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Anna Nicole's Sparring Partner Dies
In a twisted turn of events, the son of Anna Nicole Smith's late husband who has been battling with the former Playboy Playmate for years over his dad's fortune, has died. E. Pierce Marshall was 67.
The cause of death was a "brief and extremely aggressive infection," according to a statement released by family spokesperson David Margulies. Marshall passed away Tuesday in Dallas.
"The family would politely request that their privacy be respected during this extremely difficult time as they grapple with this devastating loss," the statement said. "Mr. Marshall leaves behind a legacy of being, first and foremost, a remarkable husband, father and grandfather, a successful business visionary and a man of unrivaled perseverance and principle."
In a statement on her Website, Smith said: "I am aware that my late husband's son E. Pierce Marshall has died...Out of respect for his family's request for privacy, neither my attorneys nor I will be making any comments."
Despite his own accomplishments as family man and businessman, Marshall may be remembered for his ongoing feud with Smith over whether she was entitled to any of the $1.6 billion fortune left behind by oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, who married Smith in 1994 when she was 26 and he was 89. The elder Marshall died a year later.
Since then Pierce Marshall had maintained that he was his dad's sole heir and that Smith was only entitled to $6 million in gifts she received the year she got married.
The feud eventually made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices reversed a California federal appeals court decision and essentially reinstated the $88.5 million she was awarded in 2002 by a federal district judge.
Money can leave a messy trail.
Whether Marshall's death has any effect on the case's final outcome, the Supreme Court's ruling does not guarantee that Smith, who announced a few weeks ago that she is pregnant, will collect any money when all is said and done. Marshall's appeal of the sum will still be heard.
"I will continue to fight to clear my name in California federal court," he said in a statement last month. "That is a promise that Vickie and her lawyers can take to the bank."
(Updated June 27, 2006 at 6:45 a.m. PT.)
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