95) Natalie Wood
Actress known for her starring roles in Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story
Born: 20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Died: 29 November 1981, Santa Catalina Island, California, United States of America
Original Name: Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
She was an Academy Award nominated actress.
Natalia was married to fellow star Robert Wagner though their relationship was less than perfect.
She died from accidentally drowning alongside her yacht in the water off Catalina Island with her husband and another fellow star Christopher Walken still aboard the ship.
Her death has always been suspicious as Natalie was terrified of the water after almost drowning as a child while filming a movie. However, she had been drinking the night before and might have accidentally fallen into the water after going topside.
Beginning in 2011 the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department started looking into her death again and her death certificate was officially changed as a cause of death from “Accident” to “Undetermined.” In 2018 the Sheriff’s Department announced they were looking to talk with her then husband Robert Wagner though sources differ on whether he is or is not a person of interest.
Badges Earned:
Find a Grave Marked
Located In My Personal Library:
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins
The Hollywood Book of Death by James Robert Parish
The Rough Guide to Film Musicals by David Parkinson
Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? by Tod Benoit
Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000081/
Autopsy: The Last Hours of Natalie Wood
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Natalie-Wood