Anna Nicole Smith's daughter does the Derby

By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

May 7, 2012

Anna Nicole Smith's daughter does the Derby
Dannielynn Birkhead attends the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday in Louisville. (Credit: By Michael Loccisano, Getty Images)

Little Dannielynn Birkhead, the five-year-old daughter of troubled starlet Anna Nicole Smith who died in 2007, is carrying on the family's Derby tradition.

She and her dad, Larry Birkhead, a Lousiville native, took part in the Kentucky Derby fun on Saturday. Dannielynn wore a flowery hat, as did celebs including Erin Andrews, Cindy Lauper, Ashton Kutcher and Mary J. Blige, who sang the national anthem.

Dannielynn, in case you've forgotten, is named after half-brother Daniel, who died from a lethal combination of drugs after collapsing in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas three days after Dannielynn's birth. Anna Nicole was 39 when she was found dead in a Florida hotel room.

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