Thomas Noguchi

Known for: Acting

Born: January 3, 1927 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi (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 and 1970s. He performed autopsies on Marilyn Monroe, Albert Dekker, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate, Inger Stevens, Janis Joplin, Gia Scala, David Janssen, Divine, William Holden, and John Belushi.