Thomas Noguchi

Thomas Noguchi
野口恒富
Noguchi in 2016
Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles
In office
1967–1982
Preceded byTheodore Curphey
Succeeded byRonald Kornblum
Personal details
Born
Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi

(1927-01-04) January 4, 1927 (age 97)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
NationalityAmerican
Residence(s)Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materNippon Medical School
OccupationCoroner, medical examiner

Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi (野口 恒富, Noguchi Tsunetomi, born January 4, 1927) is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He performed autopsies on John Belushi, Albert Dekker, William Holden, David Janssen, Janis Joplin, Robert F. Kennedy, Harris Glen Milstead, Marilyn Monroe, Gia Scala, Inger Stevens, Sharon Tate, and Natalie Wood.