Anna Nicole Smith has died in Florida, her attorney, Ron Rale, confirmed to MSNBC Thursday.

Sources say Smith was rushed to the hospital after being found unresponsive in her hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., where she was staying with her companion, Howard K. Stern.

Her 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn Hope, was not with them, sources say, but is being cared for in the Bahamas by the mother of Shane Gibson, a high-ranking Bahamian official who is a close friend of Smith's.

Before learning of Smith's death, Rale told PEOPLE, "She hasn't been well the past few days, she's had cold and flu symptoms."

According to Access Hollywood, she was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. ET on Thursday.

She's been dying..

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She's been dying..

Aren't we all. That was LOW!!!!! She lost her kid, was hard to come back around. I know it would be for me! Yes she had a new baby daughter, but she missed her son of almost half her life. Despite what anyone thought of her, she still was a person and felt for her son..... who she lived for.