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#5. Who's Her Daddy?

After Anna Nicole Smith — the former Playboy Playmate of the Year and Guess-jeans model, perhaps best known for marrying a billionaire octogenarian — died in February of an accidental overdose, speculation intensified over who had fathered her baby daughter, Dannielynn, who stands to inherit big bucks if Smith's estate wins a decade-long battle over her late husband's fortune. Although Smith's attorney, Howard K. Stern, was listed as Dad on the birth certificate, several other men claimed to be the father. In April, after a media spectacle that included a judge weeping in court, DNA evidence confirmed that Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead had sired the wee lass. Said the proud papa: "I told you so."

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