The boat on which tragic Natalie Wood spent her final hours is set to hit the high seas again as police re-examine the actress' death.
Robert Wagner sold the cruiser, named The Splendour, shortly after Wood allegedly tumbled overboard to her death off the California coast in 1981 and the boat has been anchored in Honolulu, Hawaii for over two decades as current owner Ron Nelson renovates the craft.
Now, as detectives take another look at the events that led up to Wood's death, Nelson is planning to charter tourist trips around Hawaii this Christmas.
E! News reports investigators are keen to take another look at The Splendour before it becomes a tour ship - but they'll have to go to Hawaii to check it out, because Nelson says, "As long as I own it, this is where it will be."...
Robert Wagner sold the cruiser, named The Splendour, shortly after Wood allegedly tumbled overboard to her death off the California coast in 1981 and the boat has been anchored in Honolulu, Hawaii for over two decades as current owner Ron Nelson renovates the craft.
Now, as detectives take another look at the events that led up to Wood's death, Nelson is planning to charter tourist trips around Hawaii this Christmas.
E! News reports investigators are keen to take another look at The Splendour before it becomes a tour ship - but they'll have to go to Hawaii to check it out, because Nelson says, "As long as I own it, this is where it will be."...
- 11/22/2011
- WENN
Robert Wagner ditched the boat where Natalie Wood spent her final hours years ago. The Splendour has passed through several owners since and now, just as police are reexamining the strange case of the actress' death after 30 years, it is ready to set sail, E! News has exclusively learned. First of all, where can people book a cruise on the infamous boat? The Splendour, which Los Angeles Sheriff's homicide detectives say they'll be visiting as part of their investigation, has been docked in Honolulu for the past 25 years, since Ron Nelson bought it at a boat show in Long Beach, Calif. Nelson's renovations on the pleasure cruiser have been "ongoing" since he brought it to Oahu...
- 11/21/2011
- E! Online
The police have contacted the boat owner in the newly re-opened case of actress Natalie Wood's death, he told Hawaiian television station Khon. Ron Nelson, who now lives in Hawaii, bought the boat that will forever be linked with Wood’s mysterious death back in 1981 and now the L.A. Sheriff's Department, which formally re-opened the investigation on Friday, will come to Hawaii to inspect the boat. The re-opening of the Natalie Wood case has come as a shock to many – it has been nearly 30 years after all -- but Nelson...
- 11/19/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Los Angeles — Natalie Wood's drowning death nearly 30 years ago came after a night of dinner, drinking and arguments but the question remains – was it anything more than a tragic accident?
Conflicting versions of what happened on the yacht shared by Wood, her actor-husband Robert Wagner and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, have contributed to the mystery of how the actress died on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981.
Two sheriff's detectives are now diving into the mysterious events on the yacht Splendour, although whether they reach any different conclusions than their predecessors remains to be seen. They recently received new, seemingly credible information and heard from potential witnesses who weren't included in the original investigation of Wood's death, sheriff's Lt. John Corina said Friday.
But he said nothing has happened to change the official view that Wood's death was originally an accidental drowning. Wagner, the star of "Hart to Hart" is not considered a suspect,...
Conflicting versions of what happened on the yacht shared by Wood, her actor-husband Robert Wagner and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, have contributed to the mystery of how the actress died on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981.
Two sheriff's detectives are now diving into the mysterious events on the yacht Splendour, although whether they reach any different conclusions than their predecessors remains to be seen. They recently received new, seemingly credible information and heard from potential witnesses who weren't included in the original investigation of Wood's death, sheriff's Lt. John Corina said Friday.
But he said nothing has happened to change the official view that Wood's death was originally an accidental drowning. Wagner, the star of "Hart to Hart" is not considered a suspect,...
- 11/19/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The guy who bought the boat Natalie Wood was on the night she drowned from Robert Wagner has spent the last 10 years restoring it ... as you can see from these photos from inside the boat. Ron Nelson bought the Splendour in 1986. He tried restoring the boat as close to the original as possible. Read more...
- 11/19/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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