When LA Coroner THOMAS NOGUCHI, M.D. dissected the remains of Hollywood superstar WILLIAM HOLDEN after his sudden death, his analysis shocked not only Hollywood but the world.
When Noguchi who was then the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner announced that booze was the trigger in the rugged leading man’s death and not a homicide, the show biz industry was outraged.
“It appeared at first as If William Holden had been murdered,” Noguchi wrote in his best-selling book “Coroner”.
“He was found Nov. 16, 1981, clad only in a pajama top, on the floor in his luxurious Santa Monica apartments overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He had a deep gash in his forehead.
“Blood from the wound had literally soaked the bed sheets and the carpet. But the door to the apartment had been locked and nothing had been stolen.