I vividly remember the day Natalie Wood died -- Nov. 24, 1981. For the record, I haven't even Googled or Wikipedia'd it. I remember that day because my mother was crying hysterically after hearing that Natalie drowned, and I just happen to be at home from school for that entire week with a very violent dengue fever (we lived in Puerto Rico). I was in 9th grade.
So, aside from recuperating from dengue, I had to listen to my mother crying over Natalie's death every night.
Not for nothing, Wood did not sing in West Side Story nor was she a PR.
Did you mother think she was Puerto Rican?