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Maurice “Big Moe” Brighthaupt seen here with Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern



The former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith, Maurice “Big Moe” Brighthaupt, suffered a heart attack and stroke, according to The National Enquirer. “Big Moe” has been under a considerable amount of stress since the death of Anna Nicole back in February. He was the one who had found her unconscious in her hotel room at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The death of Anna Ncole’s son Daniel has devastated him as well. His high blood pressure and the stress of this past year is what likely contributed to his “mild heart attack and stroke” recently.



“He’s only 38, he’s a strong man, a former college basketball star and a firefighter. But this ongoing saga is destroying him,” says a source. “He wishes that he could have, somehow, saved Anna’s life and Daniel’s, too. He guarded her for four years. She and Danny were like family to him.”

He was recuperating at his Florida home when he was rushed to the hospital again on October 13th because he was “overcome with chest pains”. He has since been released.