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02/08/2007: "Tragic Waste Of A Life"
Let's start with the facts:
Anna Nicole Smith - stripper, centerfold, "actress", billionaire widow and human train wreck - died today after collapsing in a Florida hotel. She was 39.
Actually, calling Smith's life a train wreck gives a bad name to locomotives everywhere. The story of her life reads like a cheap paperback - a Texas stripper and single mom becomes Playmate of the Year and marries an oil tycoon fifty years her senior. From there, it's years of litigation over the fortune (leading all the way to the Supreme Court), bizarre award show appearances and an even more bizarre hit reality show. Always a tabloid favorite, her up-and-down weight led to rumors of drug abuse.
Last year, Smith's personal life turned dark. First, she gives birth to a daughter in the Bahamas - a daughter whose parentage is still being litigated. Three days later, her son dies in her hospital room from a drug overdose. Smith's then-attorney claimed to be the father of the new child and married Smith in a yacht-borne ceremony that looked more like Mardi Gras than a matrimonial. Only yesterday, a court ordered Smith to produce the now-5-month-old child for testing to determine which of two candidates is the real father.
Obviously, I do not celebrate anyone's death, and I understand there are those who are currently grieving. But this looks like the inevitable end to a long, tragic tale. When you live a life devoid of purpose, morals, self-restraint or self-worth, there just isn't going to be a happy ending. Smith seemed to emulate the blonde bombshell personified Jayne Mansfield or Marilyn Monroe; in the end, she meets the same tragic end.
To say that the media is spinning up for this story doesn't even begin to cover it. Look for the next few days to be all Anna, all the time. It'll be enough to push the "Astro Nut" case off the front page ... almost. This is a tragic story, but spare your tears for the folks you'll be seeing over and over and over in in the media. They're right where they want to be - in front of the camera. If you want to feel bad for anyone in this situation, pity the 5-month girl whose mother is dead and whose father is a mystery.
Remembering Anna Nicole Smith in happier times:
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