Who married J. Howard Marshall?

J. Howard Marshall, né le 24 janvier 1905 à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) et mort le 4 août 1995 dans le comté de Harris (Texas), est un milliardaire américain. À sa mort, sa fortune est estimée à 1,6 milliard de dollars. Il a passé les 14 derniers mois de sa vie marié avec la stripteaseuse, actrice et chanteuse Anna Nicole Smith, qui avait 62 ans de moins que lui.

Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress and television personality. Smith started her career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for clothing companies, including Guess, H&M and Heatherette.

Smith dropped out of high school in 1984, married in 1985, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she was a gold digger, which she denied. Following Marshall's death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her cases reached the Supreme Court of the United States: Marshall v. Marshall on a question of federal jurisdiction and Stern v. Marshall on a question of bankruptcy court authority. Smith died on February 8, 2007, in Hollywood, Florida, of a combined drug intoxication.