Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner first married on December 28, 1957, in Scottsdale, Arizona. On June 20, 1961, the couple announced their separation in a joint press release, and divorced ten months later on April 27, 1962.
Following this starter marriage, Wood dated Warren Beatty, Michael Caine and David Niven Jr.. She also had a broken engagement in 1965 with shoe manufacturer Ladislav Blatnik.
On May 30, 1969, Wood married British producer Richard Gregson after dating for nearly three years. They had a daughter, Natasha (born 1970). Wood filed for divorce from Gregson on August 4, 1971, and it was finalized on April 12, 1972.
After a short-lived romance with future California governor Jerry Brown, Wood resumed her relationship with Wagner at the end of January 1972. They remarried on July 16 aboard the Ramblin’ Rose, anchored off Paradise Cove in Malibu.
Wood died under mysterious circumstances on November 28, 1981 at age 43 during the making of Brainstorm while on a weekend boat trip to Santa Catalina Island on board Wagner’s yacht Splendour. Outside of drowning, many of the circumstances are unknown; it was never determined how she entered the water.
These beautiful vintage photos captured lovely moments of young couple Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner in the 1950s and early 1960s.
