Here’s the latest story of how she did:
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On the night of Wood’s death in November 1981, Wood and Wagner got into a “terrible argument” that was never reported to the original investigators, according to Rulli. Actor Christopher Walken, Wood’s “Brainstorm” co-star, went to sleep in his cabin after an angry Wagner smashed a wine bottle on a coffee table that sent everyone scattering to avoid the flying glass, Rulli said. Walken has not made any comment since these new details emerged, other than the statement from his publicist Friday.
When a “mortified” Wood went to her stateroom, Wagner followed and an argument began, according to Rulli.
“Dennis made an attempt to stop it, and was told to go away by Robert Wagner,” Rulli told Gregory. “Then minutes later, Natalie was missing...Dennis wanted to do everything. Make a phone call, turn on the search light. His instincts told him something was terribly wrong, and Robert Wagner asked him not to.”
The coroner’s report from the time of her death indicated that she may have slipped and hit her head after she lost balance from drinking several glasses of wine.
Fall overboard, it’s the easiest murder to arrange of them all. It happens all the time. You might even fall off in the middle of the ocean. The novelist in me just can’t resist mentioning this. It’s absolute grist for the fiction mill, and there’s no reason why not in real life.
The coronor said that she “wreaked of alcohol”. I remember that from back then.
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