Death investigation continues

Nassau, Bahamas – Police investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son said Tuesday they had no evidence that he had suffered a heart attack or that drugs were involved.

The 38-year-old reality TV star and former Playboy playmate found her son, Daniel, unresponsive Sunday morning in a chair in her hospital room, where she was recuperating from giving birth to a baby girl, and called for help, according to police.

A hospital official said medical personnel applied CPR and other measures to try to save the young man.

“Resuscitative efforts using advanced life-support protocol continued for 22 minutes without response,” Barry Rassin, president and CEO of Doctors Hospital in Nassau, said at a news conference Tuesday.

Daniel Smith had arrived at the hospital late Saturday to visit his mother, and Rassin said hospital employees saw him “attending to his mother’s comfort” during the night.

Police said they were waiting for a pathologist’s report to determine the cause of death, and dismissed a report in The Nassau Guardian that Smith had antidepressants in his system. That report cited sources close to the case.

Fireside service for Irwin

Beerwah, Australia – The family and friends of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin said farewell to him with an intimate gathering and stories around a campfire. A legion of his fans will get their chance next week at a public memorial expected to be held in a 52,000-seat stadium.

On Monday – one week after his death by a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef – Australia Zoo’s general manager, Wes Mannion, one of Irwin’s closest friends, said a private memorial service was held Saturday at the zoo, attended by Irwin’s family, relatives of his American wife, Terri, and some of his closest friends.

Bob Irwin, Steve’s father, said most of the private service was spent talking about Irwin around a fire.

“Because Steve loved the bush so much and yarning around the campfire, the service was held just like he would have wanted, with everyone telling their favorite stories about him around a candlelit fire,” Bob Irwin said.

The public memorial service is expected to be held Tuesday or Sept. 20, probably at the 52,000-seat Suncorp Stadium in the state capital, Brisbane, about an hour’s drive from Australia Zoo.

Stamp set honors Beatles

London – The Royal Mail is saluting the Beatles in January by releasing six commemorative stamps illustrated with memorable album covers.

The set includes an image of “With the Beatles,” released in 1963, which was the group’s second album. In the United States, it was the first Beatles album to be released and was titled “Meet the Beatles.”

Others in the series are “Help!” (1965), “Revolver” (1966), “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967), “Abbey Road” (1969) and “Let It Be” (1970).