(CNN) -- Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being taken to a Florida hospital after being found unconscious in her hotel room, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case told CNN.
Smith, 39, collapsed at a south Florida hotel and was taken to a local hospital, according to news reports.
TMZ.com had reported that Smith collapsed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, and was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood just after 2 p.m. ET.
According to reports, Smith was found unresponsive in her hotel room.
Smith was involved in a paternity suit regarding the parentage of her daughter, Danielynn, as well as other disputes, including ones regarding a house she stayed at in the Bahamas around the time she gave birth.
Earlier this week, Smith was included in a class-action lawsuit against a company, TrimSpa, for which she has worked as a spokesperson. TrimSpa makes a product it claims leads to substantial weight loss. The lawsuit alleges the marketing of the product, TrimSpa X32, was false or misleading.
Smith's son, Daniel Wayne Smith, died at age 20 just days after the birth of Smith's daughter. Pathologist Cyril Wecht said a lethal dose of methadone and antidepressants caused cardiac dysrhythmia, leading to his death.
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. Strong and Beautiful smells like a monkey
Well, this is probably going to sound cold, but she was going to end this way sooner or later. If she hadn't been a celebrity, she'd be just another addicted parent.
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. Strong and Beautiful smells like a monkey
Buttercup wrote: Well, this is probably going to sound cold, but she was going to end this way sooner or later. If she hadn't been a celebrity, she'd be just another addicted parent.
finaly some one that understands that its just an addict being an addict.
sadly, as she worshipped MArilyn, she died just the same. I will bet- drugs, alcohol and of course, her depression. unlike Marilyn, its not if she was killed............or suicide just died.
I think its all very sad......media frenzy and Geraldo is about to get on my last nerve with his opinions .....
Personally, I think her son is the father of her baby and his overdose was not an accident. Why else would she refuse a paternity test? Her death? Apossible mixture of cold meds and alcohol...mixed in with a bit of depression.
I am sure the movie will be out by December.
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oh yes, you must always satisfy the monkey. 
