Thomas Noguchi
January 4, 1927 (99 years old) in 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.
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- 2025 · Coroner to the Stars as Self
- 2020 · Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
- 2019 · Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery as Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)
- 2007 · L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · The Killing of America as Self
- 1978 · Faces of Death as Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest