I remember very well when this happened and always thought the circumstances sounded very strange with a lot of unanswered questions. I never thought it would resurface again 30 years later though.

http://news.yahoo.com/fight-night-natalie-wood-died-230616948.html

http://news.yahoo.com/lana-wood-cnn-dont-think-natalie-fell-040445013.html

Yes, very strange... How likely is it someone would just fall off a boat, especially after a bunch of histrionics with her celebrity husband and a mercurial actor?

I've no clue what happened that night with Wood. But with or without assistance, it doesn't really take a lot to fall off a boat ...
or out of a truck bed ...
or off a porch ...
or plop off a tree limb.

The awwhell gene ... it be real.

Wasn't there some wine involved? Drinking and upset, anything could have happened.

Talk about "necroing" a thread . . . geez.
(Thanks, again, Venture! . . . .)

Natalie Wood was a "babe" in "The Great Race" . . .
Not too shabby in that "Splendor in the Grass" deal with "Warren Beaty" neither . . .
"Water Safety" . . . Not so much. Should have paid attention when Esther Williams tried to coach her a little . . .

The tackiest thing about this entire "tabloid-fest" is calling that crappy boat connected with the story a "yacht".

Talk about "necroing" a thread . . . geez.
(Thanks, again, Venture! . . . .)

Natalie Wood was a "babe" in "The Great Race" . . .
Not too shabby in that "Splendor in the Grass" deal with "Warren Beaty" neither . . .
"Water Safety" . . . Not so much. Should have paid attention when Esther Williams tried to coach her a little . . .

The tackiest thing about this entire "tabloid-fest" is calling that crappy boat connected with the story a "yacht".

Talk about tacky. You're comments certainly qualify. Whether she was a "babe" or not is of no consequence. Of course the tabloids blow everything up but there is more to this story than a "whoops" someone drowned no matter how big the boat was.

Okay . . . and . . . [Hercule]?

BTW: It's your . . . not you're. Sherlock.

Okay . . . and [Hercule]?

BTW: It's your . . . not you're. Sherlock.

Wow, so I missed one word and that negates everything. It's late on a Saturday night and you're ( I think that's right ) negating what I said because of one word. LOL
You still had no valid point in your post.

I give.
You win.
But . . . what about the truth behind the old joke about what's wo....never mind.
(30 years in the grave and still kickin' . . .)

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Thank goodness Blake Edwards was careful to keep her safely separated from the pond.

Probably ought to be a way to throw the witness in jail for not telling the whole truth at the time. (The Truth he claims to know.)

2 weeks before...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/18/article-2063056-0EDA0C5B00000578-353_634x417.jpg

Heels on a boat? Okay, maybe it was just for the photo.

No, the shoes!

Are those saw cuts on the railing?
And is that guy on the upper deck holding a bottle of olive oil?
Enquiring minds want to know.