Anna Nicole Smith dies at 39

MIAMI, Feb 8 (Reuters) Former Playboy Playmate and billionaire's widow Anna Nicole Smith has died at the age of 39 after apparently collapsing in a Florida hotel room, her lawyer said today.

''I can confirm that she is deceased. It's as shocking to me as to you guys,'' Smith's attorney, Ronald Rale, told Reuters.

''I don't know anything further. (Her lawyer and husband) Howard (K. Stern) obviously is speechless and grieving.

Smith was found in her hotel room and given CPR by Seminole tribal fire rescue and Hollywood fire rescue workers, said Michael Bloom, president of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Smith's nurse called hotel workers at the hotel at 1:38 pm and security went to the hotel room, hotel officials said.

Fire rescue workers from both the Seminole Indian tribe and from Hollywood arrived minutes later and Smith was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood at 2:10 pm REUTERS DKS BST0247