Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner at a Paramount Ice Cream Party in 1956 Credit: Photo by Earl Leaf/ Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images As I plumbed her past, Natalie Wood’s demons and their origins ...

Natalie Wood drowned at the age of 43. Suzanne Finstad, author of the book "Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography" says the actress had a fear of dark water.

"I've always been terrified, still am, of water—dark water, sea water," Natalie Wood said in an interview in the 1970s. Wood's shocking death on Nov. 29, 1981, when she was only 43 was initially ruled ...

Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting ...

The official version of Natalie Wood’s mysterious death in 1981 is that she got drunk on wine and Champagne, fell off her yacht into the Pacific Ocean and drowned during a Thanksgiving weekend getaway ...