Natalie Morales on Anna Nicole Smith('s cause of death)

"No candle in the wind...more like a matchstick in a hurricane"

Those were the very words I used to describe Anna Nicole Smith in a Dateline report this past weekend, and sadly it seems to be the most apt description for Anna Nicole Smith. I wondered when I first heard the news how much people would care about her death given how recklessly she lived her life. All cable and even main networks went into overdrive giving Anna Nicole’s death every last bit of attention – attention she always craved in life. [...] The train-wreck quality of her life has been talked about much these last few days. Maybe that’s why we paid so much attention in the beginning. Not many who knew her could say they didn’t see this tragic end coming. While we have yet to conclusively learn what killed her, I chose to believe a kinder version of events. Yes I know prescription drugs were found in her room and yes, she had a history of abuse. Yes, she probably did die much like her young son Daniel, as we may learn in the coming days. I think though, what killed her, and what made her all human to us in the end, is she died a woman with a broken heart.