Though she died of a drug cocktail of no less than nine (!) different prescription drugs including chloral hydrate and methadone the coroner assures us that foul play was not involved in the tragic Anna Nicole Smith case, not only that it wasn't even suicide which end a reasonable person might draw. Seminole tribal Police Chief Charlie Tiger seconds the motion and says no cause for concern here (would twenty prescription drugs in a person's system be the barest minimum for concern?). In the wake of the controversial Schiavo case it is now the politically correct thing to do to go out of our way not to demonize people even if this means we should ask far more questions than we do or even that justice has to take a back seat to sensitivities. To this day we don't really know with any metaphysical certitude what caused Terri to collapse on that fateful morning of Feb. 25, 1990 and likewise we cannot state with any metaphysical certitude, as Broward County ME Joshua Perper has done, that Anna Nicole's death at such a young age was purely an accident. Is our legal and justice system no longer intellectually curious anymore? Is enabling a person's drug dependency no longer a crime? Is it just easier these days to let the dead rest with their secrets? WHY must I rely on sources like the National Enquirer for really vital new information in the case?
What of Howard K. Stern?
I got to thinking about that old show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, remember it? You know they never showed the parts where the big CEO is in jail for fraud, or the actress is getting loaded on drugs, or is shaving her head for some unknown reason. Money doesn't buy happiness, and it seems in some ways it brings misery. It is the root of all evil, and whether it was Anna Nicole Smith giving herself the overdose, or someone trying to have control over her or what, it is a very sad case indeed. And yet they still will flock to the left coast in search of fame and fortune, thinking it won't change them one bit if they get there...
ReplyDeleteOn last night's "E.T. - the Insider" it's not enough that Dr. Perper went well beyond what he was required to do by law, namely see what was in her body that killed her. He's the guy you want to go to to find out what the names of those 9 prescription drugs were but he's not the police. For him to opine that her death was "accidental" is not for him to say. In last night's interview he takes a gigantic leap forward to offer to us a psychological profile of her, that she had "a strong personality but was histrionic and prone to self-pity." Will this guy just shut the hell up already and let the police who aren't doing their job to do it.
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