Anna Nicole Smith, 39, collapsed in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., and later was pronounced dead Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. (Lynne Sladky / AP)
Smith gained fame modeling lingerie, Guess jeans and for Playboy magazine. (Timothy Clary / AFP)
Smith appears in a Houston, Texas, courtroom at a 1995 guardianship hearing for her husband, 90-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall. Smith was opposed to guardianship, which was sought and won by the ailing man’s son, Pierce Marshall. (Buster Dean / AP)
Smith arrives at a hearing in 1995 to determine whether her late husband will be cremated or buried. (David J. Phillip / AP)
Smith leaves a federal courthouse in Los Angeles in 1999. (Nick Ut / AP)
Howard Marshall III, the disinherited son of Smith’s deceased husband, J. Howard Marshall II, awaits proceedings in a lawsuit in 2000 in Houston. Smith, a former stripper and Playboy model, had claimed a share of her husband’s oil fortune that Marshall III disputed. She won a $474 million judgment, which was later reduced to about $89 million, then to nothing. (Steve Ueckert / AP)
Smith relaxes during a courtroom break in 2000. (Steve Ueckert / AP)
The former Playboy model opened up her personal life to the world with “The Anna Nicole Show,” which aired on E! from 2002-2004. (Francine Orr / LAT)
Bobby Trendy, a fashion designer from Valencia, Calif., was a regular on “The Anna Nicole Show.” (Anne Cusack / LAT)
Smith at the 32nd annual American Music Awards in 2004. (Mark J. Terrill / AP)
Defendant Mark Hatten plays to the camera at a Van Nuys preliminary hearing in June 2002 on charges of stalking, assault, battery and making terrorist threats against former girlfriend Smith. (Myung J. Chun / LAT)
Smith, left, with singers Courtney Love, center, and Avril Lavigne at the after party for the 2004 World Music Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, 2005. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
Smith waves to the crowd at the Kentucky Derby, 2004. (Jason Szenes / EPA)
Smith arrives at G-Phoria--The Award Show 4 Gamers in 2004. (Tammie Arroyo / AP)
Smith arrives for an awards show in 2004. (Mark J. Terrill / AP)
Accompanied by Howard K. Stern, Smith tries to shield herself from cameras upon arrival at the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 28, 2006. The Court ruled that the one-time stripper and Playboy Playmate could pursue part of her late husband J. Howard Marshall II’s oil fortune. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)
Smith at “The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson” held at Sony Studios in 2005. (Tammie Arroyo /AP)
Smith with her attorney, Howard K. Stern, who claimed to be the father of her daughter born last year in the Bahamas. (Brett Cooomer / AP)
Smith arrives for a film premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 2005. (Danny Moloshok / AP)
Anna Nicole Smith, and her son, Daniel, 20, who died suddenly in the Bahamas in 2006. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
