Little Dannielynn Birkhead has just celebrated her first birthday with a spectacular Kentucky bash, but sadly her happy day reminded many of her half brother and Anna Nicole’s first child, Daniel Smith who died tragically at age of 20.
Daniel died one year ago yesterday in Anna’s hospital room in the Bahamas. To many, it began a downward spiral ending in Anna’s drug overdose in a Florida hotel just five months later.
On Sept. 10, 2006, Daniel was found by Anna, unconscious in the hospital room in which she was recovering from giving birth to Dannielynn. Daniel had arrived in Nassau just 11 hours earlier to help celebrate his namesake’s arrival.
Toxicology reports said that an unfortunate combination of prescription anti-depressants and methadone caused his death but an official inquest into Daniel’s death has still not begun, and its start date continues to be delayed.
We wish Dannielynn a happy birthday and also send our thoughts to the family of Daniel.
