Anna Nicole Smith Dead at 39

It's just so sad! Anna Nicole Smith dead at 39. We can all argue incessantly over the inevitability and futility of it all, and how it will probably go down as one of the most forecasted endings in the World, but the optimistic of us deep down had held the faith that somehow, some way she might one day have found the light at the end of that tunnel.

However you may have regarded Anna Nicole Smith and in whatever light you may have held her, she was in a way inspiration to all, but to all in different ways. She was inspiration to drop-out young girls that they too could make it to stardom (albeit notoriety) some day, even if it meant marrying someone 30 years their senior, or shedding their clothes to the next magazine that came along. She inspired drug addicts that they too could actually lure in 4 million viewers to a reality show where the main star could be too stoned to be coherent. And she definitely set an example to all moms how it could all go horribly wrong when we fail our young (Her son, Daniel, died of a drug overdose five months ago); In effect, she proved that it may not be enough to love our children (her son was her best friend) but to do all possible to protect them by providing a safe environment with positive role models.

And now, with the end of Anna Nicole's ever troubled journey here on Earth optimists have to again hope that there really was a welcoming light at the end of the tunnel and that she has finally found peace on the other side. May her star shine there as strong as it had once done here.