WATCH HOW THIS MAN ENDED BECAUSE OF A STRIPER..

In October 1991, 86-year-old billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall was rolled into a Houston strip club—where fate, or something like it, introduced him to 23-year-old Anna Nicole Smith, a day-shift dancer and aspiring model. The chemistry was instant. The very next day, Marshall handed her an envelope with $1,000 in cash and said, “Don’t go to work, my Lady Love. You never have to go back.”

From that moment on, he spared no expense. Smith received lavish gifts including a red Mercedes, more than $1 million in jewelry, and even use of a bungalow once owned by Marilyn Monroe. As her modeling career took off—most notably with Playboy—their relationship culminated in marriage in 1994. But the fairy tale was short-lived: Marshall passed away just 14 months later, leaving behind a legacy of wealth, headlines, and controversy.