Los
Angeles
(Reuters):
The
20-year-old
son
of
Anna
Nicole
Smith
died
suddenly
in
the
Bahamas
yesterday,
three
days
after
the
former
Playboy
Playmate
gave
birth
to
a
girl,
Smith's
attorney
said.
A
statement
from
Howard
K
Stern,
Anna
Nicole
Smith's
attorney,
did
not
provide
any
details
of
Daniel
Smith's
death,
and
he
declined
to
comment
when
contacted
by
Reuters.
''We
have
yet
to
learn
the
cause
of
death
but
do
not
believe
that
drugs
or
alcohol
were
a
factor,''
Stern
said
in
the
statement.
''Anna
Nicole
is
absolutely
devastated
by
the
loss
of
her
son.
He
was
her
pride
and
joy
and
an
amazing
human
being.''
Daniel
Smith
was
in
the
Caribbean
nation
where
his
mother,
38,
gave
birth
to
a
healthy
girl
on
Thursday,
Stern
said.
He
appeared
in
The
Anna
Nicole
Show,
a
reality
TV
series
that
aired
on
the
E!
cable
channel.
Since
being
named
Playboy's
Playmate
of
the
Year
in
1993,
the
former
Vicki
Lynn
Hogan
from
Mexia,
Texas,
has
never
been
far
from
the
public
spotlight.
In
1994,
she
married
wheelchair-bound
oil
tycoon
J
Marshall
Howard,
89,
after
meeting
him
at
a
strip
club.
His
death,
after
14
months
of
marriage,
triggered
a
legal
battle
over
his
estate
between
Smith
and
his
son,
E.
Pierce
Marshall.
Earlier
this
year,
she
won
a
US
Supreme
Court
decision
giving
her
another
chance
to
collect
millions
of
dollars.
Pierce
Marshall
died
in
June.
Smith
has
not
said
who
fathered
her
second
child.