Wood appeared in 56 films for cinema and television. For a brief time, they were happythat is, until Gregson dealt Wood a terrible betrayal. Alumni Archive 2022 Mark Brandenburg named Panola College 2022 Alumnus of the Year [61] Following her death, Time magazine noted that although critical praise for Wood had been sparse throughout her career, "she always had work". November 30, 1981. 'Daisy becomes a movie star, falls in love with a handsome man who is attracted to other men, and she discovers this flaw on her honeymoon,' she wrote. [17] Her mother was previously married to Armenian mechanic Alexander Tatuloff from 1925 to 1936. [92] The amended document included a statement that it is "not clearly established" how Wood ended up in the water. "She was a straight A student", and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. In August 1971, Natalie heard a phone conversation between her secretary and Richard, which prompted a separation. I have two fathers, my biological father is Richard Gregson. [36] She signed with Warner Brothers and was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many "girlfriend" roles, which she found unsatisfying.[37]. [41] She was then cast in Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961) with Warren Beatty. But Gregson Wagner says she doesnt think her mother really wanted to die, it was more of a cry for help especially because right after she took the sleeping pills, she immediately asked for help from Crowley, who was spending the night at her house that night. Check Background Get Contact Info This Is Me - Edit [65], In 2013, former FBI agent Donald G. Wilson claimed that he and Wood had had a four-year affair, from 1973 to 1977, that began when she was pregnant with Courtney Wagner. Born on 20 July 1938, Natalie Wood began acting as a child. [39] She returned to be leading lady to James Garner in Cash McCall (1960). DeVincentis became an item, and the couple married in 2003. At around 8 a.m., Wood's body was found about a mile south of the couple's yacht, off an isolated cove known as Blue Cavern Point. Among the celebrities were Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Gene Kelly, Elia Kazan, and Laurence Olivier. "One affair that, unlike the others, was conducted in top secret was with Natalie . By The Associated Press. She was born on Sept. 29, 1970, so that makes her 49 years old today. Wood who had been lookingforward to an imminent holiday in Italy with Wagner, her first ever trip abroad became hysterical, smashing a crystal glass in her hand and fleeing in her nightgown to a neighbour's house, from where she phoned her mother. The latest Tweets from Natalie Woods (@NatalieWoods22): "https://t.co/q5EmYLscus" [21] Her paternal grandfather, a chocolate factory employee who joined the anti-Bolshevik civilian forces during the war, was killed in a street fight between the Red Army and White Russian soldiers in Vladivostok. Natalie Wood's younger sister wrote in her upcoming memoir that Kirk Douglas sexually assaulted the Hollywood actress in 1955 when she was a teen. Friends told Finstad that Wood never got over it, and it 'came close to destroying her'. I dont necessarily look at that night as a suicide attempt. It will be rebroadcast on Wednesday, May 6 at noon ET on HBO and HBO Latino; on May 6 at 8 p.m. In 1956, Natalie had a brief relationship with Elvis Presley, but the two never wed. It is alleged that Wagner who, like Walken, has said almost nothing about that night didn't call for help for more than two hours. It was the pressure on her and her career that caused that. Despite these connections, no coherent theory seems to explain their relation to Spangler's disappearance. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Natalie and Robert remained married until the actress passed away. She was just 11 years old at the time of her mother's death. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind airs Tuesday, May 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Latino. [b] Authorities recovered her body at 8a.m. on November29, one mile (1.6km) away from the boat, with a small Valiant-brand inflatable dinghy beached nearby. She has three amazing children, Bradley, Maddox and Sarah. With Robert Downey Jr. and Heather Graham, the film truly captured Natasha's gift for gab and off-the-wall magnetism. Around the same time, Wood told friends she was violently raped by a famous film star not named by Finstad after he invited her to Hollywood's infamous Chateau Marmont hotel to read for a role. Her mother (who also used the names Mary, Marie, and Musia)[15] was from Barnaul. Stanyer will be recognized by Berri O'Neal, chair of the Panola College Alumni Association, and recipient of the 2016 Alumna of the Year, at the spring commencement ceremony scheduled for Thursday, May 10, at 5 p.m. in the Arthur Johnson Gymnasium. Menu. 131K views, 1K likes, 312 loves, 445 comments, 282 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Watch Chad Prather: Natalie joins Chad to reminisce about her time. And yet, says Finstad, his decision to have a live-in butler struck observers at the time as odd. [16] With the start of the Russian Civil War, his family fled Russia for China, settling as refugees in Harbin. Director Sydney Pollack was quoted as saying about Wood, "When she was right for the part, there was no one better. [2] In all, Wood appeared in over twenty films as a child. However, Wood was undeterred, determined to live the 'fairy-tale' romance she had imagined as a child with the 'handsome prince she'd fantasised about at 11' when she stuck a photograph of Wagner above her bed. In 1972 she remarried Wagner, who had remained 'the symbol of a dream she hoped to recapture', ignoring the misgivings of family and friends who remembered how the first marriage ended. In the documentary, Wood recounts how she had a crush on him at the age of 10 and told her mother that she wanted to marry him when she grew up. Accessed November 17, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natalie_Wood&oldid=1139854755, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 06:30. HBORobert Wagner, Jill St. John, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Katie Wagner, Courtney Wagner. [23] They were married in February 1938, five months before Wood was born. Wood and Wagner were married until her death in 1981. She appeared as a teenager on episodes of The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Public Defender, Mayor of the Town, Four Star Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, and General Electric Theater, and also appeared in a TV version of Heidi. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), said that, "In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet. [96][97][98] In a 2018 report, the Los Angeles Times cited the coroner's report from 2013 saying that Wood had unexplained fresh bruising on her right forearm, left wrist, and right knee, a scratch on her neck, and a superficial scrape on her forehead. After her split from Beatty but before her second marriage, Wood was linked to several famous men, including singer Frank Sinatra, actor Henry Jaglom, actor Michael Caine, producer Arthur Loew Jr., Ladislav Blatnik, the shoe king of Venezuela, and actor David Niven Jr. She also had a brief dalliance with singer Elvis Presley in 1956, according to Bobbie Ann Masons book Elvis Presley: A Life, but the two didnt have much of a connection. Aboard a yacht named Splendour the previous night with her husband Robert Wagner, co-star Christopher Walken, and boat captain Dennis Davern, she had disappeared overnight. Movies. They had overcome each other's problems and had reached an accommodation with time and the changes time brings.". Kazan writes that he cast her in the role partly because he saw in Wood's personality a "true-blue quality with a wanton side that is held down by social pressure," adding that "she clings to things with her eyes," a quality he found especially "appealing. She described the GE Theater episode, "Carnival", as one of the best things she ever did.[34]. [13][18] They had a daughter named Olga (19282015)[19] and moved to the U.S. by ship in 1930 before divorcing six years later.[20]. Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography, by Suzanne Finstad, is published by Broadway Books, 20. Natalie Wood (born July 20, 1938 - death November 29, 1981) was a Russian-American actress who began her career in film as a child and became a Hollywood star as a young adult. In The Great Race, her ability to speak Russian was an asset given to her character Maggie DuBois, justifying the character's recording the progress of the race across Siberia and entering the race at the beginning as a contestant. . "[28], Wood, then seven years old, got the part. Scudda Hay! Wood's death was initially ruled an accident, but her death certificate was amended in 2012 to change her cause of death from drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." [42], Kazan cast Wood as the female lead in Splendor, and her career rebounded. Natalie Wood is an iconic name in Hollywood, having starred films like Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story with the likes of James Dean and other A-listers. [92] On January 14, 2013, the Los Angeles County coroner's office offered a 10-page addendum to Wood's autopsy report. Natalie Wood was married three times in her life, but she only had two husbands. And I said OK and I hung up the phone and that was it., Woods relationship with Beatty was notoriously tumultuous. She began acting in films at age 4 and was given a co-starring role at age 8 in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Although she said it was 'too painful' to recall exactly what caused their break-up, 'it was more than a final straw, it was reality crushing the fragile web of romantic fantasies with sledgehammer force'. Tibbetts wrote of similarities in her role in this film and the earlier Rebel. Poor R.J. [Wagner], I said to myself. A few weeks before her fifth birthday, Wood made her uncredited film debut in a fifteen-second scene in the film Happy Land (1943). She expected to follow her performance as Anastasia on the stage with a starring stint in a film adaptation of the work. Its author, Suzanne Finstad, says Wagner's 'sexual betrayal' of Wood not only destroyed their first marriage but was the 'dark cloud' that loomed over their remarriage and her mysterious death in 1981. Wood's character could not handle the sexuality and after a breakdown was committed to a mental institution. Stanyer will also be working for the NFL as a producer during the 2018 NFL Draft this year. They married on Dec. 28, 1957, much to her mother's chagrin. [26] He remained in contact with Wood's family for two years, advising them when another role came up. Browse all their registries in one list. , updated In 1966, Wood was given the Harvard Lampoon award for being the "Worst Actress of Last Year, This Year, and Next". Would love your thoughts, please comment. By Karen Mazerac, Brandhi Woods, Andrew Stanyer, Dianne Woods and Rebecca Woods, and many others are family members and associates of Natalie. Wood's best-known film as a child was Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O'Hara at Fox. "[44] Actor Gary Lockwood, who also performed in the film, felt that "Kazan and Natalie were a terrific marriage, because you had this beautiful girl, and you had somebody that could get things out of her." They had a daughter, Natasha (born September 29, 1970). The One Tribe Foundation launch celebration event was hosted by Natalie Woods Stanyer, TV personality and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Los Angeles Times December 5, 1978: f17. She was found floating face-up a mile away the next morning, with unexplained bruises on her body and arms. How Natalie Wood found her husband in flagrante with their English butler: Her death sparked a 40-year mystery after a drunken night with husband Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken ended. It's a shame to have seen such talent lost at an early age, but at the very least it does appear she passed while in a stable relationship with a happy family (despite the ancillary accusations). She co-starred with Giovanni Ribisi in the sexy, no-holds-barred First Love, Last Rites (1997) as a white-trash couple who assertively reevaluate their relationship between the sheets. [38], Tibbetts observed that Wood's characters in Rebel, Searchers, and Morningstar began to show her widening range of acting styles. Natalie Wood, original name Natalia Nikolaevna Zackharenko, Zackharenko also spelled Zakharenko, (born July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California, U.S.died November 29, 1981, off Santa Catalina Island, California), American film actress who transitioned from child stardom to a successful movie career as an adult. He married actress Natalie Wood on 30th May 1969, the relationship ended with a divorce two years later in 1971, the couple had a daughter named Natasha Gregson Wagner in 1970. Some of her most notable TV roles include Two Girls and a Guy . In 1981, big screen legend Natalie Wood went missing from the yacht she shared with her husband, Robert Wagneronly to be found approximately six hours later, floating facedown in the Pacific. As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance . Trending. Powered by. [3][4], On November 29, 1981, at the age of 43, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Catalina Island during a break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983). After winning a starring role at the age of eight in Miracle On 34th Street, she had earned three Oscar nominations before she was 25. That was a very difficult time because I was so upset and disturbed by everything that I was ready to go after [Beatty]. Dorothy Kilgallen:. The "West Side Story" star was traveling on the family's yacht Splendour with her husband,. It was partly based on the biographies Natasha: the Biography of Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad and Natalie & R.J. by Warren G. Then, waking one night in their opulent kingsize bed, Wood found Wagner missing. 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Blume, Mary. The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements,[5] prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under the instruction of the coroner's office, to list her cause of death as "drowning and other undetermined factors" in 2012. [27] According to Wood's younger sister Lana, Pichel "discovered her and wanted to adopt her. [53] Following a disappointing reception to Penelope (1966), Wood took a three-year hiatus from acting. [67] They remarried on July 16 aboard the Ramblin' Rose, anchored off Paradise Cove in Malibu. 380 posts. Forty years ago, actress Natalie Wood drowned off the coast of Catalina Island. [29] Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying."[30]. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could. [86] Olivier flew in from London in order to attend the service. Refusing to conform to Hollywood standards, she has instead carved out her own individual path, finding herself much more attracted to offbeat and unconventional material. Back on the boat, an argument broke out that, according to skipper Dennis Davern, culminated in Wagner smashing a wine bottle on the table and shouting at the Deerhunter star: 'What do you want to do? Wood received three Oscar nominations before she was 25. Natalie graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stephen F. Austin State University. All Rights Reserved. [32] As a child actress, Wood received significant media attention. In fact, Joshua says in the documentary that he lived with Wood and Wagner for a while and the marriage just seemed to fit. Natasha Gregson was born on September 29, 1970, in Los Angeles. Kazan's favorite scene in the film was the last one, when Wood goes back to see her lost first love, Bud (Beatty). [100] Justine Waddell portrays Wood.[101][102]. She plays a cynical girl who comes to believe a kindly department store holiday season employee portrayed by Edmund Gwenn is the real Santa Claus. Then she was given the lead in a prestigious project, Marjorie Morningstar (1958). Wood met her eventual first husband Robert Wagner (who everyone called RJ) around the movie studio when she was a teenager, but they didnt go out until she was of age the 26-year-old actually took her out on their first date for her 18th birthday. Lana recalled that his name was David Cavendish. Both Wood's sister Lana, a former Bond Girl (in Diamonds Are Forever), and the yacht's skipper Dennis Davern the only other person on board during the trip now claim Wagner murdered Wood. [80] The autopsy found that Wood's blood alcohol content was 0.14% and that there were traces of a motion-sickness pill and a painkiller in her bloodstream, both of which increase the effects of alcohol. Wood's father opposed the idea, but his wife's "overpowering ambition to make Natalie a star" took priority. Wood, too, questioned the butler's presence and urged Wagner to dispense with him. Natalie Wood was a BIG star in 1953/4 and Kirk Douglas was not. [65], On May 30, 1969, Wood married British producer Richard Gregson after dating for nearly three years. Wood's career was in a transition period, having until then consisted of roles as a child or as a teenager. [91], In 2012, Los Angeles County Chief Coroner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran amended Wood's death certificate and changed the cause of death from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors". Now 92 years old, Robert Wagner resides far from Hollywood, where some remain . Natalie Wood Still Up for Plum So its no surprise that her dating and marriage history boasts some of the brightest stars of the 1950s and 1960s. Medical device sales is suuuuper lucrative, bless the American health care system's heart. She was to represent the "restlessness of American youth in the 1950s", expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, along with early rock and roll. Wood was briefly married to the British producer Richard Gregson, from 1969 to 1972, but left him after she discovered that he has having an affair with his secretary. Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, The Bride Wore Boots, and went on to 20th Century Fox to play Gene Tierney's daughter in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). In her 2001 book, Finstad was vague about the details of Wood's discovery of Wagner in a 'compromising position with another man'. 6811 The death of Natalie Wood remains unsolved as she had a mysterious death on 29 th November on 1981 as her dead body was found on 29 th November morning almost one mile away from the boat on which she along with her husband Robert Wagner, her co-star Christopher Walken and Dennis Davern traveled the previous night. But her sister Lana Wood believes there is one person to blame for the "West Side Story . It seemed to be that they should be together. Finstad, who quotes the judgment of Wood's friend Robert Redford that she was a 'good soul', lays much of the blame on her violent, alcoholic father and in particular a ferociously ambitious mother who threw Natalie at much older men who could help her career. However, she revealed more in a passage about why she so related to Daisy Clover, the character she played in the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover. I call him Daddy Gregson. Her body was found the morning of Nov. 29, 1981, in the water off the island. Natalie Wood's sister 'always thought' husband Robert Wagner was responsible for her drowning death: 'I think he's a coward'. Natalie Woods | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team Wiki | Fandom Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team Wiki 393 pages Explore Seasons Cheerleader Lists Community in: DCC, S2 Rookie, Successful Returnee, and 5 more Natalie Woods Edit Natalie Woods Seasons Featured 1 - TCC 2 - DCC Rookie Season Season 2 - 2007 Number of DCC Years 1 Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. Heres what you need to know about Woods lovers and husbands. [6] In 2018, Wagner was named as a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into her death. She shut herself in a bedroom and accidentally overdosed on sleeping pills, her parents rushing her to hospital to have her stomach pumped. What was Natalie Wood's love life like, after all? Watson has two sons from a previous marriage. Just like her mother, Natashia is an actress. In 1995 Natasha had a top role in one of the "Hart to Hart" TV mini-movies that served to reunite her onetime stepfather with his former co-star Stefanie Powers.Natasha started creating a major buzz shortly thereafter as her characters grew edgier, uninhibited and more risk-taking. A year after tieing the knot, the happy couple welcomed their first child, Natasha. The couple separated the same month and divorced the following year. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to Wood in the closing credits. Dr. Joseph Choi, a deputy medical examiner at . Her father is Natalie's second husband, producer Richard Gregson. From there she continued to offer solid work in hit-and-miss showcases. [62], Wood's two marriages to actor Robert Wagner were highly publicized. She was surrounded by Hollywood glamor from the onset as the daughter of film star Natalie Wood and British producer/writer/agent Richard Gregson, who was briefly married to Wood between her two marriages to actor Robert Wagner. She made a brief cameo appearance as herself in The Candidate (1972), working once more with Robert Redford. Good for her. Detectives instructed the coroner's office not to discuss or comment on the case. It's hardly surprising, therefore, that the young girl expressed an early interest in acting. Authorities classified her death as an accident, concluding the 43-year-old star of . In this period, Wood had more success in television, receiving high ratings and critical acclaim in 1979 for The Cracker Factory and especially the miniseries remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), with Kim Basinger and William Devane. She would keep the horrible secret, and behave as if nothing happened whenever their paths intersected, too schooled by Mud [her mother] in the politics of Hollywood to cross a powerful movie star. After a "series of bad films, her career was already in decline", according to author Douglas Rathgeb. Dennis Davern later claimed Wagner had stopped him looking for Wood or calling for help, telling the skipper that it would 'teach her a lesson'. She also reveals the contents of Wood's never-published memoir, in which she made clear the real reason for the end of her first marriage to Wagner. In November 1981, Wood took a trip with her husband Wagner and Brainstorm co-star Walken to California's Catalina Island on their boat Splendour. For Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford, Wood received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. "It's terribly touching to me. [80][88][89][90] Walken hired a lawyer, cooperated with the investigation, and was not considered a suspect by authorities. [60] (The material was eventually adapted into a 1990 television film starring Jane Seymour.) Getty The Washington Post and Times-Herald April 13, 1957: D11. She was a damn good actress." Lasky was the former husband of Lynn Benner, Dexter Benner's new. St. John helped him with the loss of Wood because she too had lost a spouse fairly young, and eventually, the children came to accept St. John in their fathers life. Staff recalled a very strained and 'eerie' atmosphere in the restaurant as Wagner, Wood and the younger Walken, who rose to fame in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter, continued to drink heavily as they had all day, consuming 'massive quantities of alcohol'. Her mother was of Russian heritage and was christened Natalia but affectionately nicknamed Natasha during her childhood -- hence, the name. However, she believes Wood was happy to be blamed for breaking up the marriage because she wanted to protect Wagner. Investigators reviewing the 1981 death at sea of actress Natalie Wood say the account of a boat captain who says he saw Wood's husband, Robert Wagner, explode in a jealous rage over her . [68][69] In 2016, Wilson spoke on camera about his alleged affair with Wood in a documentary for the cable network Reelz. This record was later broken by Jennifer Lawrence in 2013 and Saoirse Ronan in 2017, both of whom scored their third nominations at the age of 23. She also appeared on television in episodes of Kraft Theatre and Chevron Theatre, Because Wood was a minor during her early years as an actress, she received her primary education on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. ET on HBO2, on May 10 at 11:30 a.m. In Dogtown (1997) she played the mentally slow daughter of whacked-out Karen Black, and in Another Day in Paradise (1998) she played a druggie who is taught the ropes of thievery by pros James Woods and Melanie Griffith. Richard Gregson: is a British talent agent, writer and producer. In one of her last interviews before her death, she was defined as "our sexual conscience on the silver screen". Interview with Natalie Woods daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. Natasha is Natalie's eldest daughter. Graveside Service: March 18th at 9 A.M. Must be at the cemetery at 9 A.M. for the funeral procession to begin. Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning death has remained one of Hollywood's great mysteries for four decades. Tom Leonard In New York For The Daily Mail 192w Reply samadanesh_swimwear Beauty! After the release of the films, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy. Both films, he observes, were "modern allegories based on the 'Romeo and Juliet' theme, including private restlessness and public alienation. The Founders Stan and Sandy Holz are the founders of the Village Gun Store which they opened as a small "Mom and Pop" business in June of 1974. Their divorce was finalized in 1972. 2. Finstad suggests that if Wood, who was then 43, hadn't been devastated by Wagner's disloyalty two decades earlier, she wouldn't have tried to make him jealous of their friend and fellow star Christopher Walken, provoking a drunken row that ended with the actress left floundering in the sea at night with nobody to save her. Nov. 30, 2021 8:25 AM PT. The Wood-Wagner household also sometimes hosted Wagners daughter Katie from his marriage to Marshall and Marshalls two sons to whom Wagner was a stepfather, Peter and Joshua, from Marshalls marriage to Stanley Donel. The experience was exhilarating, but wrenching for Natalie, who faced her demons on Splendor. In early 1972, the actress wasted no time when it came to rekindling her earlier romance with ex-husband Robert Wagner. At the time of her death in 1981, Natalie Wood was on a yacht with her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, as well as Christopher . Other than the fact that she drowned, many of the circumstances are unknown; for example, it has never been determined how she entered the water. However, it wasn't to last. Wagner admits that relationship made him crazy and he fled to Europe, which is where he reconnected with actress Marion Marshall, whom he would go on to marry in 1963. Although Natasha has taken a couple of U-turns into the mainstream, notably as a decapitated victim in the slasher horror opus Urban Legend (1998), they have been few and far between.During the filming of the well-received John Cusack film High Fidelity (2000), Natasha and the film's screenwriter/co-producer D.V. Natalie Wood Hits Promo Trail: Natalie Wood ", She was leading lady to Frank Sinatra in Kings Go Forth (1958) then refused roles and was put on suspension by Warners. In between these she made Peeper (1975) with Michael Caine. Just a year later, they ended up divorced. Since then, the biographer has seen Wood's handwritten manuscript for an unfinished memoir. Los Angeles Times September 26, 1973: e17. Lana Wood claims Douglas assaulted her sister when the actors met at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles at the urging of Wood's mother, Maria, who thought it could benefit her daughter . It soon emerged that Wood had spent Thanksgiving weekend aboard her yacht, Splendour, with her husband, actor Robert Wagner, her Brainstorm co-star, Christopher Walken, and the ship's young. Biography, by Suzanne Finstad, is published by Broadway Books,.! On Sept. 29, 1970, in the closing credits suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy, therefore that... 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