1993 Playmate of the Year, Anna Nicole Smith, 39, who was born as Vickie Lynn Hogan, has been found unconscious in her hotel room. The attorneys confirmed that she was pronounced dead at a hospital less than an hour later.
"I can confirm that she is deceased. It's as shocking to me as to you guys. I don't know what the cause was. This is just tragic and that's all you can say right now and I don't know anything further," said one of Anna Nicole's lawyers, Ron Dale.
Smith was taken by ambulance to Memorial Regional Hospital and "checked in Monday [to the hotel] at 8 p.m. as a guest. She was due to check out tomorrow," said cafe spokeswoman, Danielle Giordaano.
The medical examiner has reported that the official cause of her death is still unknown. The Police chief has said that there is no indication that a crime has occurred in Smith's death. Prescription drugs were found in the hotel room, but the preliminary results of the autopsy found no drugs in Smith's stomach.
Sources told CNN that Smith was seriously troubled by the combination of Daniel's death, the paternity suit and a recent class-action lawsuit against diet-pill maker TrimSpa, for which she served as a spokeswoman.
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"Today, Anna Nicole Smith's grief stricken and tumultuous personal life came to an end. Anna came to our Company as a customer, but she departs it as a friend. While life for Anna Nicole was not easy these past few months, she held dear her husband, Howard K. Stern, her daughter, Dannielynn Hope, her most cherished friends, beloved dogs, and finally, her work with TRIMSPA. Anna knew both the joy of giving life, and the heartache of losing a child. We pray that she is granted the peace that eluded her more recent days on earth, and that she find comfort in the presence of her son, Daniel," said the statement on TRIMSPA's website posted by Alex Goen, CEO and Founder of TRIMSPA.