Thomas Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi

97 · Born: Jan 4, 1927

Personal Details

BornJan 4, 1927 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi (born January 4, 1927) is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed autopsies on Marilyn Monroe, Albert Dekker, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate, Inger Stevens, Janis Joplin, Gia Scala, David Janssen, Divine, William Holden, and John Belushi.

Career

1981
The Killing of America
1978
Faces of Death