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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
Movie Self
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2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Movie Self - Los Angeles County Coroner (archive footage)
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2019
Israel and the Assassinations of The Kennedy brothers
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Movie Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Los Angeles County (archive footage)
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2007
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1981
The Killing of America
Movie Self
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1978
Faces of Death
Movie Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner
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1974
The Photographer
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest