I, for one, was pretty ticked off at the cable news programs for speculating into why she died. Most of the people didn't really care about her and thought that her life was a mess, she was mostly just a party girl and she was famous just because she was famous-a la Paris Hilton. I think she was a good person at heart, but that she was saddled with a drug and alcohol addiction that either contributed to or fueled her outrageous lifestyle. Perhaps she wasn't very intelligent or lacked social graces, but she was still a rather good mother and fought for what she believed in--yes, namely inheritance from J. Howard Marshall's death. After all, it's mostly speculation and accusation that has led some to believe that she was just a gold digger
(which I don't think she was). Most importantly, she didn't deserve the misery that befell her in her final year--death of her son, custody battle, being dragged into the TrimSpa lawsuit. On that last point, I don't think that she should have been named in the lawsuit because she was just a spokesperson. TrimSpa hired her and told her what to do and what do say, and they also led people to believe that TrimSpa was mostly what caused Anna Nicole to lose so much weight.
OK, I'll end my rant, but I guess I was somewhat of a fan. I watched her TV show, and although I didn't care for her more outrageous behavior, I don't think that the media should persecute her for it. Other celebrities have been just as outrageous or worse, but the media didn't cast as harsh a glare on them (Paris Hilton, obviously, and Adrienne Curry isn't a saint). I'm thinking maybe the media felt free to criticize her and dismiss her because of her weight
. It's pretty clear that tabloids look negatively upon overweight women. And she probably had many good qualities, but the media chose not to focus on them because debauchery sells. Sad but true, at least from their perspective.