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Inquest: Anna Nicole Smith's Son Died of Accidental Overdose

Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:59:35 -0400

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The jury recommended no criminal charges be filed

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A Bahamas jury has found that Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel died from an accidental drug overdose, the Associated Press reports.

After deliberating for two hours, the seven-member jury recommended no criminal charges be filed at the conclusion of an inquest into the boy's death on Monday.

The inquest began last November to determine what killed the 20-year-old in September 2006.

An autopsy had found that Daniel likely died from a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants.

Anna Nicole Smith died months later after welcoming daughter Dannielynn.

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Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:58:24 -0400

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The Bahamian inquest will settle on either an accident, "misadventure," non-dependent drug use or an "open verdict"

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Anna Nicole Smith's son was not the victim of a homicide, the Bahamian court conducting an inquest of his death ruled, TMZ.com reports.

The court will now decide between four causes of death: an accident, "misadventure" (defined as "a hazardous course of action which ended fatally"), non-dependent drug use or an "open verdict" (meaning the jury could not reach a decision), according to TMZ.

Daniel Smith died at the age of 20 in September 2006 from an accidental overdose of Methadone and the anti-depressants Zoloft and Lexapro.

On Monday, Larry Birkhead testified that Daniel stole some of Anna Nicole's Methadone months before his death and was hospitalized for taking too much Valium in July 2006.

Anna Nicole died of an accidental overdose about five months after Daniel's death.

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Larry Birkhead: Anna Nicole Smith's Son Stole Her Methadone

Alissa R — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:31:05 -0400

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<b>Daniel Smith</b> was once hospitalized for taking too much Valium, Birkhead testifies

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Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel stole some of her Methadone months before his death, Larry Birkhead testified at an inquest into the boy's death in the Bahamas today.

Birkhead said he reviewed surveillance tapes after some of Anna Nicole's Methadone went missing in April 2006. Footage showed Daniel and his friends stealing it, he testified, according to TMZ.com.

Birkhead claimed he noticed a drastic change in Daniel's personality between January and May 2006. On one occasion, Birkhead testified, Daniel threw a television set through a window.

He also claimed that Daniel was hospitalized for taking too much Valium in July 2006.

Daniel died at the age of 20 in September 2006 from an accidental overdose of Methadone and the anti-depressants Zoloft and Lexapro.

Anna Nicole died of an accidental overdose about five months later.

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Trailer of Anna Nicole Smith Movie Released

Henry Seltzer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:15:56 -0500

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<b>Willa Ford</b> stars in the bio-flick

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Over a year after the death of Anna Nicole Smith, the trailer for a bio-flick – appropriately titled Anna Nicole – has been released.

Watch Willa Ford star as Smith below.

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Dannielynn Named Sole Heir to Anna Nicole Smith's Estate

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:45:36 -0500

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A judge also established a trust in the 18-month-old's name

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Dannielynn has been named the sole heir to Anna Nicole Smith's estate, a Los Angeles judge declared today.

Last October, Smith's attorney and companion Howard K. Stern (the executor of her estate) filed papers seeking to clarify intentions in Smith's 2001 will, which was drafted five years before her daughter's birth.

"Anna Nicole never intended to disinherit her daughter," a lawyer for Stern said after today's ruling, the Associated Press reports. "I'm pleased to say this chapter in the saga is closed."

A judge also established a trust on the 18-month-old's behalf, with Stern and Dannielynn's father, Larry Birkhead, acting as co-trustees.

Dannielynn — who recently underwent eye surgery — could still inherit millions of dollars from the estate of Smith's second husband, billionaire J. Howard Marshall. That case is currently in litigation in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Friend: Anna Nicole Smith's Son Was "Living in a Shell" Due to Mom's Fame

Alissa R — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:30:38 -0500

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"He didn't want to be known as her son," a witness said at an inquest into the boy's death

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Anna Nicole Smith's late son Daniel did not want to be in his mother's spotlight, a family friend testified Tuesday at an inquest into his death.

Ford Shelley — the son-in-law of a developer who was embroiled in an ownership dispute over the estate where Anna Nicole lived in the Bahamas before her February 2007 death — said Daniel was "living in a shell" due to his mother's fame, the Associated Press reports.

"He wanted to break free," Shelley said. "He loved his mother but didn't want to be known as her son."

An autopsy found the likely cause of death of Daniel's 2006 death was a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants.

The lab director for the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office testified that a large dose of methadone taken by Daniel Smith was the primary cause behind his death.

But Shelley denied that Daniel Smith could have been a drug addict because he was "afraid of his own shadow" and "couldn't even hold his liquor."

The inquest continues Wednesday.

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Shocking Teen Pregnancies! - December 19, 2007

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Doctor: Anna Nicole Smith's Son Daniel Died of Combination of Methadone and Antidepressants

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:34:45 -0500

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A pathologist confirmed the boy also had five other drugs in his system at the time of his death

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Anna Nicole Smith's late son Daniel died of a combination of methadone and the antidepressants Zoloft and Lexapro, which likely turned lethal about five hours after he took them, a pathologist testified Monday at the late boy's inquest.

Dr. Govinda Raju — who performed the official autopsy on Daniel after he died Sept. 10, 2006 in the Bahamas — said the boy also had five other drugs in his system — including two that were used in an attempt to revive him, the Associated Press reports.

At the time of his death, a distraught Anna Nicole — who passed away just five months later — clung to him.

Testimony is scheduled to resume Tuesday.

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Larry Birkhead Dresses Dannielynn in a “Who’s Your Daddy?” T-Shirt

Lindsay Powers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:20:28 -0500

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The father-daughter team hit up Beverly Hills

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Larry Birkhead is poking fun at the past hoopla over who fathered Dannielynn, Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter.

Birkhead — whose DNA tests results in April proved that he, not Howard K. Stern, was the child’s dad — dressed his 14-month-old in a T-shirt (bought at West Hollywood boutique Kitson) that read “Who’s Your Daddy?” during a shopping spree on Robertson Boulevard in L.A. Sunday.

The tot may have more to get off her chest.

While in the Beverly Hills boutique Lisa Kline Kids, they scoped out two other tops that read, “My Mom Is Little Miss Bossy” and “I Love Mommy.”

Between picking up message T’s, Birkhead put a giggling and cheerful Dannielynn on his shoulders and showered her with kisses.

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