Actress Brooke Shields:"I was shocked, I cried, my mom called. I am just so sad for that baby and I am so sad for everybody who loves her and I only hope that maybe she is with her son. With everything that she ever went through, she seemed to be able to endure, she always seemed like she was sweet. I never met her, but her heart seemed pure, no matter what she was going through. You couldn't not like her, I couldn't, so I always appreciated just that she was who she was."

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Model Tyra Banks, who met Smith on her talk show: "She was a really sweet woman and I am sad that she is gone. I'm really sad."

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Model Cindy Crawford: "It's tragic, I just heard while I was getting ready for tonight, so I don't really know anything about it except for that it happened and it's awful."

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Actress-model Cindy Margolis: "Anna Nicole was smart, and no matter how the media portrayed her, she was a good mother, a good friend, a very special person, and she will be missed deeply.

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner: "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally."

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Smith's attorney, Ron Rale: "Poor Anna Nicole. She's been the underdog. She's been besieged ... and she's been trying her best and nobody should have to endure what she's endured."

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Tal Weissman, former make-up artist to Smith: "I don't want to divulge any kind of intimate information, but the only thing I can say is that she wasn't happy. And she tried to look happy in front of the cameras for everyone, but she wasn't very happy."

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The family of Smith's deceased husband, J. Howard Marshall II. Led by E. Pierce Marshall, who died in June, the Marshalls have battled Smith in court for the oil tycoon's fortune: "Our family was shocked by the untimely death of Anna Nicole Smith. We wish to express our sympathies to her family in this difficult time."

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Michael McGraw, director of media relations for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: "She was a great friend to animals and used every opportunity to speak out against senseless cruelty. ... It is a tragedy when anyone passes away before their time, but with Anna Nicole, animals have lost a true hero and PETA has lost a good friend."

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Alex Goen, CEO and founder of TrimSpa: "Anna knew both the joy of giving life, and the heartache of losing a child. We pray that she is granted the peace that eluded her more recent days on earth, and that she find comfort in the presence of her son, Daniel."

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Wayne Munroe, Smith's Bahamian lawyer who has overseen the aftermath of her son's mysterious death in Nassau: "From my professional exposure to Anna Nicole, I can say she was always personable, down to earth and driven. All in all, a joy to have as a client."

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Jeff Shore, head of E! Studios: "For those of us who worked closely with Anna Nicole and got to know the woman behind the public persona, this is devastating news. She was a sweet person who adored her son, made us laugh and cry with her, and who was never afraid of what others may have thought of her. There will never be another like her, and I already miss her."

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Paul Marciano, CEO of Guess Inc., for which Smith appeared in TV commercials, billboards and magazine ads: "This is a very tragic and sad day. Personally I feel she did not survive the loss of her son Daniel, who was the love of her life."

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Cameraman, Oscar Delgado, who met her when she appeared on Tyra Banks' talk show:
"I had my preconceived notions about her, everybody has that about people who are in the limelight, but like I said, I got to know her a little differently. We weren't best friends or anything like that but I did see things that other people didn't see and maybe (if people did see that) they would know about her a little bit differently and she wouldn't be such a target of fodder or anything like that."

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