Ah ha .. Christopher Walken
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Then Natalie landed a role in the upcoming film Brainstorm alongside Christopher Walken in 1980. It could very well have been this movie role that lead to one of Hollywood’s greatest unsolved mysteries.
It was while working on this film that rumors began to surface the Natalie was having an affair with Christopher Walken. While both Wood and Walken denied any romantic involvement they did share an off-screen friendship that Natalie’s husband was a part of as well.
On November 29, 1981 Natalie, her husband Robert and Christopher Walken boarded the Splendor (Robert and Natalie’s yacht) and headed for Catalina Island where they planned to celebrate the successful shooting of Brainstorm.
They had dinner at the Harbor Reef Restaurant where they did indeed celebrate with good food and a number of bottles of champagne. They got so out of control that they caused a scene and had to leave.
It is here that the information available on the night that Natalie Wood died varies depending on who is providing the information.
The official report states that Natalie slipped when she went out to tie the dingy to the yacht, which had been banging against the side of the boat. Due to how late it was, the amount of alcohol she had consumed and the weather she slipped and fell in the water and drowned.
The troubling part is that neither Robert Wagner nor Christopher Walken will talk about the night Natalie Wood died. The statement that Robert Wagner gave to the police is different than the story the captain Dennis Davern gave the police.
No mention has been made of any statement that Christopher Walken may have given. What most people will agree about is that there are a number of unsolved mysteries surrounding the death of Natalie Wood.
Why would a mega movie star be out in the middle of the night, in the cold, in her nightgown, socks and a down coat? How much noise could a rubber dingy make against the side of a yacht?
According to the Captain there was a fight going on between Walken and Wagner over Wood. Is it possible that Wood was the cause of the fight and the rumored affair that Walken and Wood were having was true. Could the fight have gotten physical and Wood tried to break up the fight and accidentally gotten knocked overboard?
If that is the case, why won’t Wagner and Walken talk about that night... why didn’t they do anything to try to save her? The mystery of Natalie Wood is truly one of Hollywood’s greatest unsolved mysteries.
http://www.greatest-unsolved-mysteries.com/mystery-of-natalie-wood.html
The same reason any other non-mega movie star would be? Maybe Robert snored when drunk.
I read a plausible scenario long ago about this. It starts with them all continuing to party on the boat, and then finally passing out, and then Natalie wakes up and goes outside for some air. Or, Walken and Wagner are drunk and arguing, and Natalie goes outside. Anyway, she's outside, wearing the down coat because it's cold. But she's drunk (and probably high), and sits down on the side of the boat and falls into the water. She can't swim, she's afraid of drowning, and she panics and doesn't dump the the coat, hoping it will keep her afloat. But instead it fills with water. So as she struggles, scratching the side of the dingy as she reaches upwards, the down coat holds her under until she drowns, and then she floats away. No sound or splashes because she's under the coat the whole time which spread out over her on the water.
Pretty gruesome, but it adds up. The only question seems to be why she went outside in the first place.
While both Wood and Walken denied any romantic involvement they did share an off-screen friendship that Natalie’s husband was a part of as well.
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Hard to believe that this ‘line’ was written only 30 years ago.
Even then it was considered (sort of) risque but it would never pass muster today.
Talk about reading between the lines and the reporter just reporting what he (basically) knows as fact, leaving his own personal speculation out of it, while still conveying the message.