At the time I heard about it I thought Robert Wagner killed her in a fit of jealousy. I think Wagner found out that Natalie was having a love affair with Christopher Walken. All three were on the boat at the time. This is just my opinion.
I hope I'm not offending someone with this.
it was an accident. she was drunk and on meds. a bad combination.
shareFor all we know she could be alive and well on another planet.
It's not a theory. A theory is based on facts of which you have none. Your post is speculation and nothing more based on what you heard.
shareActually it is a theory. A theory is just an idea used to explain some fact or event... So saying my theory is Wagner killed her in a fit of jealousy is a theory, you could also say that you have a theory that an alien from another planet knocked her of into the water and drowned her... both are theories... of course one is much more likely to be true but the only requirement of either of them being theories is that they are trying to explain why she died. If she had never died then they wouldn't be theories but last time I heard she was dead and buried so in this case whether you like the theory or not it is still valid.
shareYou don't what a theory is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
Your first problem is using wikipedia, your second problem is thinking wikipedia is right.
To begin with the word theory does not only pertain to scientific theories which is pretty much the basis of the wikipedia crap. In general terms from a normal dictionary a theory is: An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action. It doesn't have to be based on experimentation so pull your fucking head out of your ass and use a real dictionary to look up words instead of being a lazy fuck and using wikipedia as if it is the word of god, it isn't.
Another theory I've heard is that Wagner was the one who was having an affair with Walken, and Nat freaked out when she caught them together and tried to storm off the boat.
We'll never know.
That is absolutely absurd. Natalie was a big fag hag, having helped Mart Crowley get the legendary gay-themed play "Boys in the Band" produced a decade before. I would imagine she would have probably been close to Tennessee Williams as well. If she had ever caught Walken and Wagner in flagrante delicto, she would have probably been fascinated.
shareThere certainly are women who like that sort of thing, but I don't think every woman with such tastes would like it if she caught her own husband at it. Or if she caught him having fun she hadn't been invited to join.
We'll never know.
My theory is that Walken was jealous of what Wagner and Wood had and he killed her. Just my opinion.
shareI like that theory. Walken has never been particularly fond of Wood. When he was asked about his personal reaction to her death, he said: "Oh man, forget it. My reaction was for R.J. To receive that kind of news..."
A good case could be made about her being murdered: https://popcultmaster.com/2018/11/12/the-jealous-one/
I highly recommend this podcast: "Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood"
It has 13 episodes ranging between 20 and 30 minutes each
I don't know about Robert Wagner killing Natalie but I believe he knew what happened that night.
shareShe was having an affair with Christopher Walken? And they were all three on the boat? Then he killed her. That sounds plausible.
shareNo one will ever know the real story unless Wagner or Walken 'fess up. It's plausible that at least one of those men know the story.
I saw a documentary a few years ago which placed Wood and Walken in a restaurant on shore. They spent the day drinking. Wagner joined them. From eyewitness accounts, all three were pretty drunk when they departed for the Splendour.
I've always wondered why Natalie Wood spent any time on the water when it was well known that she was terrified of water. She almost drowned making a movie when she was a child.
I doubt we will ever know the true story.
Yeah, if I were terrified of water I would not go out on a boat at all. I am guessing the autopsy didn't reveal anything?
shareThat is moronic.
Boat =/= Water
Boats float above water. I doubt she was afraid of the sight of water. You can be a sailor and never touch it your whole life.
They were on that boat for a limited time. It could be a very enjoyable experience even if you are not gonna swim.
Yeah, there are reports that she "was terrified of water" and she couldn't swim so she "never went anywhere near water". These comments were made by Natalie's grief-stricken sister Lana. She blamed Robert Wagner. I think she, in her grief, reached the wrong conclusion.
Natalie Wood got on the boat voluntarily. She wasn't kidnapped.
Alcohol was likely consumed. Social drinking for fun. They were having a fun day on their boat.
She and RJ may have had an argument. There is no evidence that she was having a fling with Christopher Walken as far as I know.
She went outside and slipped and fell in the water. An accident. As soon as they realized she was missing Wagner and/or Walker contacted the captain who radioed the Coast Guard. They found her body quickly.
We don't know for sure. It sure looks like an accidental death.
"The case was reopened in November 2011 after [Splendour Captain] Davern publicly stated that he had lied to police during the initial investigation and that Wood and Wagner had an argument that evening. He alleged that Wood had been flirting with Walken, that Wagner was jealous and enraged, and that Wagner had prevented Davern from turning on the search lights and notifying authorities after Wood's disappearance. Davern alleged that Wagner was responsible for her death."
share"In a 2018 report, the Los Angeles Times cited the coroner's report from 2013 saying that Wood had unexplained fresh bruising on her right forearm, left wrist, and right knee, a scratch on her neck, and a superficial scrape on her forehead. Officials said that it is possible that she was assaulted before she drowned.
In 2020, a medical doctor and former intern at the time of Wood's death stated that the bruises were substantial, and fitting for someone being thrown out of a boat."
She may have been thrown out. I think that is unlikely. The wounds on her body could have happened while she fell or when she was in the water.
I have no agenda. I do not want a result.
So the skipper lied the first time. Now he is telling the truth? Why did he change his story? What does he gain by changing his story?
I base my opinion on Walken's statements that have been consistent from the beginning.
Interesting. I will have to check on this further sometime this week. Thanks for your informative reply.
you are welcome, and thanks for not getting mad
i just wanted you to have all of the available info
"No one will ever know the real story unless Wagner or Walken 'fess up."
'fess up to what?
Christopher Walken has, to the best of my knowledge, been very consistent since day one in saying he did not know what happened.
He lawyered up right away but that was a natural and proper thing to do under the circumstances.
I don't know what happened. An accident is the most likely explanation.