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Donnie Hogan Donnie Hogan

Donald Ray Hogan AKA Donnie Hogan was born on July 5, 1973. Donnie Hogan is the brother of Anna Nicole Smith. They share the same father, Donald Eugene Hogan. Donnie Hogan has provided interviews for the books, Trainwreck, Blonde Ambition, and When you wished upon a star. Hogan recently penned his own autobiography, In the Shadows detailing his life from his abusive childhood to the rise of his famous sister to his battle with Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Hogan has made television appearances on Montel Williams, Inside Edition, MSNBC Live, Channel 1 news (German television), Mid-Michigan Live,

He has also provided interviews for Mid-Michigan live, Clare County Review, U.S. Weekly, Publishers Weekly, National Enquirer, Page Six, Town Square Gossip

Hogan is a strong advocate for the disease [|Ankylosing Spondylitis] and [|Medical Marijuana]. His volunteer work includes advocating for the Spondylitis Association of America, The Chalk where you Walk Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Project and is currently filming the Disabled in America documentary project highlighting the discrimination of disabled American citizens.

Hogan became a voice and advocate for the legalization of marijuana. In 2008 Hogan was diagnosed with the disease Ankylosing Spondylitis, a chronic autoimmune disease. Hogan's diagnosed also was deemed systematic meaning it affects the  whole body including the liver, heart, and brain. Hogan released in his book that he now takes the same medication, Methadone, that his famous sister took during her overdose which caused her death. Hogan also uses medical marijuana to help control his chronic pain and treat other side effects of the disease like seizures from low potassium. Hogan became a caregiver for other patients in Michigan. He opened the Mid-Michigan Caregivers Club to provide caregivers a safe place to meet patients. On June 14, 2012, Donnie Hogan and his wife was arrested for the sales of marijuana. It was part of a series of raids on medical marijuana dispensaries. What followed was a series of rallies and protests. Hogan's case was dismissed after it was revealed that a witness had given false information. The case was followed by several media outlets making Hogan the center of the medical marijuana fight in Michigan.

Volunteer Work Spondylitis Association of America              2008 to present Chalk Where you Walk A.S. Awareness Project     2013 to present The Disabled in America Project                 2014 to present MidMichigan Caregivers Club                     2012-2014

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