She was so young when her mother died, that she probably has very few memories of her. But every little girl wants a mother, as she gets older, Danielynn, the daughter of tragic Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is getting more curious and has now asked father Larry Birkhead, the one question he was dreading.

On a recent trip to the Bahamas, where her mother and half-brother, Daniel Smith, are both buried, Dannielynn, 5, asked the poignant question, Birkhead revealed in an interview that aired today on Good Morning America. Larry spoke to GMA anchor Robin Roberts: ‘... you know she said, ‘Why did mommy die?’”

‘And I said, ‘You know, they, doctors couldn’t fix her. But if you’re good … you’ll get to see her someday.’
Smith, the buxom reality-TV star and former Playboy model who struggled with prescription drug problems, was found dead in a Florida hotel room in February 2007, aged 39.

The official cause of death was  an accidental overdose of nine prescription drugs, including Valium and Atavan. Her death followed the devastating loss of her 20-year-old son Daniel Smith just six months earlier, three days after his mother gave birth to Dannielynn.

Daniel died after an accidental overdose of the drug methadone with the antidepressants Lexapro and Zoloft.
Since Smith’s tragic death, Birkhead has devoted himself to giving his daughter a stable, balanced life.

Sometimes using disguises to avoid being recognised Birkhead, 39, told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts. But on visits to his home state of Kentucky they are able to be ‘normal.’

Despite her early years being marred by tragedy Birkhead told Roberts that Dannielynn was ‘as well-adjusted as she can be.’ And when asked whether he was concerned about what Dannielynn might learn about her mother’s life when she gets older, Birkhead said: ‘I hope that she understands that no one’s perfect and people have triumphs and people have tragedies. And her mom really … soldiered on and she came from nothing and she, you know, lived her dream.

‘But I also want to make things a cautionary tale … and give her the tools that she needs to where she has the opportunities that her mother and Anna’s son, Daniel, you know, won’t have.’