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Dr. Cyril Wecht, forensic toxicologist who performed the autopsy on her son Daniel, who died last September, suggested to MSNBC TV several possibilities for Anna Nicole Smith’s death, including viral pneumonia, drug-related causes or a genetic heart defect which also played a factor in her son’s death. When you have sudden, unexpected death, there aren’t too many things that can do that,” said Wecht. “You look to the heart and see what produces the cardiac arrhythmia.”It has been alleged that Smith used methadone, a powerful opiate-based treatment, while pregnant.

“Drugs could be involved here,” Wecht told MSNBC. “They may not be the total answer, but coupled with a genetic predisposition, methadone is a drug that is known to produce that kind of a problem in which the heart begins to beat irregularly.” Toxicology results from an autopsy are not expected for several days. Source.