Pop-culture phenomenon dies

I'm surprised, really pretty shocked, to hear about Anna Nicole Smith dying today. Crazy sudden, it is. My gut instinct is that she's committed suicide, which is too bad, especially since she leaves behind a five-month-old daughter. I hope I'm wrong though. I'd hate for her baby to go motherless by her own hand. One person on the CNN blog says that Smith died of a broken heart. That's an interesting theory. There's no denying that the mysterious death of her son late last year was a terrible blow to her. And it's no secret that she's been tabloid fodder lately, and not in a good way. I can believe that a depression might suck away someone's will to live. Still, I'm creeped out that she's dead. She was only 39 years old.