Natalie Wood's death: a mainstream conspiracy?

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12. Unless proven otherwise, I believe it was an accident

I essentially agree with what frogmarch said upthread.

As a lifelong Natalie Wood fan, I've read a lot about her life, and that tragic night in 1981. From Suzanne Finstad's biography of Natalie, it was reported that the bay was blustery and choppy that evening. The inflatable dinghy had been tied to the yacht after they'd returned from Doug's Harbor Reef. It seems reasonable that Natalie either had tried to secure the dinghy from bumping the hull, or had tried to climb into the dinghy. She was wearing a down jacket, which kept her afloat, but was so heavy when saturated with water (later weighed at 30 pounds), that it prevented Natalie from pulling herself into the dinghy. The bruises mentioned in the second coroner's report could have been caused by her struggle to climb into the dinghy.

Suzanne Finstad warns that captain Dennis Davern's recollection may be "tainted by his profit motive and riddled with his own inconsistencies".

I still miss her, but thankfully we have her many wonderful films.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/natalie-wood-death-coroner-report_n_2472840.html

http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/nataliewood/nataliewood.htm