The National Enquirer is reporting that the preliminary findings in the investigation of Anna Nicole Smith's death indicate that the actress died of severe pneumonia. In addition, the prescription drugs she was taking made her condition worse and did play a role, though the toxicology reports have yet to come back.

Sources told The Enquirer that the painkillers Smith was taking masked the seriousness of her symptoms. Anna had been hospitalized after her son's death for pneumonia, and apparently either wasn't over the original bout, or had relapsed at the time of her death.

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