Natalie Wood’s Daughter Recalls Mom’s Death: I Didn’t Know If It Was a Bad Dream

Natasha Wagner was just 11 when her mom, screen legend Natalie Wood, died in a boating accident. She was at a sleepover when she heard a radio report that Wood had fallen off her yacht and drowned. The full circumstances of her death have been a matter of intrigue and mystery since 1981. “I didn’t know if I was having a bad a dream, if that was really happening. What I remember most is that my dad was incredibly devastated, and very tender in telling us what had happened,“ she said.