Autopsy by Noguchi
Post-Mortem Exams by the 'Coroner to the Stars'
"Coroner to the Stars" THOMAS NOGUCHI joined the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office in 1961 and was the county's chief coroner from 1967-1982. Noguchi's investigations of celebrity deaths earned him both his wry nickname and a certain celebrity status of his own; he was finally forced from office in 1982 by the county Board of Supervisors, who felt Noguchi's fame and ego were interfering with his work. (Noguchi discussed the demotion, and many of his high-profile cases, in his best-selling 1983 book Coroner.)
Here are some of the famous fatalities who earned autopsies by Noguchi and his staff.