We're as stunned as everyone else is today about the untimely death of Anna Nicole Smith, and while we can all expect to see endless media tributes ("tributes") over the coming weeks about her various reality show moments, memorable public appearances, weight issues and legal squabbles, let's not forget the reasons why she was famous to begin with: exactly fifteen years after her first Playboy cover appearance (and subsequent crowning as 1993's Playmate of the Year) she remains one of the magazine's most iconic models in its history, and those Guess ads she did are still a lot more sexy than most of what you'll see in the glossy magazines of today. Our thoughts will be with her not-quite-husband and infant daughter this weekend as we dust off our old copies of "The Hudsucker Proxy" and "Naked Gun 33/3" for a memorial film festival in her honor. Rest in peace, Anna Nicole—you were a true original.

· "Anna Nicole Smith Dies" (CNN)
· "Breaking: Anna Nicole Smith Dead" (Defamer)
· "And Now She's Dead: Anna Nicole Smith" (Gawker)
· Anna Nicole Smith (Playmate profile @ playboy.com)
· Anna Nicole Smith (Wikipedia entry)

More of what we'll be remembering Anna Nicole for after the jump.

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· Anna Nicole Smith Photo Directory (torontopics.com)
· Anna Nicole Smith Galleries: heffshappyhouse.blogspot.com + normsfoxes.blogspot.com + centerfoldbabez.com + celebrity-video-post.com; more @ kellyfind.com + askjolene.com

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· Fleshbot's Anna Nicole Smith Archive

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