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Robert Wagner Honors Natalie Wood's Anniversary Amid Unsolved Death
18 Jul
Summary
- Robert Wagner honored late wife Natalie Wood on their wedding anniversary.
- Wood's 1981 death remains an unresolved mystery with 'undetermined factors'.
- The case was reopened in 2011, with Wagner a person of interest in 2018.

Actor Robert Wagner recently marked his wedding anniversary with the late Natalie Wood through an Instagram tribute, reflecting ongoing public interest in the circumstances surrounding her death.
Wood died at age 43 in 1981 after disappearing from a yacht near Catalina Island. Her death, initially classified as accidental drowning, was re-evaluated in 2012 to include 'drowning and other undetermined factors.'
The investigation into her death was reactivated in 2011. Robert Wagner was identified as a person of interest in 2018, though he denied any involvement. Investigators cleared him in 2022, but the case officially remains open.
Wagner and Wood were married twice: first in 1957, divorcing in 1962, and then remarrying in 1972.