Anna Nicole Cause of Death Two Hours Away

Anna Nicole SmithAll eyes -- including TMZ's -- will be on Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County Medical Examiner, who will announce the cause of death in the Anna Nicole Smith case at 10:30 AM EST.

Dr. Perper delayed the announcement because of what he termed were two new pieces of evidence, one of which, as TMZ reported, was a computer belonging to Smith that contained e-mail messages with doctors who supplied Anna Nicole with prescription drugs.

A live feed of the announcement from WTVJ in Miami can be found here. TMZ will have the announcement as it happens and will have constant updates as they emerge.

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31. Blue Clues... case solved.

Posted at 9:36AM on Mar 26th 2007 by TEAMBIRKHEAD

32. here in Florida a person in the medical field such as ANS " NURSE " could be held liable financially for not getting a person the medical care they need but not criminally.
I think she was sick and did not get the help she needed.
some NURSE
honestly I don't know why people are not questioning the nurse more about her death.
did this NURSE have any medical experience? did she go to medical school?

Posted at 9:34AM on Mar 26th 2007 by deborah

33. And of course, I won't be here to even hear the announcement live.

Unless the announcement gets long drawn out like everything else has...maybe then I'll be home in time before the "official" announcement.

I am not certain if HKS held the smoking gun (needle, whatever)...his behavior looks really bad... but I am pretty sure they will not have it listed as a homicide.

Posted at 9:35AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Nursey

34. Team Birkhead (2):

Anna Nicole was not here illegally. She was a US citizen. Ginger has no idea what she is talking about.

The hospital was NOT going to take DNA. Yea, they are going to get involved in a California paternity action? What a stupid comment from Ginger.

Posted at 9:36AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Back to the Island, Ginger

35.
TEAMBIRKHEAD – I agree with you on the assessment that a hospital was the only place that Anna should have been at. It is negligence on all parties not to get Anna to the hospital. I believe that Howard will say that he was the only one involved without a medical education. If a person is in a room with a known seriously ill person and leaves, they are still involved in this negligence. Doctors, nurses, lawyers and emergency medical techs have enough knowledge to get this person to a hospital. It just seems that they could not be bothered to do the correct thing.

Whether it is murder or suicide, I cannot say as of yet. Waiting on the ME report.

There was knowledge that Anna was seriously ill and the people who were involved in this room should be held responsible.



Posted at 9:39AM on Mar 26th 2007 by contemplate

36. Not feeling that anyone will get blamed for not taking care of a woman with 105 temp,
not being able to urinate and loosing her fluids. And oh, giving her Chloro Hydrate in
lethal amounts. HKS filmed this woman high as a kite, still has Dannielynn, I see
no justice. I hope Dr. Kris and Kapoor rot in hell with Stern.

Posted at 9:38AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Teresa

37. Criminal Negligence charges should be filed against Howad K. Stern, Moe, Taz and Dr. Kris E.
They may not have killed Anna with their own hands but they ALL knew that she was very sick, and did NOTHING!

Posted at 9:36AM on Mar 26th 2007 by goodfella

38. Face it everyone....HOWARD IS GOING TO GET BY WITH TWO MURDERS! You watch! Remember a while back the news media saying something about Anna getting help from the White House on her appeal. Lawyers envolved and any time lawyers are envolved it will be ?????????????

Face it. it appears that Howard had over ten years to plan his murders! He had to put up with "Anna Dearest" for over ten years so he wanted it all! HE DID NOT LOVE HER! Why does people say he loved her? He was using her for the bug bucks

Marchal"s please keep fighting! Do not give any money to Stern! Larry can support his daughter! The money for Anna sales will stop as soon as this case dies down! Howard will have to finally get a real job are keep living off mommy and daddy! I doud't that, that is true! Just an excuse for Bonnie the bitch to make sure her "Brother Dearest" can come up with an excuse how he supported himself for over ten years! hahahaha

Posted at 9:36AM on Mar 26th 2007 by CAW

39. i think big mo and the nurse know a lot more...

Posted at 9:37AM on Mar 26th 2007 by sasha

40. If anyone here thinks that after Dr. Perper's announcement is made, that all of this is going to be over......WRONG. They may release a "cause" of death, but there are many scenerio's as to the "manner" of death that are, and are still going to be investigated. Being a "high-profile" case, in which I have worked on a few in my time, the Seminole police and private investigators are going to be working this case for years. Unless the "manner" of death turns up as strictly "natural causes", there are going to be conspiracy theories for many, many years to come. IE; Elvis, JFK, Marilyn Monroe and now even Harry Houdini. This is going to go on for years, decades and still some will never be satisfied with the results. So, don't hold your breath for this to be over. Because it isn't going to be. So, just prepare yourself for the possibility that this may never end.

Posted at 9:38AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Attonrney's Perspective

41. Of course, Perper will have to be the "star" today. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame in this train wreck.

Posted at 9:40AM on Mar 26th 2007 by TEAMBIRKHEAD

42. To those who have questioned about nursing and medical licenses:

Taz: http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASINDI.ASP?LicId=326369&ProfNBR=1701

Dr K: http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=37980&P_LTE_ID=789

No discipline action for either....Yet.

Posted at 9:38AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Nursey

43.
Watch Koward's lawyers spin faster than Dorothy Hamill on crack when they go into full damage control at their scheduled 3 p.m. press conference. Whichever way Perper rules, you can bet they planned their PR offensive with military precision. The opening salvo was the leaking of those faxes implicating Dr. E in mismanaging her medical care.

My prediction? Koward walks.... the scumbag!

Posted at 10:08AM on Mar 26th 2007 by sick of this already

44. #29 Deborah........Don't you get it????? That's EXACTLY what Stern wants from us!!!! He wants us to blame the nurse. You know damn good and well ANS was already dead when Stern left the hotel room. He made sure SOMEONE ELSE found her dead, hence, US BLAMING THE NURSE instead of STERN!!! He DID NOT want to be the one to find ANOTHER DEAD BODY!!! I don't give a damn WHAT THE AUTOPSY REPORT SAYS!!! The man was ADMINISTERING DRUGS TO HER and he KNOWS those drugs could kill ANYONE!!!

Posted at 9:41AM on Mar 26th 2007 by DJ

45. Will DNA test results be open to the public? Howard has serious image problems and no true base of support, I don't see this playing like the OJ case. Howard looks and acts quite "addicted" to me, is anyone suspicious of his personal drug use? His choices are closing in around him, I hope he is close enough to someone that will have him on suicide watch.

Posted at 9:50AM on Mar 26th 2007 by Flipflop

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