By Kevin McCauley
Hollywood PR vet Alan Nierob is handling the media crush surrounding actor Robert Wagner as Los Angeles police re-open the investigation of the 1981 drowning of his actress/wife, Natalie Wood.
Dennis Davern, the former captain of the yacht Spendour, says the couple argued before Wood vanished. The skipper claims that once he realized Wood was missing from the boat he wanted to search the Pacific waters for her, but Wagner told him not to.
Davern on the 'Today Show' Nov. 18. |
Hours went by before the Coast Guard was alerted about non-swimmer Wood’s disappearance, according to Davern.
The body of the actress was found about a mile away from the boat. The autopsy report showed that Wood had bruises on her arms and face. The coroner ruled that her death was accidental.
Davern, who wrote "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour" in 2009 to tell his side of the story, is making the media rounds to express regret that he did not search for Wood. Wagner has maintained that Wood took the boat’s dinghy to go ashore.
Nierob issued a statement to say that Wagner’s family fully supports the work of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. and trusts that it will “evaluate whether any new information relating to the death of Natalie Wood Wagner is valid, and that it comes from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death.”
Nierob, of Rogers and Cowan fame, has repped Mel Gibson, Marie Osmond, Jennifer Lopez and Denzel Washington.
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