WRAP Reaction to verdict on death of Anna Nicole Smith
(27 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST AP Television Broward County, Florida - 26 March 2007 1. Wide of news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County, Florida Medical Examiner: "Therefore the cause of death is combined drug intoxication, with chloral hydrate being the major component and the other drugs which I mentioned being contributory." AP Television FILE - Washington, DC - January 2006 3. Anna Nicole Smith outside U.S. Supreme Court AP Television Broward County, Florida - 26 March 2007 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie Tiger, Chief, Seminole Police Department: "We are convinced, based on an extensive review of the evidence that this case is an accidental overdose with no other criminal elements present." AP Television FILE: Washington, DC - January 2006 5. Anna Nicole Smith outside U.S. Supreme Court AP Television Broward County, Florida - 26 March 2007 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlie Tiger, Chief, Seminole Police Department: "Today's release by Dr. Perper of the cause of death effectively closes the case on the death of Anna Nicole Smith." AP Television FILE: Hollywood, Florida - 8 February 2007 7. Wide of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino 8. Close up of guitar in front of hotel AP Television Broward County, Florida - 26 March 2007 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County, Florida Medical Examiner: "And when she arrived at the hotel at about 7.30pm, it was found that her temperature was extremely high, was 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius). She was asked by friends to go to an emergency room, to hospital, call 911, and she firmly refused." AP Television FILE: Hollywood, Florida - 8 February 2007 10. Tilt up from Sheriff's vehicle to hotel AP Television Miami, Florida - 26 March 2007 11. Wide of news conference 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lilly Ann Sanchez, attorney of Smith's lawyer-turned-companion Howard K. Stern: "But at this point Howard does not feel vindicated, he doesn't feel relief, he does not feel peace. He has lost the most important person in the world to him, and nothing can change that." AP Entertainment FILE: Los Angeles, California - 7 August 2005 13. Tilt up and down of Anna Nicole Smith in black dress on red carpet 14. Cutaway of cameras 15. Anna Nicole Smith joking with media REACTION TO ANNA NICOLE AUTOPSY Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, authorities said on Monday. Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper said Smith died of "combined drug intoxication" with the sleeping medication chloral hydrate as the major factor. She had been taking a lengthy list of medications, including methadone for pain and valium, but those drugs were at therapeutic levels, he said. A bacterial infection from injecting medication in her buttocks and the flu contributed to her death, according to the report. Chloral hydrate is a sedative used to treat insomnia and alcohol withdrawal, relieve anxiety and ease post-surgery pain. Thirty-nine-year-old Smith was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida on February 8. Perper told reporters that Smith had been found with an "extremely high" temperature, and added that friends has asked her to call for help, but didn't take their advice. "She was asked by friends to go to an emergency room, to hospital, call 911, and she firmly refused." "Today's release by Dr. Perper of the cause of death effectively closes the case on the death of Anna Nicole Smith," he added. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
