Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour
Natalie Wood was a Hollywood icon, beloved by millions for her performances in such classics as <i>Miracle on 34th Street</i>, <i>West Side Story</i> and <i>Rebel Without a Cause</i>. Married for the second time to actor Robert Wagner and the mother of young children, Natalie had everything to live for. Her bizarre death on or near the yacht <i>Splendour</i> on a chilly November evening in 1981 has been shrouded in mystery. In his recent best-selling memoir <i>Pieces of My Heart</i>, Robert Wagner told his version of what happened on the yacht <i>Splendour</i> on the night his wife died. But is Wagner's version accurate? Who knows the truth? <i>Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour</i> is the result of a decades-long investigation by journalist Marti Rulli and Dennis Davern, Natalie's friend, confidant, and captain of the <i>Splendour</i> on that controversial night. Painstakingly researched and written from the heart, here is an in-depth examination of Natalie Wood's life -- and death.