Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith
Smith in 2003
Born	Vickie Lynn Hogan (1967-11-28)November 28, 1967 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 8, 2007(2007-02-08) (aged 39) Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Combined drug intoxication
Other names	Vickie Lynn Smith Vickie Lynn Marshall  (legal married name) Nikki Hart
Occupations	Model actress television personality
Years active	1992–2007
Spouses	Billy Smith ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1993)​ J. Howard Marshall ​ ​ (m. 1994; died 1995)​
Children	2
Playboy centerfold appearance
May 1992
Preceded by	Cady Cantrell
Succeeded by	Angela Melini
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1993
Preceded by	Corinna Harney
Succeeded by	Jenny McCarthy

Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan, November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for fashion companies, including Guess, H&M, Lane Bryant, Conair, and Heatherette.

Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died in February 2007 in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.