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Natalie Wood: One of Hollywood's Greatest Mysteries Reopened?

November 17, 2011 11:15 pm by Morgan Shanahan in Entertainment
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[Editor's Note: As the 30 year anniversary of her death approaches, LA's Sheriff Lee Baca is looking to talk to the captain of the yacht carrying actress Natalie Wood when she drowned. But does the Captain have new information, or is this a timely publicity stunt for profit? What do you think? --Morgan]

Thirty years after Natalie Wood died off Santa Catalina Island, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday that it was reopening the investigation into one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries.

Courtesy of Zuma Press

Wood, 43, was boating off the island on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 with her husband, Robert Wagner, fellow actor Christopher Walken and others when she somehow went overboard and died. Officials at the time ruled her death an accident, but there has been much speculation since over whether there was more to the story.

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lunaraven13 11 pts

I remember my parents always felt the whole thing was very odd. I was only 6 when she died, and I can't imagine what new info they might have on the case that would warrant reopening it.

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HomeRearedChef 726 pts

It is my opinion that re-opening her case is just for publicity. Unless they actually have really come up with something very concrete...! I think they should just leave it alone.

I was a young girl when I began watching movies with Natalie Wood, I fell in-love with her fresh beauty. Though I've seen probably every movie she ever made, the movie that stands out in my mind is "Inside Daisy Clover," and, of course, it has to be the song that went with the movie. It is forever engraved in my memory. Ahh, the memories...so long ago. I suddenly feel very ancient!

~Virginia

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Kimberly Morales
Kimberly Morales

Totally a publicity stunt. That interview didn't help his credibility at all.

Polish Mama on the Prairie
Polish Mama on the Prairie

I'm sorry, who? Whoever it is, I hope she reasts in peace.

BlogHer
BlogHer

Kris Underwood interesting... I didn't know about the book. - Karen

Shanna Rangel
Shanna Rangel

And the 30yr ann of her death....publicity for sure. And the guy on the Today Show siad it was hard remember things 30yr ago cuz his live was a so crazy what make you think he can remember now. Stupid and let her rest in peace.

Kris Underwood
Kris Underwood

Also, it coincides with a new book out on Natalie Wood, co-written by Dennis Davern, captain of the boat they were all on.

Kris Underwood
Kris Underwood

Interesting to note, that this story comes up on the 50th anniversary of West Side Story.....which leads me to believe it could be a publicity stunt...hard to say , though.

Terri Patillo
Terri Patillo

It's publicity and money. She drowned -- let her rest in peace. Robert Wagner adored her -- to claim otherwise seems ludicrous to me.

Katie Cortes
Katie Cortes

Hard to say. I have always felt this was a suspicious case. But this guy sounds really shady.