A new biography reveals that renowned 'Coroner to the Stars' Dr. Thomas Noguchi believed actress Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning may have been worsened by a waterlogged parka she was wearing. Noguchi performed Wood's autopsy and noted the jacket weighed 30 to 40 pounds when soaked. He speculated that if she had removed it, she might have survived.
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'When he scrutinized the parka more carefully, he realized it weighed between thirty to forty pounds in its saturated state,' Choi wrote, as per RadarOnline. When he looked at her clothing, he noted that even over 24 hours later, her clothes were still soaking wet. The star shockingly drowned to death after falling from a yacht off Catalina Island during Thanksgiving weekend 1981; Wood and Wagner on their boat Splendour, with captain Dennis Davern , just weeks before she died
'All of us were taken aback by the implications of this idea. It fell right into the hands of those who had been speculating that some scandal on the yacht had contributed to the famous star's death,' Choi wrote of Dr. Noguchi's recollections. Many other theories have circulated regarding Wood's death, and Wagner has remained a person of interest in the case.
It's been reported that Wagner and actor Christopher Walken, who was on the yacht as well, had gotten into an argument; Wood and Walken seen in a still from 1981 film Brainstorm Rulli told Radar she believes the new accounts could warrant a fresh grand jury investigation of Wood's death in the dark waters near their yacht 'Splendour' off California's Catalina Island at about 11 p.m. on Nov. 28, 1981.
Davern has claimed an irate Wagner, then 51, allegedly smashed a bottle of wine on a table and began brawling with Wood just before she vanished; Davern pictured in 2011 He was joined by Wood, Wagner, and Walken - each part an alleged love triangle said to have sent Wagner into a rage. The next year, Wood's cause of death was changed from 'accidental drowning' to 'drowning and other undetermined factors' - decades after cops had cut Wagner loose as a suspect.
They went on to each marry other people and have more children before eventually reconciling then marrying again in 1972; Pictured circa 1970 Rulli went on to ask the publication that it keep the names of both witnesses concealed for now, as she hopes the new accounts will soon spur a grand jury investigation that will see Wagner indicted.
They went on to each marry other people and have more children before eventually reconciling then marrying again in 1972.Before her untimely death, Natalie welcomed daughter Natasha with ex-husband Richard Gregson and daughter Courtney with Wagner, while Wagner also welcomed daughter Katie with ex-wife Marion Marshall.
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