Robert Wagner posts tribute to Natalie Wood on 44th anniversary of…
Robert Wagner is honoring his late spouse, Natalie Wood, 44 years after her loss of life.
The 95-year-old actor posted an emotional Instagram tribute Saturday to mark Wood’s anniversary loss of life, sharing a black-and-white picture of the couple at the 1973 Academy Awards.
“Thinking of Nat today. Her warmth, beauty, and love remain with us through our children and grandchildren,” Wagner wrote.
Robert Wagner’s tribute to Natalie Wood. Robert Wagner/Instagram
“Forever missed, forever cherished. More than love,” he added, tagging their daughter Courtney Wagner, 51, Wood’s daughter Natasha Wagner, 55, and Wagner’s daughter Katie Wagner, 61.
Wood drowned in 1981 at the age of 43 during a boating journey to Catalina Island in California.
Wagner, actor Christopher Walken and Wood’s longtime yacht’s captain, Dennis Davern, had been also onboard the boat at the time.
Natalie Wood in 1965. Getty Images
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood in 1970. Getty Images
Wood was married to Wagner from 1957 until their divorce in 1962, however they reconciled and acquired remarried in 1972.
Wood’s loss of life was initially dominated an accident, however her loss of life certificates was amended in 2012 to change her trigger of loss of life from drowning to “drowning and other undetermined factors.”
In 2018, Wagner was named an individual of curiosity in Wood’s loss of life after police reclassified the case as “suspicious” due to witnesses claiming Wood had been arguing with Wagner at the edge of their boat before she disappeared. Wagner was cleared of involvement in 2022.
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood on their marriage ceremony day in 1957. Getty Images
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood in Los Angeles in 1959. © DFS/ /AP/Corbis
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. ZUMAPRESS.com
One yr earlier, Wood’s sister, Lana Wood, told The Post she thought the “Austin Powers” actor performed a job in Wood’s loss of life.
“I don’t believe it was premeditated,” Lana said in 2021. “But that doesn’t mean I don’t think he did it: Of course he did!”
Wagner, for his half, has adamantly denied he was answerable for Wood’s loss of life over the years.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner on their yacht The Splendour.
In his 2016 memoir, “I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood’s Legendary Actresses,” Wagner said that he “thought my life was over” after Wood’s passing.
“Luckily I had the help of a great many people who loved her and who loved me as well,” he wrote. “I thought I would never get up, you know? My children helped me heal. And my friends were so supportive. And slowly I was able to get up. I got on my feet but it was very, very difficult and a sad time.”
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