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Thomas Noguchi

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Born January 4, 1927 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi is a Japanese-American retired coroner. He was chief medical examiner-coroner for Los Angeles County. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He performed autopsies on many celebrities, including John Belushi, Albert Dekker, William Holden, David Janssen, Janis Joplin, Robert F. Kennedy, Harris Glenn Milstead, Marilyn Monroe, Gia Scala, Inger Stevens, Sharon Tate, and Natalie Wood.

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