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Thomas Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi

Born: 1927-01-04 • Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Filmography
Coroner to the Stars poster
Coroner to the Stars
2025 • Self
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind poster
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020 • Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers poster
Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery poster
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018 • Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? poster
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
2007 • Self (archive footage)
The Killing of America poster
The Killing of America
1981 • Self
Faces of Death poster
Faces of Death
1978 • Thomas Noguchi