NASSAU, Bahamas: Medical personnel frantically tried to revive Anna Nicole Smith’s son after he collapsed in September 2006 in the former Playboy playmate’s hospital room, a doctor testified Monday at the start of a coroner’s inquest.
After a “Code Blue” alert was sounded, doctors, nurses and security guards crowded into the room and found Daniel Smith unconscious, not breathing and with no pulse, said Dr. James Iferenta, the emergency room doctor on duty at the time. Iferenta said a woman, whom he later learned was Anna Nicole, was distraught and would not let go of her 20-year-old son.
“There was difficulty getting her out of the room,” Iferenta said of Anna Nicole. “She clung to Smith during my time in the room.”
Her attorney and partner, Howard K. Stern, who was present when Daniel Smith died, discussed the relationship between son and mother.
“She was very close to Danny and I saw it,” he testified. “Almost every time I saw Anna Nicole, she had Danny with her.”
Iferenta and Stern were among the first of about 35 witnesses expected to testify before a seven-member jury at an inquest to formally determine the cause death. Daniel Smith died about five months before Anna Nicole herself collapsed and died in Florida.
Police have said there is no evidence of homicide in the death of Daniel Smith. An autopsy found the likely cause was a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants. The jury can recommend authorities pursue criminal charges if it finds evidence of wrongdoing.
Daniel Smith had come to the Bahamas to visit his mother after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn. His death was the start of a celebrity soap opera that would soon engulf the island chain, where Anna Nicole Smith lived with Stern.
Anna Nicole’s death on Feb. 8 set off a fight over where to bury the former model and who would get custody of Dannielynn. She was eventually buried to great fanfare in the Bahamas, next to Daniel, and custody of her daughter went to former boyfriend Larry Birkhead.
On Monday, Stern described identifying Daniel Smith’s body at the morgue but did not discuss in detail the events that led up to his death. The attorney general’s office said Stern may be recalled as a witness for further questioning.
Stern is the executor of Anna Nicole Smith’s estate and has filed papers to make Dannielynn the sole beneficiary of the estate, which has made a legal claim for millions from the oil fortune of the model’s late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
Testimony in the inquest is scheduled to resume Tuesday.
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AP writer Artesia Davis
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Dear QV,
No matter what I’ve wrote in the past I still have hope.
Wish we weren’t on one side or the other…but in between.
That’s where I am, and probably always will be.
* Freida, I have wonderful friends that are Howard fans. These are the ones that value “me” as a person and not just as a Howard blogging outlet. “Most” opinions are welcome. Lol!
Thank goodness, I really treasure friends and ‘The Truth’ and wonderful, thoughtful, caring writers…and children.
I never really thought of myself as a ‘fan.’
Yet, here I am, blowing in the breeze, LOL.
Kinda’ reminds me of that guy playing the flute…or the ‘Pied Piper’ and a bunch of rats.
Love Ya,
Freida
freida, i alays stay here because it is home, and i think you feel it too. Its kinda like a safe haven , and i do value qv so much, and i will always stand by her no matter what. She is an honest soul who has been wronged , no matter what others say, but to get past that crap, i will just say, everyone living in the house does not always have the same opinions, i bet. So why can’t we all have our own opinions, and not get bashed for them. IN truth like u said before we don’nt agree on everything, but hells bells, thats ok. i value your opinions. whether i agree or not. so wecome home freida
Thanks Frieda and Blu :-)
Since I don’t know all the facts, all I have is my opinion, often based on my gut feeling, and often …very often in fact…I am wrong.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Im here because I have always been treated with respect.I was not attacked because I wanted people to be civil.I was always neutral UNTIL I was “shown” that i didnt want to be somewhere else.
QV knows I am a fan of Howards (until its proven to me otherwise). She still loves me and I still love her even though she is not a fan.
The number one thiong we have in common is wanting Anna and Daniel to RIP, and for Danilyne to live in Peace.
Freida, Aren’t we all wrong Sometimes. And Mish, you are soo right, , But no one has to be a fan to want the truth to come out and justice done, for the Estate. And Qv i am sure does, not want Howard or anyone else to be punshied for something that was not their doing. Qv let anyone come to her blog, and let them post what they felt, IT was not her who trashed the ones who did not bow to the STERN name> IT WAS and IS the same people, we read over at ARTS, because that is the nly forum that is TOTALLY PRO HOWARD. AND God forbid, you shouls ask a question, they think is anti?
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT TURKEY DAY
Okay Children we are going to have a lesson in spell check and grammer 101
First word- premission
correct way of spelling-Permission
per·mis·sion
Pronunciation: \p?r-?mi-sh?n\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin permission-, permissio, from permittere
Date: 15th century
1 : the act of permitting
2 : formal consent : authorization
Second word-grammer
correct way of spelling-grammar
gram·mar
Pronunciation: \?gra-m?r\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gramere, from Anglo-French gramaire, modification of Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatik?, from feminine of grammatikos of letters, from grammat-, gramma — more at gram
Date: 14th century
1 a: the study of the classes of words, their inflections, and their functions and relations in the sentence b: a study of what is to be preferred and what avoided in inflection and syntax
2 a: the characteristic system of inflections and syntax of a language b: a system of rules that defines the grammatical structure of a language
3 a: a grammar textbook b: speech or writing evaluated according to its conformity to grammatical rules
SO remember children when insulting others on their “grammer” and telling them they dont have “Premission” always use your spell check.
ROTFLMAO………..
I will correct these two words also.
advise- Advice
bottie- Bootie
**I would also like to make a disclaimer.
Im not perfect and I DONT know it all and I DONT use spell check.
Oh, mish,
I sure do like your ‘comments.’
I use spell check all the times, unlike some I know…I make lots of mistakes…and like you, I sure don’t know it all.
Glad I don’t, because if I did, I’m sure most people couldn’t stand me, being so righteous.
LOL, I’m so human!!!
Love Ya,
Freida
Well well well corrections have been made. Its good to know my lessons have been learned…..LOL.
Only one thing a certain someone was quick to point out to another about her misspellings of the words “advise” and “bottie”. She must have also misspelled “Premission” because she notes that it was also changed.
ACTUALLY the word “Premission” and “Grammer” were from the “someones” post.I see she changed the spellings in her own posts too.
Which makes me think Hmmmmmm? Are these “two” people both bad spellers of the same words or are they one in the same? Hmmmm…………
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