Antenna You may not have heard of him, but he’s had a hand in some of the biggest cultural events in American history. The death of Marilyn Monroe. The Watts riots. Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. The Manson Family murders. Natalie Wood’s drowning. And he was so reviled by the Hollywood establishment that none other than Frank Sinatra hand-delivered a letter calling for his ouster. The story of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, chief medical examiner and coroner for Los Angeles County during the social upheaval of the ‘60s and ‘70s, is immortalized in the new documentary “Coroner to the Stars.” And it’s a tale that must be seen to be believed.
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