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Don Ho Dies

Fans of the song “Tiny Bubbles” are in mourning today. According to news reports, award-winning singer Don Ho suffered a heart attack at his home in Hawaii Saturday and died shortly after at a Honolulu hospital. He was 76-years-old. In previous blogs I chronicled Ho’s string of heart problems. In 2005 the singer traveled to Thailand to undergo an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart. Then just last fall he had a pacemaker installed and felt well enough to return to his home stage at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel where he had performed for the past 12 years. … Continue reading →

What Killed Anna Nicole Smith?

The report is in and I doubt any one is surprised by the results. More than a month after she was found unresponsive in her Florida hotel room, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith’s autopsy is revealed. The long awaited and much-anticipated (by the media anyway) autopsy shows that the model died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and other drugs. Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said Smith died of “combined drug intoxication with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major factor.” The medical examiner said Smith was taking a host of medications, including methadone for … Continue reading →

Who’s The Daddy?

The funeral is over. The burial is over. The autopsy results will be released tomorrow. Once that’s done all eyes will turn to the men who claim to be Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter’s father. In the past few days two of the would-be daddies turned over DNA samples to attorneys, including Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband. Frederic von Anhalt who says he’s “almost sure” tests will prove he fathered little Dannielynn had a medical expert brush the inside of his mouth with a swab on Friday. “I’m almost sure the baby’s mine, almost sure,” 59-year-old von Anhalt told reporters at … Continue reading →

Fatal Beauty

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely been exposed to some form of media coverage regarding the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Her friends and family members say they will remember her as a loving mother to her two children. However, to the rest of the world Smith is better known as a Playboy Playmate who died too young. Sadly, Smith’s death at age 39 puts her into a grisly sorority of Playmates who never reached their 50th birthday. While the official cause of Smith’s death has yet to be determined, growing speculation points to her use of … Continue reading →

New Developments In The Anna Nicole Smith Saga

For those of you following the twisted saga that has been unfolding in the days since Anna Nicole Smith’s death you may not be surprised by the latest turn of events. First, news agencies have confirmed that Smith’s companion, Howard K. Stern is back in the Bahamas today and has been reunited with Smith’s 5-month-old daughter Dannielynn Hope. (Stern’s name is on the baby’s birth certificate, though paternity has yet to be determined.) According to the New York Post, Stern picked up Dannielynn, hugged her, and said, “This is the only piece of Anna I have left.” Prior to Stern’s … Continue reading →