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Tonight, how marriage to a billionaire 60 years older turned vicki lynn into anna nicole. The turmoil over a fortune that took her all the way to the Supreme Court. The debate over who was dannielynns father. Was there any doubt in your mind who was the father . The original star of reality tv morphing into train wreck tv. And the ongoing mystery. Is dannielynn inheriting a fortune . Now, Anna Nicole Smith in her own words. I want to be remembered as someone sweet who came to hollywood saying, follow your dreams. Hello. Im elizabeth vargas, david is away tonight. It was ten years ago this week when Anna Nicole Smith died. The legal case that took her to the support twice. And tonight, a rare look at her private home life, from Larry Birkhead, now sharing her private diary with us. Heres debra roberts, who has followed this story for a decade. Reporter Dannielynn Birkhead is a typical 10yearold obsessed with snapchat. Wow, so beautiful. Reporter and finding a new love for her dad. So your dad says that youre determined to get him a girlfriend. Is that true . Reporter and shes got in mind a woman whos not your typical blind date. Nicki minaj. Nicki minaj. Reporter dannielynn lives a quiet life with her dad, larry, just outside louisville, kentucky. But for a twist of fate her life could have been so different. Looking at her now youd never guess this carefree little girl was once at the center of a media firestorm. An infamous paternity scandal. Dna results are in. I told you so. Reporter look closely and you can spot the resemblance to the mother she doesnt remember, but who so many others cant forget. Im not going to comment on that. Reporter this week marks ten years since the larger than life platinum blonde known as Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental Drug Overdose in a Florida Hotel room. She was just 39 years old. She will always be Anna Nicole Smiths daughter. How much is she like her mom . I would say she is fearless like her mom. Shell get on any roller coaster that you put in front of her. She can work me like her mom could work people. She gets what she wants. But i think i could stand right next to my daughter, and we could look like twins. And the first thing theyll say is, anna nicole, spitting image of the mother. Reporter you think people want to project onto her its just like any other kid whos lost a celebrity parent. They think that the child is automatically destined for the same path. Reporter later tonight, youll hear more about how her father is determined that dannielynn takes a different path from her mother, who seemed to travel a troubled road from the start, a journey she had difficulty talking about. What did she tell you about her childhood . The stories that she told me were not the happiest of stories. Poor, abused. You would not have imagined that she would have become an internationally known figure. That she would have flash bulbs and paparazzi and fascination about her life. None of that seemed possible. Reporter not for the girl named Vicki Lynn Hogan, growing up just south of dallas in sleepy mexia, texas, population 6,500. Welcome to mexia, texas, my hometown. Reporter what was your relationship like as mom and daughter . Oh, it it was it was a good relationship. Reporter i met anna nicoles mother, Vergie Arthur, back in 2007. She was beautiful as a child, reporter was there any doubt that she was going to be a big sensation . Oh, no. Reporter be so famous . No doubt. From the time she was 5 or 6, she was always saying, when i grow up, mom, i am going to be a model. Reporter along the way, vicki lynn drops out of high school at 15 and takes a job at jims krispy Fried Chicken. Anna nicole smith had this remarkable backstory. A mom at the age of 19, married to a fry cook at the Fried Chicken place where she worked, mother to a son named daniel. Daniels my life, hes my inspiration. Hes my everything. Reporter in 2000, the budding star tells abc her first marriage collapsed after a year, leaving her broke and alone to raise her baby boy, daniel. But, with stars in her eyes, she makes her way to houston, where she notices the burning bright lights in the texas sky. There was this big neon sign, it was blue and white. And it had this lady in high heel shoes and she had the bikini on and it would flash, tiptoe, then back, tiptoe, then back, like that. And i was like, oh how you know, how neat. I can dance, i would love to do that. I didnt know it was topless, though. I didnt know anything about that. Reporter incredibly, shes at an age too tender to tend bar, yet old enough to try her hand at the other commodity being served up at gigis cabaret. The day that i went on to dance the first time, i ran out because i was so horrified and so ashamed of myself, but i looked down and saw all this money, and i was like, wow. And it was like 50. Im like, whoa, 50. And back then that was a lot of money for me. Reporter but mom virgie, a local sheriffs deputy, is not impressed, and is not having it. I said, this is not going to happen. Reporter not in your family. Not in this family, no. So i go down there. And i am in uniform, and so the manager comes over there. And he says, yes, maam, can i help you . I said, do you see that child over there . I said, that is my daughter. And i want her out of here. And i said, if you dont want me to come back here every night that you are open, i says, she better not be in here again. Reporter but it would take more than a moms texassized determination to chase vicki lynn from the local gentlemens club. And that, in a weird way, is where her story begins, because thats where she was onstage dancing the night that an incredibly wealthy man in a wheelchair came in to that club. Reporter its 1991, and 86yearold j. Howard marshall, an oil baron, is mourning the loss of his wife and mistress. Vicki lynn is ready to fill the void. For, i believe, the obvious reasons, he found vicki smith to be quite compelling. He got a huge smile and, you know, he had these gorgeous blue eyes and he got a little twinkle in his eyes and he asked me to dance for him. And i did. Reporter undeterred by the more than 60year age gap, the stripper and the aging oil tycoon become an item, which for her, includes all the perks of dating a billionaire. He took me to neiman marcus. Its kind of like pretty woman, except for the older gentleman. He paid me enough money not to have to go back to that place i was working at. And he took care of me and my son. Reporter her beau even buys her a 15acre ranch outside houston, where some unforgettable video is shot, like the pair riding an atv together around the grounds and celebrating their first christmas as a couple, complete with a surprise gift for marshall. The couples very may december romance would lead to a june wedding three years later in 1994. They got married. He couldnt stand up out of the wheelchair, god bless him. Didnt have to. She bent down to kiss him. Reporter but the nuptials come after the wouldbe pinup girl gets the proposal she really wants and her shot at fame. After sending in photos to playboy, they offer a full page spread. I think theres a myth that she came into playboy and took playboy by storm. Reporter Stephen Wayda was the photographer. That wasnt the case at all. She was just this like a scared child. She just sat in the makeup room, isolated, not saying anything. Once she got out on set, it was a performance. I mean, she just came alive. I love the camera. Its like making out with a camera. Reporter she eventually lands the cover as playmate of the year. Anna nicole stood out because of her face. She had that look. She was kind of almost the embodiment of a bombshell. The marilyn monroes. Thats what was her appeal. Reporter and soon that fresh face would be just as big of a hit with her clothes on, modeling for guess jeans. Playboy made her famous for people who liked playboy. The guess ads made her an International Superstar model out of nowhere. Reporter next, vicki lynn has a new life and a new name. But when her billionaire husband dies, and she squares off with her 61yearold stepson for the money, fireworks ensue. Youre just up there making stuff up as you go along. I am not making anything up, rusty. Reporter stay with us. [beeping] the 2017 rav4 with Toyota Safety sense, standard. Toyota. Lets go places. And now we unleash it onwerful your taxes. Pecies has created. Hello my name is watson. Yep. H r block and ibm watson together. Come see us and get your taxes won. Thats why theres oravet dental hygiene chews. Oravet cleans teeth and gets to the cause bad breath. Ask your vet about oravet chews. Serious oral care made simple 20 20 continues with more of Anna Nicole Smith. Reporter its the early 90s, the era of clinton, the cowboys how about them cowboys . Reporter and ace of base. I got a new Life Reporter and theyre not the only ones with a new life. I saw the sign it opened up my eyes reporter former small town texas girl, Vicki Lynn Hogan is now Anna Nicole Smith. Shes gone from poverty to playmate, is the face of guess jeans. Shes married a billionaire, 60 years her senior. And now, at 27, shes about to break in to hollywood. She was in the hudsucker proxy. Thats a coen brothers movie with paul newman. She didnt play lady macbeth. But hudsucker proxys a pretty good little movie. Reporter next, a small role in the screwball comedy naked gun 33 1 3 alongside leslie neilsen. She used to write in a diary. Tell me about her entry in this diary. She writes, august 2nd, my experience with naked gun, met the cast today, they were great. So maybe this wont be so scary. Wish me luck. She was living the dream. Reporter and while some see her as a movie star, plenty of others see anna nicole as a punchline. Married to that 90yearold billionaire. I want people to understand, forget about the damn age. He saved my life and i saved his life. He took me out of a terrible place and he cares for me and my son. Reporter did she genuinely love him . That was no act. I dont know if it was the physical type of thing, but it was what he did for her and what he did for daniel. He knew me when i was nobody. And thats what people dont understand. And i dont want to be called a gold digger because im not. Im not a gold digger. I could have married him a week after we met, i didnt. I went out and i made something of myself. Reporter and while anna nicole was making that name for herself, her wealthy husband was showering her with gifts, spending, by some estimates, nearly 12 million to keep her happy. But the lavish life comes to an abrupt end when, after just 14 months of marriage, the 89yearold oil magnate meets his maker. And in an even bigger shock to anna nicole, there is no mention of her in his will. He just always promised that once were married, you know, half of everything is mine. That was his promise to me. Reporter if thats true, her husband never put it in writing. A big problem for anna nicole, since the sole heir to marshalls estate, his 61yearold son pierce, is not in a generous mood. He cuts anna off and even fights her on his fathers final resting place. I have nothing to say. Thank you very much. They got to stage consecutive funerals. The image that many people will have of the funeral of j. Howard marshall ii is Anna Nicole Smith, wearing the Wedding Dress that shed worn when the two of them were married. Reporter after the dueling funerals, the legal bickering is on, with anna suing for half her late husbands money and her stepson suing her right back. Pierce marshalls lawyer rusty hardin in 2001. There was never any evidence of any corroboration from any source that j. Howard marshall ever intended to leave her half of anything. Reporter and hardin today. He was going to give her all of this money and things during his lifetime that would be sufficient to support her the rest of her life, and most of us can get along on 12 million. Reporter he says marshalls son was only following his dads wishes, which were clearly spelled out in his will. I used to say that one reason i could understand anna was that she was a glutton. She wanted all of everything. Reporter yet after her husbands death, everything is gone, in annas bank account, anyway. She files for bankruptcy in california, insisting shes owed money from her late husbands estate. And in a bombshell ruling, the court agrees, awarding anna nicole, get this, nearly half a billion dollars. But she still has her stepson pierce and that lawsuit in texas to deal with. The trial stretches to nearly six months and becomes red meat for the media. Our top story tonight, Anna Nicole Smith. You graduated from which school . Yeah im a dropout rusty. Im not a bookworm. Im not a smart person but i know that my husband was choking to death. Youre just up there making stuff up as you go along. I am not making anything up, rusty. Reporter hardin presses anna nicole on what he calls her unusual efforts to ingratiate herself into marshalls will. Sometimes, maam, isnt it true when you were doing these tapes you would take off your top while you sat there next to him while you got him to say these things, wouldnt you . Oh, mr. Hardin, youre a pervert. If somebody was to pardon me . Thats not true, and i think youre sick. Reporter hardin recalls one light moment while questioning anna nicoles exorbitant spending habits. Miss marshall, how do you spend 100,000 a week . And she looks at me like im from mars and says you got to buy gowns. You got do buy shoes. You got to pay hair and makeup. I mean, its very expensive to be me. I mean, its terrible. That was my favorite line. And that was something we could agree on. Reporter and then, that Famous Exchange from her six days of sparring with hardin on the stand. Miss marshall, have you been taking new acting lessons . Screw you, rusty. You know, ten years later, id be on a Southwest Airlines plane putting a bag up and some little bluehaired lady in the back would yell, screw you, rusty, and it never did offend me. Reporter in the end, the jury doesnt believe anna nicole. The jurys verdict was she wasnt entitled to a dime. They understood this was really a son thats just trying to fulfill what his father wanted. Reporter in 2001, 12 of those jurors spoke to abc news. My favorite moment was when rusty hardin, he was just so frustrated with her and finally he just sat back in his chair and he goes, mrs. Marshall what is that written across the top of your dress . Spoiled. Pass the witness. Pass the witness, im done. Thats it. Thats what she was, she was spoiled. And she knew it and we knew it. Reporter now, bizarrely, anna is dead broke in texas and a multimillionaire in california. You had two courts with very different views as to whether or not Anna Nicole Smith was entitled to a large chunk of money from her husbands estate. Reporter in fact, in the years ahead, the battle for marshalls billions would take the former stripper all the way to the steps of the Supreme Court. Anna nicole smith gets to hear Justice David souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg talk about her situation. Not always in language that she can perhaps appreciate or understand. But shes there. Part of history in this totally unexpected way. Reporter the lands highest court hands her a victory, yet court hands her a victory, yet the case is appealed again and again and the grieving widow never collects a penny. When we come back, anna nicole reinvents herself. 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Reporter the osbornes are riding high in a new kind of family drama with their outlandish antics. And so obviously Anna Nicole Smith was cut out to be in a reality show. And so e gave her one. Reporter but anna nicoles close friend Raymond Martino doesnt like the idea. I told her, i said, anna, please dont do this show. Its not a good thing for you to do. Anything that you want private, theyll take

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