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Anna Nicole Smith died from an accidental drug overdose in February 2007 aged just 39 - leaving behind her infant daughter Dannielynn.
The blonde bombshell had endured a devastating few months leading up to her untimely death - welcoming her longed-for daughter on September 7 2006, before her only son Daniel tragically died aged 20 three days later in her hospital room from an accidental overdose of methadone and antidepressants.
In the wake of her son's death, Smith further descended into a spiral of depression, mental illness and drug abuse, culminating in her passing away in a Hollywood, Florida hotel room with a cocktail of drugs in her system.
Her ex partner and father of her child, Larry Birkhead testified at her inquest in 2008 that Anna preferred Daniel take drugs when she was present rather than 'running around experimenting with his friends - and had once given him an ecstasy pill.
Daniel also took a bottle of his mother's methadone in April - with Birkhead saying he could not be sure if Daniel had taken it to prevent his mother using it.
A new documentary - Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me - set for release on May 16 on Netflix - is set to explore the star's rise to fame, family and untimely death through the eyes of the people closest to her.
Read on below for everything you need to know about Anna Nicole Smith's cause of death:
Anna Nicole Smith died from an accidental drug overdose in February 2007 aged just 39 - leaving behind her infant daughter Dannielynn (pictured 2004)
RIP: The blonde bombshell has endured a devastating few months leading up to her untimely death - welcoming her longed-for daughter on September 7 2006, before her only son Daniel tragically died aged 20 three days later (pictured with Daniel in 2004)
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Smith had nine prescription drugs in her system when she died, including methadone, valium diazepam and lorazepam and chloral hydrate.
Her security guard Maurice Brighthaupt alleged that he had seen her often slurp chloral hydrate - a strong sedative used in the short term treatment of insomnia - from a bottle.
At the time of her death she had a 105 degree fever, stomach flu and fever brought on by a pus-filled infection on her buttocks from repeated injection of other drugs.
A hotel employee testified that Smith had seemed 'out of it' as she leaned on boyfriend Howard K.Stern while checking in at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on February 5, 2007 - just three days before her death.
She was also accompanied by psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich - who would later become embroiled in legal drama over prescribing drugs to Smith under a false name - she would ultimately be sentenced to a year of probation in 2015.
Baby Dannielynn had stayed behind in the Bahamas where Smith had been living after the death of her son.
Eroshevich said the model had the flu and asked for help getting a prescription - with a doctor sent to Smith's room to treat her.
However the doctor was turned away by Stern due to fears over negative press coverage - which was reaching fever pitch due to Smith's recent tragedies, birth of her daughter and ensuing paternity battle.
Fall of an icon: Smith had nine prescription drugs in her system when she died, including methadone, valium diazepam and lorazepam and chloral hydrate
Last love: A hotel employee testified that Smith had seemed 'out of it' as she leaned on boyfriend Howard K.Stern (pictured together) while checking in at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on February 5, 2007 - just three days before her death
RIP: Smith is pictured with her daughter Dannielynn (pictured together)
Smith was said to be so weak when she
