Two years after Anna Nicole Smith's death, her attorney and companion, Howard K. Stern, still mourns her.

After [Anna] died, 'I realized how important she was to my life—she was my whole life. I gave up my whole world for her.

'I still haven't accepted it,' Stern said. 'I still have dreams where
she's alive and...everything that's happened in the past two years has
just basically been a big hoax.' "

Howard said he's determined to repair the damage that was done to her reputation before she died.

I kind of feel like it's my responsibility to try and undo what was
done in the media to Anna after she passed away."

This just seems so sad!  Hopefully, once he takes whatever steps he feels are necessary to improve Anna's legacy, he'll feel comfortable "regaining" his world, so to speak.

Larry Birkhead is also working to "keep Anna's image alive."

What do you think: was it bad media coverage that hurt Anna Nicole's reputation?

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