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Thomas Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi

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Born January 4, 1927, 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

Appearances as themselves (7)
  • 2025Coroner to the Stars — Self
  • 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind — Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
  • 2019Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK? — Self (archive footage)
  • 1981The Killing of America — Self
  • 1978Faces of Death — Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest