Anna Nicole's inheritance foe dies

[alicia-w]

Man who fought Playmate for inheritance dies

Friday, June 23, 2006; Posted: 9:15 p.m. EDT (01:15 GMT)

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith over his father's oil fortune, has died, his spokesman said Friday. He was 67.

Marshall died Tuesday evening in the Dallas area from a brief but aggressive infection, the family said in a written statement released through spokesman David Margulies. He declined to provide additional details.

Smith married Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the following year.

Since then, E. Pierce Marshall had been locked in a legal battle over her entitlement to the estate.

The U.S. Supreme Court last month revived former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's pursuit of her late husband's oil fortune, ruling last month that the one-time stripper deserves another day in court.
The case has had twists and turns. Smith won a $474 million judgment, which was cut to about $89 million and eventually reduced to zero.

"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," the Margulies statement said.

[GalvestonDuck]

Wow! Last I heard, she was still fighting with him in either a CA court or a TX court (the whole thing was confusing) for some larger sum of the inheritance.

What an interesting turn of events for her.