This afternoon on the Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer and Larry King shared some special memories about their mutual friend Anna Nicole. Some highlights:

KING: I've always liked Anna Nicole Smith. I first met her many years ago after the Playmate era, when she was in Playboy, featured in Playboy. She came on the show — I was doing it out of New York that night — and liked her right away. She was bouncy, she— I went through with all the marriage to the elderly gentleman, the weight gains up, the weight gains down. But there was always a special thing about her, even when they spoofed her on Saturday Night Live — she could easily be made fun of. There was also a genuineness about her. She was an extraordinarily pretty girl. An unusual thing, Wolf, is that she did a painting that we have here in the house. She tried — she was kind of an amateur painter. I have an oil painting that she has done here.

BLITZER: It's an amazing story, Larry. I know that you can bring some unique insight because you actually knew this woman, who was born in very, very humble origins down in Texas and becomes a Playmate, a Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993, and then marries this very fabulously wealthy 89-year-old man.

KING: It's a story for the books. It's a story that will be written about and talked about. I imagine there'll be a major motion picture about it. We still don't know the cause, right?

BLITZER: No. We're waiting for the hospital. They are about —supposedly going to be having a statement, some sort of announcement coming in from authorities at the hospital in Hollywood, Florida. We've got our microphones there, we're going to share that with our viewers as soon as we know some specific details. But we know she was rushed to the hospital from this hotel where she was staying. And we don't know if she was pronounced dead on the scene or any of those specific details, although we have confirmed she is dead. Anything else you want to add, Larry, before I let you go?

KING: We'll do a whole show on her tonight with many guests, Wolf. And thanks for having me with you.

BLITZER: All right, Larry. LARRY KING LIVE airs at 9:00 p.m. Eastern tonight. He is going to be all over this story.

Sounds like he already is. Wonder if he'll show the oil painting.

Larry King [CNN]