#OnThisDay in 1981, actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident near Catalina Island in California. Wood was with her husband, actor Robert Wagner on their yacht, and actor Christopher Walken moored near Los Angeles. Wood and Walken were working on the movie Brainstorm. To this day, it is still unclear how Wood died. It is believed she slipped from the edge of the yacht while untying a rope. Wagner and Walken didn’t see what happened. Her body was found in the early hours of the following morning. Brainstorm was Wood’s last film, released in 1983.
