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Title
Natalie Wood funeral
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Sergieff, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1981
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Natalie Wood (1938-1981) began her acting career at the age of four, becoming a successful star as a young adult, and receiving three Academy Award nominations before the age of 25. She starred in such films as "Miracle on 34th Street", "Rebel Without a Cause", "West Side Story", "Splendor in the Grass", "Gypsy" and "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" among many others, as well as starring in several television productions. She would go on to receive numerous awards and nominations throughout her career. Wood married actor Robert Wagner twice, and producer Richard Gregson. She had one daughter by each marriage. Natalie Wood died on November 29, 1981 near Santa Catalina Island at the age of 43 while on a weekend trip with husband Wagner, actor Christopher Walken and the boat's captain, Dennis Davern. Her death, though suspicious in nature, was ruled accidental by L.A. County coroner, Thomas Noguchi, even though his autopsy report states she had dozens of bruises on her body, including injuries to her face and arms. The case was reopened in late 2011, but no new evidence to contradict the original conclusion and cause of death was found. Natalie Wood is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
Photograph caption dated December 3, 1981 reads, "Mourners stand somberly during the burial services for Natalie Wood."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 35 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00096895
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Wood, Natalie
CARL0005070548
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33644
Subject
Wood, Natalie--Death and burial
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Coffins--California--Los Angeles
Cemeteries--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Graves--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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