Natalie Wood

I remember at the time, there were mutterings that there was something suspicious about her death - her body was found floating in the water some way away from the boat on which she, her husband Robert Wagner and her co-star at the time Christopher Walken had been partying.  She was somewhat the worse for drink and the coroner decided she had fallen into the water, probably while trying to get into a dingy tied up alongside, and ruled it as accidental death.  The captain of the boat wrote a book about the incident a couple of years ago - nearly 30 years after the event - making various allegations and it appears that the "additional information" which has led the LA County Sheriff's Office to re-examine the case has come from him.  Rather spookily reminiscent of the death of Marilyn Monroe, the question is not so much about whether the death itself was accidental, but more about whether sufficient - or indeed any - attempts were made to save her. I will always remember her as Maria in "West Side Story" - a lovely lady.