20 year-old Daniel Smith didn’t die from suicide or murder, and the pathologist Anna Nicole hired suggests that it was a simple drug interaction:

Years ago when I was sick with this autoimmune disorder I saw several different specialists and they all prescribed me something different. I would give them a list of what drugs I was on, and they usually glanced at it and wrote me another prescription. I ended up in the emergency room with severe slurred speech due to a drug interaction. The hospital couldn’t figure out what was wrong, though, and just sent me home. The next day, when the same thing happened at the exact same time, I googled the drugs I was on and figured out what happened myself. I called the doctor who prescribed the last medication, and he said “Oh, yeah, you’re not supposed to take those two together” even though he should have known exactly what I was taking.

What’s more, I filled my prescriptions at Walgreens under the same account, and they’re supposed to have a system that catches drug interactions. I simply took two drugs at the same time at low recommended dosages that had cumulative CNS effects. One of them was a low-dose antidepressant and the other was Neurontin. I’m not sure why the last doctor gave me Neurontin except for the fact that he had samples of it at the time. My speech was so screwed up that the hospital initially thought I had a stroke. After that I discontinued most everything, and am now a lot healthier.

The moral is that this kind of thing happens all the time, and sometimes it’s deadly. Drugs can be quite useful, but they usually don’t cure you and you have to watch out for yourself because it’s rare that doctors will. Daniel Smith was a healthy 20 year-old guy, and unfortunately his death may end up being a warning about the dangers of prescription drugs.

Update: Thanks to Celebrity Smack for running this story about Daniel’s medical problems. He lost 28 pounds recently, was experiencing severe stomach pains, and had to be placed under intensive care. If he did die from a deadly drug combination, his health problems would explain why he was on several medications.

Larry Birkhead, said to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s newborn baby, claims that Anna fled to the Bahamas to avoid custody issues over her newborn. She has since split with Birkhead and is said to want to have nothing to do with him. It’s clear he just want to be involved in his child’s life, but he should not be talking to the press this soon after the tragedy:

At this point, this is probably the least of Anna’s concerns and this guy should know better than to blab to the press. He claims he wants to take a paternity test and to help with little Hannah once it’s proven he’s her dad. He must be heartbroken not to have contact with his newborn, but he should be talking to some tabloid show and should have waited it out.

It was probably Anna’s lawyer’s idea for her to go to the Bahamas. Birkhead claimed in an earlier interview that Anna’s lawyer, Howard K. Stern, was in love with her and encouraged her to cut ties with the father of her child. How would Anna know to move to a place where it’s harder to claim paternity unless a lawyer advised her to do it?

Meanwhile a second autopsy on Daniel Smith has proved inconclusive. A well-known pathologist was hired to perform a second autopsy on Anna’s 20 year-old son, who died in his mother’s hospital room under suspicious circumstances just three days after his little sister was born.

Most natural causes were ruled out, and there is no obivous evidence of foul play. They are still waiting for results to come back on many tests:

Daniel’s remains will be flown back to California this week. There is no word yet about the funeral.

At first it was said that Daniel Smith, Anna Nicole Smith’s son, died from a “massive heart attack” while in his mother’s birth room in a hospital in the Bahamas. The next rumor was that he was found apparently sleeping by Anna after overdosing on drugs. There was another story that he was vomiting and that there was blood all over the room.

Anna is said to have tried to revive him, to have been understandably distraught, and to have needed sedatives to calm down after the traumatic loss of her son.

It’s hard to know what to believe, but the story is getting complicated. Bahamian authorities gave vague statements about the death, saying it will involve an inquest, that that it was suspicious, and that there was a “third person” in the room. They say they know what killed Daniel, that it was “not natural” and that there were no external injuries on the body.

It turns out that the third person was none other than Anna’s lawyer and self-proclaimed best friend, Howard K. Stern. Stern is in love with Anna, according to Anna’s ex-boyfriend and supposed father of her newborn, papparazo Larry Birkhead.

Anna is now said to be suffering from “memory loss” and cannot recall what happened during those crucial moments when she either found her son unresponsive or he died in front of her. That could be true, but it’s also terribly convenient.

She was also heard “screaming loudly and blaming someone” saying “You caused this!” nearly 40 minutes before hospital staff were contacted:

It sounds like a drug overdose, but then why did authorities call it “suspicious” and reference the third person in the room? Why was Anna screaming and blaming someone? What’s more, nothing suggesting drug use was found at the murder scene.

Howard K. Stern’s statement makes it seem straightforward - he was there when Anna found Daniel, checked his pulse, and immediately called for help. The truth sounds more complicated and suspicious, though. The coroner’s toxicology report will not be released until the case is underway, which will be on October 23rd. Did Howard K. Stern give Daniel drugs? Did he overlook Daniel’s drug use? We’re sure to hear more of this in the months to come.

Anna Nicole Smith gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Thursday. That’s wonderful, and I didn’t know she was due so soon.

However her 20 year-old son died of unknown causes while in the Bahamas yesterday! There is no word what happened, but this news is terribly sad:

OMG I wonder what happened to him? That’s so sad when a young person dies like that. I have a two year-old son and I can’t imagine losing him. My heart goes out to her.

Thanks to lipstick for linking this article.

Remember that baby clothing venture that I was making fun of Britney for forgetting about just a couple of days ago? It seems she hasn’t dropped it after all. Word is she asked Charlie Sheen, who launched his own “Sheen Kids” line just when his estranged wife decided to air a bunch of dirt on him, if she can collaborate with him for help launching her own line of baby clothes:

That’s smart of Britney to get help from someone who already has a line of children’s clothing out. It’s rare of her to ask for advice and she should be commended.

Meanwhile Anna Nicole Smith has asked Britney to hang out with her. She’s posted a message on her stupid video diary telling Britney she’d love to be her friend:

Smith is pretty dumb if she thinks that Britney’s due date is just around the same time as hers. Maybe she’ll get some free baby clothing out of the deal, though. She’ll need the help since her website isn’t really bringing in the subscribers.

Anna Nicole Smith, 38, has been rumored to be pregnant with her second child. It’s now said to be true according to her paparrazo lover. She is said to be five months along. Smith’s lawyer, Howard K. Stern, claims that Anna wants the man who claims to be the father of her baby out of her life. Anna’s lover says her bitter lawyer just wants to get into her maternity pants:

Poor Anna. If only she could get her hands on the billions of dollars she earned by servicing that withered old sick man, she wouldn’t have to try to squeeze a mere five figures out of a gossip rag for the official pregnancy announcement. It’s also bad news for Anna if that Howard Stern guy is her only lawyer. He doesn’t seem qualified to have represented her in front of the Supreme Court.

Update: Anna Nicole Smith confirms her pregnancy in a mumbled video taken while floating in her pool.