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Coroner to the Stars Dr. Thomas Noguchi Got a Lot of ‘Pushback’ From Officials, Author Says


Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood author Anne Soon Choi exclusively tells Closer the coroner to the stars received a lot of ‘pushback’ from officials.

As Los Angeles’ chief medical examiner from 1967 to 1982, Noguchi relied on the bodies of Hollywood’s rich and famous to reveal the truth — and not everyone welcomed it. fetv“Even then, there was a lot of pushback against science,” Anne Soon Choi, author of L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood, exclusively tells Closer. During a six-hour autopsy — which set a new standard for high-profile deaths — Noguchi found gunpowder burns behind RFK’s right earlobe, suggesting the fatal shot came from behind.

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