Robert might be hiding something or is fearful of something. He refuses to answer questions or participate in an interview with investigators of his wife's death over 30 years ago, now that the cause of death has been changed.
shareIf he has told them all he knows, he should tell them again. Not refuse an interview. It's a terrible shame that this is concerning the wonderful Natalie Wood.
Just talking heart to heart, it may take a thief to figure out this mystery. There were bruises on her body, so maybe Bob (all his friends call him Bob) and her had a fight earlier that night, she got drunk, and took off in the dinghy. I haven't read any bios on her, him, or Warren Beatty, but it could be that Bob never really forgave her for leaving him for the king of the Hollywood boudoir.
Or maybe it was Christopher Walken, who beat her up after she refused to give him more cowbell.
King Of Fuh,
The boat captain Dennis Davern passed a polygraph test wherein he said that a fight between Wagner and Wood led to her death. That Wagner is to his mind responsible. That he willfully signed a lie-riddled statement drafted by Wagner's attorney. I do not know why he is not in legal trouble for perjury. I do not pretend to know the ridiculous workings of the law.
Wagner himself admits to having had a fight with Wood prior to her drowning. The initial investigators were told nothing of this. There was no serious effort by investigators to ascertain how she was injured. It is just tragically ludicrous.
Her suspected "emotional" unfaithfulness did not sit well with Wagner, who by his own admission stalked Warren Beatty with a gun and homicidal intent. Davern says he heard Wagner say: "Get off my *beep* boat" before the inebriated and beaten Wood fell overboard. It has always been known that Wagner objected to a proper search, preferring to wait and see if she returned.
So, what to do about it? Her death is no longer officially considered accidental, but rather the result of "drowning and other undetermined factors." I find nothing unbelievable about Davern's story. I want Robert Wagner to serve 10 or so years in prison for criminally-negligent manslaughter and perjury. I want Dennis Davern to serve 5 or so years in prison for perjury and being a lousy captain. Captains have responsibilities of their own, after all. However, for reasons fairly understandable, Davern's polygraph is inadmissible due to his drunkenness at the time of her death. So, nothing will come of it.
As for the unusually lovely and very talented Natalie Wood: she was a fool to marry Wagner, let alone twice, and alcohol and pills do not mix well, especially on a boat.
The guy is 82 years old. He went through this event numerous times since it occurred. Why should he focus any more time on this static issue?
shareHis story changed 3 times since 1981. I never liked him he seems very arrogant and jealous of his wife
shareVery interesting, Dan. Thank you for those insights. It just reinforces my suspicion that consequences of infidelities, maybe on the part of both of them, is what ultimately led to her death.
share"Very interesting, Dan. Thank you for those insights."
You're very welcome.
It's an awful tragedy. So many lifes changed and destroyed overnight. After 30 years, the whole story is stale. We might never know what happened that night!
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