Report: Howard K. Stern Executor of Anna's Will

ET is reporting that Anna Nicole Smith did, in fact, have a will. According to the show, it was written before the death of her son Daniel and the birth of daughter Dannielynn -- and names Howard K. Stern as the executor.

The document reportedly named Daniel as her sole heir, but now that she had a daughter, Dannielynn is, as of now, Anna's closest next of kin.

A family law expert tells TMZ that disposition will get sticky depending on what happens with the paternity suit and whether or not Anna and Howard's Bahamian commitment ceremony is deemed legally binding by a probate court. One complex issue is that Howard cannot legally be the executor and a beneficiary of the will.

Anna's complicated legal woes have followed her to the morgue.

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31. Columbo + Sherlock = MORON

Posted at 8:37PM on Feb 9th 2007 by WHAT A MORON

32. Yep , he killed Daniel . Many of you do not understand psychology but good ol' HKS has givin himself away in this picture . The hat is Camo -- get it !. Then his shirt looks like a prison uniform -- NO lie !! He has what is termed " the evil eye " a long study on serial killers stated that a " fixed " open pupil in one eye can show bi-polar or Socialpathic tendences -- its' abnormal . The final straw is the claw hand -- made famous by several serial killers . A hand , or both , tends to freeze in a claw shape , like a birds claw or a crab . It is a modified " fist " and shows a struggle with muderous emotions .

Posted at 8:42PM on Feb 9th 2007 by The Symbolic Clue

33. I wonder if Bahamian law is like Florida about common law marriage. They've been together for years and years so perhaps he will be seen as husband anyway.

Posted at 8:42PM on Feb 9th 2007 by imitalian

34. Could there be a conspiracy here? A 20 yr old son and heir apparent dies under suspicious circumstances in a foreign land, the grandmother warns of impending danger for ANS, ANS dies under suspicious circumstances, ANS's lawyer has placed himself in the lineage of beneficiaries. Hmmm, could her dead husband's son have managed to pay off the lawyer to carry out this intriguing plot? What was Stern's interest to begin with? To get access to the juicy lawyer's cut of the pie. Evidently he sampled the lemon pie in the process. With $100M's at stake and even her dead husband's son ageing to point of possibly not seeing resolution, it was a waiting game. She was 39 and had a while to wait. She was also self destructive, fighting the many blessings that came her way tooth and nail. She was their dream opponent but it was difficult to call the game - an ailing, ageing 'rightful' heir or a drugged out, living life to the fullest, anything for the spotlight 'stharlot'.
There could have been some urgency in carrying out the plan. This won't be the last sad, mysterious twist in the story. Within 3 months there will be some more shocking events...gosh, the networks are going crazy over this stuff (hmmmm, do you think a certain CNN squaking head bankrolled it to improve ratings and take the focus off her harassing mothers of missing children?). The plot thickens. Well, gotta go, Nancy Grace is coming on to do her daily 'save the world' bit.

Posted at 10:19PM on Feb 9th 2007 by J. MeHaugh

35. am one of those people that tivo'd the Anna Nicole show and never mised an episode. Why do we love to read and watch about the public problems of celebrities while we quietly live our lives? The drama, and with Anna plenty of it.
This isn't over, it's just begun.
My theory is that Howard K Stern probably did love her- hey they exchanged vows in the Bahamas, but the marriage was never "legal". It's unbelievable that Howad would not have already had a new will written up after Danny passed.
I think that Howard did love Anna, and was giving her anything she wanted-drugs,etc he was totally enabling her behavior. I think that she felt guilt that Howard gave Danny the drugs that killed him, and she blamed herself (after all they were her drugs). He probably cocersed her into "marrying him" to keep their shared secret.
When they got to Hollywood Fl, they probably got a fresh batch of "stuff" which was to much for her poor heart to take. They say on FOX NEWS that she could have choked on her own vomit. I think she is in a better place, while we may see Howard being implicated in two deaths.
What about this for the kicker? What if the baby is neither Larry Birkheads OR Sterns.
Like I said, this isn't over. I'll get my tivo ready

Posted at 9:14PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Amy

36. #29 -- You know, I just thought of something too. On an interview with ET/The Insider, HKS was asked about the Enquirer story that suggested that he may have killed Daniel. His response was (paraphrasing): "No, I love Daniel. He was like a brother ... if I had something to do with his death, do you think she'd (ANS) try to protect me?" As broken-hearted that ANS was over the death of Daniel, never did I see HKS show any emotion during those interviews. He sat there stone-faced.

So, what's the deal?

Posted at 8:52PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Michelle

37. Sarah of the one brain cell said, who obviously if she ever did, would not get away with murder, writes:

"Colombo.....would it not be easier to kill birkhead and get rid of the competition...."

Not unless you really wanted to leave open evidence that Stern was the murder. Actually the smart thing for Stern is to attempt to remove the very real capacities for the already court allowed legal DNA challenge by Birkhead, which Stern has seemingly successfully done so far. Then all Stern has to do is lay low and cry some crocodile tears from those insane eyes he has.

This ain't the movies, sarah, this is real life where the plot is sometimes hidden instead of splashed up on the big screen.

And with a billion dollars funding the production of this plot, and such you had best beware of any other question except "who benefits", cui bono? The only person I see benefiting from all the multiple deaths in the past five months so close to ANS, is Stern.

I hope that the only verified family relation of ANS's mother gets some custody, since Stern has no legal marriage to ANS.

What is so damning to Stern is that he wants to avoid a DNA test. In other words, Stern knowingly lied on the birth certificate, certainly some sort of felony. If his motivation was premeditated murder when he signed it (then killing three days later the other 20 year old heir, placing him in charge of a billion dollar 3 week old baby as executor), that's quite a growing list of crimes.

YOu know what we used to do was investigate crimes when I was young. We didn't spin defense statements for potential murders until we learned a bit more, which is what I suggest others do.

Hold off on your fake closing statements and groundless alibis you come up with off the top of your head for the defense of the ghoul executor, before the case has even started.

Posted at 8:52PM on Feb 9th 2007 by filling in for Colombo

38. How did Daniel die? What's the "official story" and where did this official story come from?



Posted at 9:13PM on Feb 9th 2007 by filling in for Colombo

39. This paternity battle is shaping up to be the best Maury episode ever!

Posted at 10:25AM on Feb 10th 2007 by Wally McCommon

40. What was Howard doing when she was dying? He seems kind of devious. He was supposedly her best friend.

Posted at 9:08PM on Feb 9th 2007 by kathy

41. this is all very fishy to me

Posted at 9:11PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Betty

42. Holy cow! A bunch of Nancy Drews up in the house tonight!!! Does it cross some of you nutbars little minds that Anna Nicole might have stressed her heart out taking ....trimspa? that along with her poor broken heart over her beloved Daniel. You all are pointing your dirty little fingers at "Howard the Murderer" yet there is ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE to support this theory. And gee as "crazy" as his eyes might look, I would go out on a limb and say I think Howard loved Anna Nicole unconditionally. I think he would have roped the moon for that woman if he could have. I think she knew that and I think she would definately want her little girl to be with him and I would stake my life on whether he got money with the deal or not he would love her like there was no tomorrow whether she was his or not simply because she belongs to Anna Nicole. I think without Anna Nicole Howard K Stern will just be heartbroken, he lived for her. And this theory of him murdering Daniel then Anna Nicole is just so over the top rediculous its not even funny. The others in this cast of characters are the scary ones as far as Im concerned. Here is Larry who claims Anna Nicole was "the love of his life" yet when he had to know she was not in her right mind since her son was found dead, he hounded her. Made the rounds on the talk shows...just horriable. Now its mama's turn to shine...wow shes a real treat. I dont give a shit if shes the only one on earth with the same blood in her veins as Danilynn, this woman was NOT a good mother and Anna Nicole wanted no part of her for herself, Daniel and Im sure for this baby. Leave your theories for the experts people. Youre only stirring the water and theres no meat or vegtables in it

Posted at 9:19PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Respect Reality

43. WHAT AN EXCELLENT POST Respect Reality

Posted at 9:26PM on Feb 9th 2007 by sad but true

44. Well this doesn't surprise me one bit, he kept her stoned to keep her under his thumb, he played on her weaknesses. Stern is going to do everything he can to hang onto DannieLynne now, I just hope that Larry can get that little girl away from that sadistic monster.

Posted at 2:03AM on Feb 10th 2007 by Sam

45. Howard K. looks like he Sylar from HEROES in this picture...........maybe he had to kill Anna to steal some of her powers!

Posted at 9:29PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Liam

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