Anna Nicole Smith might have made some misguided choices in her life, but the poor woman lost her son a few months ago, and now it seems she may have taken her own life. She was only 39 and had a six-month old child - to dismiss her as an 'old slapper' is unnecessarily cruel. And as for why the media have devoted more attention to this than Ian Richardson's death, what do you expect? Anna Nicole's life read like a film script, and this was the final tragic twist in the tale. Richardson was 72, and as sad as it is, a 72 year-old man dying is hardly a shocker.