# What Happened To Natalie Wood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478 "2011-11-19T19:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/21 "2011-11-20T01:25:53Z")
OMG! It must be a slow news week when they are this desperate. Digging up a 30 year old drowning of an inebriated celebrity? All three web sites cnn, msnbc, and even Fox have this as a front page story. Been down this dusty road thirty years ago, read the articles and don’t plan to waltz down memory lane again. I will ask why in the heck did the police have to announce that the case was reopened? Couldn’t they quietly investigate this idiot Captains claims without a press release? Its so obviously a sick attempt to sell his sleazy book. Why make this asshole rich? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/22 "2011-11-20T15:17:30Z")
Hold on, everybody! We’re not giving a man who’s trying to make money the benefit of the doubt that he deserves! I mean, a man who allegedly told the truth 30 years ago, and now, only 30 years later, says he doubts the ‘official’ story…obviously, there is something tangible to it. hh ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/23 "2011-11-20T15:24:39Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Hold on, everybody! We’re not giving a man who’s trying to make money the benefit of the doubt that he deserves! I mean, a man who allegedly told the truth 30 years ago, and now, only 30 years later, says he doubts the ‘official’ story…obviously, there is something tangible to it. Yeah, I haven’t seen any better reason put forward as to why he waited 30 years. The elapsed time certainly adds doubts as to the veracity and his memory. 30 years ago, I saw a UFO, and I now want to let everyone know… ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/24 "2011-11-20T16:31:47Z")
I think that when Wood saw Wagner _and_ Walken she turned to water. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/25 "2011-11-21T04:09:55Z")
How can they come up with new info after 30 years? I don’t see what will come out of this except celebrity talk. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/26 "2011-11-21T04:28:47Z")
Since this thread has been bumped, I read earlier today where Natalie Wood’s sister Lana is now saying that Capt. Davern told her that Natalie accidentally fell overboard, but her husband Robert Wagner, still angry about the fight that he and Natalie had earlier that night, told Davern to leave her in the water for a few minutes before fishing her out, in order to “teach her a lesson.” If that is actually what happened, by my reckoning, both Robert Wagner and Capt. Davern have (metaphoric) blood on their hands, and should be brought up on manslaughter charges, if not a 2nd or 3rd Degree Murder rap. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/27 "2011-11-21T05:07:33Z")
I was named after Natalie Wood, and my folks made DAMN sure I took swimming lessons every damn summer. 😛 I still can’t tread water for shit, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/28 "2011-11-21T05:41:05Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Damn, someone got to the Natalie Wood joke before me (wash up on shore) That’s OK, **Johnny** got the what type of wood doesn’t float joke I was going to use. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/29 "2011-11-21T06:43:06Z")
It’s a good think they reopened this case, as I’m sure that everyone has much better memories in 2011 of what happened 30 years ago, then they did when it first happened. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/30 "2011-11-21T14:11:30Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I was named after Natalie Wood… Of course you were she was born first. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/31 "2011-11-21T15:33:38Z")
I’m sure Robert Wagner carries that night and what happened on his mind every day. The drinking, and verbal fight certainly contributed to her death. I can’t see anything criminal here. Other than a delay in looking for her. They knew then there was a delay and still decided thirty years ago that it wasn’t anything but an tragic accident. Shame that all this gets stirred up over a book that someone wants to sell. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/32 "2011-11-21T16:57:18Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > It’s a good think they reopened this case, as I’m sure that everyone has much better memories in 2011 of what happened 30 years ago, then they did when it first happened. :rolleyes: I know.. I can see the cap’n’s motivation for talking about this, he has a book to flog, but I wonder about law enforcement. Are they just required to take any “new” information seriously, until they prove it’s bushwa? Edit to add - answering my own question. Of course, law enforcement is required to take new information seriously in a case like this, but I wonder if the publicity originated with Captain Opportunistic and the cops are just answering press questions. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/33 "2011-11-21T19:25:18Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Apparently, Wagner was pissed because he felt that their guest, Christopher Walken, was hitting on Wood. A fight ensued, and what happened after that remains to be seen, I guess. I see that Walken has hired an attorney for this matter- I don’t know if that implies guilt on his part or not. No, hiring an attorney is not an implication of guilt. It just means that there is an active criminal investigation that Walken has some connection to, so he is protecting himself. Especially if this captain is throwing around new implications. Obviously the reason this case hasn’t been solved is that Stefanie Powers wasn’t called in to investigate. 😉 I really don’t know anything about this case. My first response when hearing about this was “Wait, Natalie Wood was married to Robert Wagner?” But I only vaguely remember _Hart to Hart_, and Natalie Wood is just a pop culture reference to me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/34 "2011-11-21T20:03:24Z")
So, if she weighs the same as a duck… ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/35 "2011-11-21T20:10:50Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > a young, smoking-hot Christopher Walken _ **Walken?** _ I will never, ever, ever understand what women find attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/36 "2011-11-21T20:17:01Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > _ **Walken?** _ > > I will never, ever, ever understand what women find attractive. He certainly hasn’t [aged well](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/christopher-walken-hires-_n_1102178.html?ref=mostpopular), but back in the day, he was pretty [hot](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2010/1/21/12/young-christopher-walken-14206-1264094569-7.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/37 "2011-11-21T21:00:19Z")
Do you suppose Robert Wagner knows all the Natalie Wood jokes? (I always wondered if anyone ever told Helen Keller any Helen Keller jokes–I’ll bet \*she \*would have laughed her fingers off!) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/38 "2011-11-21T21:02:34Z")
I keep looking at Walken’s recent picture… \… good lord. That’s one celebrity I would recommend plastic surgery for, and I hardly ever think plastic surgery is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/39 "2011-11-21T21:49:09Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > _ **Walken?** _ > > I will never, ever, ever understand what women find attractive. Intensity. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478/40 "2011-11-21T22:29:25Z")
FTR, I think Chris Walken is still hot. He’s just so freaking _weird._ I think that’s pretty much the whole of his attractiveness for those of us who still find him…oddly hot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-natalie-wood/603478.md?page=3)