He performed Autopsy on some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But many people do not know that the rear scenes face the so -called coroner with the stars, as they navigated to handle celebrity deaths in public eyes.
Dr. Thomas Noguchi, 98, a Japanese immigrant, who served as the Chief Medical Examiner-Corer of Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982. Coroner for stars, A new documentary premiere at the SlamDance Film Festival at Los Angeles on 23 February.
Directed by Ben Hathkot and Pet Edeno, the film not only examines Noguchi’s high-profile status, but also how he became a subject of criticism and racial targeting after his medical findings, as well as he as well as these deaths How much was revealed about-in Ausa-Gussse. A public was to serve.
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Presiding over a series of deaths from celebrity as a tabloid media, Noguchi suddenly came into the limelight after joining the office – often what he could do what he could do and what the stars can do What can say with fans, and their protective family and their protective family and their protective family and their protective family and their protective family and their protective family and their protective family and His protective family and his protective family were comfortable with friends, being promoted.
The discovery of the story of Noguchi through a 1983 memoir of the former medical examiner, Coroner, Hathkot told Yahoo Entertainment that she was initially “surrounded by all this celebrity”.
“You think of these celebrity matters, these high-profile cases, many of which have come for their own folk songs, are they?” He said. “Death of Marilyn Munro, or Robert Kennedy’s murder or conspiracy around Natalie Wood.”
Hathkot said, with his co-director and the creator, “I came to know the man, and the man behind or beyond the person who was sitting in front of the press.”
What she and her team wanted to find was a deep element for Noguchi, someone beyond forensic and science who was also struggling with their own struggles – not only the uncertainty of their job but a Japanese American and his death His experience as his wife, Hisako.
Hathkot said, “The way he settled that personal grief and loss, he is opposite in which he died after answering questions from the press, William Holden or Natalie Wood passed away,” and I think I think That this is just a real human element of the film. ,
The documentary is also the question of whether Noguchi was seduced by her growing fame.
Dr. in the lab Thomas Noguchi. (Fox Archives/Coroner for stars,
Soon after, he joined the office of the Chief Medical Examiner-Koroner for the County of Los Angeles in 1961, as a Deputy Medical Examiner, Noguchi was faced with the first of the first of many closely investigated cases. -The death of Marilyn Munro in 1962.
In the case of Monroe, “really helped make our public relations with the death investigation,” Hethkot explained.
Through the archial footage and interview, the documentary joins the process of Noguchi, which operates the film star’s postmortem, but also examines his psychological position just before his death. He and his supervisor eventually ruled some Like It Hot The actress’s Barbiturat overdose a suicide, which confuses a large -scale mistrust.
1962 coroner report on the death of Marilyn Munro. (Axle Coastar/Corbis via Getty Image)
Hathkot said, “It is difficult for us to understand how one wants to commit suicide with fame and luck and public relations.” “And if we are not happy with the answer, we start changing it or come to our conclusion.”
Noguchi rose through ranks and, in 1967, was appointed as the Chief Medical Examiner by La County Board of Supervisors – an extraordinary achievement for anyone born in the country at that time.
His next and of course the most high-profile case, Los Angeles’s Ambassador to the then Presidential candidate Sen Robert F. Kennedy was killed in 1968.
In a shocking 63-page Autopsy report, Noguchi concluded that the deadly bullet came from behind the politician instead of him, where the guilty shooter, Sarhan Sarahan, standing.
Hathkot said, “Sarahan Sarahan was accused of killing Robert Kennedy as it was his work that started this series of incidents,” but Dr. According to Noguchi’s Autopsy report, the truth of the case is the most wide, which was the most wide, carefully, carefully, full medical legal corpse exam … behind the ear behind the ear … Was fired from ,
“In my business, tell me as it is,” Noguchi says in a documentary.
After the case, Noguchi allegedly “embarrassed” Ly County Chief Administrative Officer Lindon Holler, when he went to his head to request more funds for the department. Soon after, Noguchi came under investigation to deal with the RFK case and more than 60 allegations were filed against him by the Holler’s office called “Jungle” at that time.
Noguchi was accused of showing and persuading Kennedy’s death as a way of becoming more famous. He was also called for inappropriate humor in his position, some his defenders said that the daily task was not unique to the person dealing with the “frightening” of what was seen in life.
The film not only examines the response of Noguchi and his wife, who accused the supervisors of the All-White La County Board of racial discrimination to wrongly target her husband, but also her supporters. With that dispute, the organization united in the Japanese Search for Truth (Just), whose members were involved. Star trek Actor George Tekai, was born and used to support Noguchi and use his voice to combat “forever foreign” and “models minority” stereotypes.
“This is a very important part of the story,” Hathkot said, Ideno, who is Japanese American, credited to bring “cultural experience and perspective for the film”.
During his research, Hethkot told Tesi’s supervisor Kenneth Han (whose daughter, Jennis Han, a member of the La County Board of Supervisors, Jennis Han appeared in the film) that after the county, a 1968 after the county. The letter was received. Such “well-respected, world famous coroner.”
“George really helped to bring this community of Japanese Americans together, who felt that Dr. Noguchi was being misbehaved by County,” Hathkot said, “and it really through that community It is that Dr. Noguchi was able to cross these allegations and this effort has been exceeded by the board of this effort.
Noguchi was restored and restored with full back pay.
His experience after 10 years, however, had a different story. This time it was superstar Frank Sinatra instead of a local government official, who was calling Noguchi’s work in question.
After Noguchi, who became the inspiration behind the popular TV series Quincy, Gave a public statement about Sunset Boulevard At the time of his sudden death in 1981, the blood liquor level of star William Holden was fired by Sinatra. Just weeks later, actress Natalie Wood died of the coast of Catalina Island, and the statements about Noguchi’s death were also questioned.
The board of supervisors suspended Noguchi for “sensational” statements about alleged mismanagement and his celebrity matters. A investigation by Los Angeles Times also faced a possible criminal investigation after allegations of wrong evidence and robbery allegations within the office of the medical examiner.
Hann said that the suspension was a reaction to Sinatra and the criticisms of others. Noguchi’s lawyer called it “sabotage”. Noguchi was later demoted to the doctor-expert from the Chief Medical Executive-Koroner’s own position.
While the documentary examines the successes and obstacles of Noguchi, it leaves some questions to the audience.
“I think to be in that role, to be in that position, you need some level of a healthy ego if you are going to be a spokesperson of the dead. So, do I think he has a ego? I think he has a healthy ego, ”said Hathkot. “But as far as the craving or media hound of the spotlight is concerned, I do not personally think it was the purpose of Dr. Noguchi.”
As the director wants the audience questioned his relationship with Noguchi’s fame, “I think it makes the story more interesting if the audience could come to his conclusion,” he said.
Improvement: The promotional material for the documentary wrongly listed George Tekai as an executive manufacturer. The story has been updated to remove the reference.
