Instrumental in getting the case reopened in 2011, Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendouris the long-awaited, detailed account of events that led to the mysterious death of Hollywood legend Natalie Wood off the coast of Catalina Island on November 28, 1981. It is a story told by a haunted witness to that fateful evening: Dennis Davern, the young captain of Splendour, the yacht belonging to Wood and husband Robert Wagner. Davern initially backed up Wagners version of that evenings events through a signed statement prepared by attorneys. But Daverns guilt over failing Natalie tormented him.
Davern reached out to his old friend Marti Rulli, and little by little, at his own emotional pace, he revealed the details of his years in Woods employ, of the fateful weekend that Natalie died, and of the events following her death that prevented him from telling the whole storyuntil now.
Davern reached out to his old friend Marti Rulli, and little by little, at his own emotional pace, he revealed the details of his years in Woods employ, of the fateful weekend that Natalie died, and of the events following her death that prevented him from telling the whole storyuntil now.
