
My earlier prophecy was, sadly, just as illuminating as this one - and the same comment will most likely apply to the official statements to come on Monday.
60. Lowlands - March 23, 2007 12:38 PM
Talking about dead blondes,i haven't seen Forbidden in ages.Anybody knows if she's still alive?
61. Lowlands - March 23, 2007 1:26 PM
I'm really shocked to hear she died on a overdose.I need a drink now to get it emotionally processed...Anybody knows what happened to her baby?
62. woodhorse - March 23, 2007 2:14 PM
Chloral Hydrate is a very safe medication, given correctly. It is given to newborns so that tests like cardiac ultrasounds can be performed accurately and it wears off pretty fast. Baby sleeps lightly for an hour, rest of day is a little quieter than usual.
In addition, the report says THERE WERE NO OTHER DRUGS in her system (I was very surprised at that, but there you are) so she would have had to had a huge amount to kill her, even with an infection.
Since she wasn't (currently) using any other drugs, suspicion falls (in my mind) that Howard gave her the drug.
One thing Chloral Hydrate would do would be to cloud one's judgement so that one would say "no, I don't want to go to the hospital." (As in maybe later when I wake up)----
I say Howard Stern killed her, thinking he had all his ducks in a row.
I hope he doesn't get off as easy as OJ.
63. woodhorse - March 23, 2007 2:16 PM
and who used a dirty syringe on her? Bet it was Howarrrrrd......
64. woodhorse - March 23, 2007 2:17 PM
Husband killed his wife the same way in Blood & Money. He got caught. True Story - 1980's, Texas.
65. Truthseeker013 - March 23, 2007 3:34 PM
Pardon me, but am I *meant* to give a tinker's damn? She's *dead*. Can we leave it at that?
66. tweetyeyes - March 23, 2007 3:41 PM
Duh! We should all have access to her corpse so we can dig her up, put a straw in her belly button and snort the good stuff. Any woman who is 8 months pregnant and acting like a complete ass, with her face painted as a clown, higher than Snoop, sure doesn't care about human life. It's stupid enough to screw yourself up that way but to screw that pretty little girl up is another. She is where she belongs. She was self-destructing. Selfish bitch. (Poor me, Poor me? she says)
67. wedgeone - March 23, 2007 3:42 PM
#32 - mztry is short for "mystery" not "ministry". Either way, mztry is still a member of the Pharissee club. Why mztry mysteriously appears on this site only Wally knows.
68. Binky - March 23, 2007 5:15 PM
#43 Tanx Shack - don't know much html
69. TrimSpaBaby - March 23, 2007 5:24 PM
#35 Binky, you evil mastermind, if only he'd waited til this week he could've fed her poisoned dog food and then sued the company for a slam dunk.
70. Binky - March 23, 2007 5:50 PM
#69 I think the poison has probably been out there for a quite a while - but it took time for it to kick in on Fido and Fluffy.
But just think how much ANS would have been consuming !
(This Stern guy has put new meaning into the term 'Putting on the Ritz.')
(And for the PC police - sorry about the stereotype pet names - I'm a bit tired today...meant no offense etc)
71. Notorious - March 23, 2007 7:58 PM
I never loved Anna more than on her reality tv show, I was amazed how fucked up she got, but its not funny. I was heartbroken when Daniel died the way he did. She was a joke until then. She became a real person who lost her child. I would have killed myself if my child died before my eyes. Even if not before my eyes, I'd be out the nearest window in a flash.
72. licklick - March 23, 2007 8:01 PM
What a scoop. Good fucking riddance.
73. annafan - March 23, 2007 10:35 PM
If that little idiot, Joshua Perber stopped running around to do interviews on Nancy Grace, Entertainment Tonight, Larry King, Court TV, Fox News, and Access Hollywood he would have competed the investigation by now. But this little space-alien look-alike wants to cash in on his 15 micro-seconds of fame by cashing in on this poor women's death. DO YOUR JOB DUMB ASS, STOP MUGGING FOR THE CAMERA, REMEMBER A WOMAN DIED ON YOUR CLOCK, SHOW AL ITTLE RESPECT AND HUMILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
74. Blog Lurker Guy Man Dude - March 24, 2007 12:41 AM
No way!!! I don't believe it!! Anna is a national hero! I thought she did some James Bond sh** down in the bahamas and was killed in action. Isn't that why everyone suddenly loves her whiny annoying butt? Theres no way it could have been drugs! NO WAY!
75. ImaCracka - March 24, 2007 4:45 AM
OK... so what was the blood issue that would have killed her anyway?
Did she have the HIV? HEP?
76. mythosmint - March 24, 2007 9:53 AM
really?
she died from an overdose?
i don't think i could have
guessed that plot twist
77. TJH - March 24, 2007 4:27 PM
All you dumbasses don't reqalize that Prince Von Anhalt fucked her shithole so hard and so many times that she eventually died of internal bleeding. Damn, that virile shizzle-dick had fun pounding that drug-addled pussy! You go, old washed up fake prince celebrity chaser! You go, boy!
78. lohanhasthebestcokeinCA - March 25, 2007 1:03 AM
Maaaajor LOL @ 77, thats excellent. goodnight kids, 4:03am eastern. all praise lohan
79. moondoggy - March 25, 2007 4:47 PM
According to the publications, the blood infection was caused by an unsterilized needle used just three days before her death to inject an unknown substance in her left buttock. As she flew from Bahamas to Florida, Smith developed a painful abscess and fever.
Sources told the Star/National Enquirer team that upon arriving at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the former Playboy Playmate had a fever of 105. She allegedly developed a second infection from a virulent form of norovirus, which causes intestinal problems.
But, the publications report, instead of taking Smith to a hospital, her entourage gave her an ice bath to bring down her fever and allegedly administered the antibiotic ciprofloxacin and an over-the-counter flu medicine.
The report claims Smith began vomiting and suffered severe diarrhea and dehydration.
On Feb. 7, Smith reportedly told those caring for her that she wanted to sleep. Star and National Enquirer claim she was given a toxic dose of chloral hydrate, a potent sleep medication. She never woke up.
80. moondoggy - March 25, 2007 4:53 PM
Nice entourage.
Now wait for Howard to cash in on the advertising and open the Howard Stern School of Nursing.
81. nurseshelly - March 26, 2007 7:32 AM
Number 79, that seems to make a lot of sense what you typed. She probably was septic and Cipro is not gonna fix that......then, in addition to being down, the chloral hydrate pushed her over the edge. That pill is so potent, it is like never prescribed. That is an OLD SKOOL sleeping pill. In fact, the Pharmacist at my job said he thinks the Doc prescribing her all the bullshit should lose their license. Mostly because they went overboard and gave her whatever she wanted. A person with a serious addiction has no idea what the hell they are doing. They just know they want to get high. So anyway, I was not a big fan of hers, and I think the media needs to get off it already.
82. ihateubiotch - March 26, 2007 8:43 AM
big whoop who cares, glad she's dead.
83. bismol - March 27, 2007 1:53 PM
I wrote a post on chloral hydrate that you can check out by clicking on my name. It isn't commonly prescribed anymore, so it's weird that she was on it.