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“L.A. Coroner” is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars," who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, and hundreds of other notable personalities. Choi, an award-winning historian and professor, deftly blends Los Angeles history, death investigation and forensic science, and Asian American history in a feat of exquisite storytelling.
Noguchi was also the inspiration for the popular 1970s-80s television drama “Quincy, M.E.”, starring Jack Klugman. Featuring never-before-published details about Noguchi's most controversial cases, “L.A. Coroner” is a meticulously researched biography of a complex man, set against the backdrop of the social and racial politics of the 1960s and 1970s and Hollywood celebrity culture.
Noguchi was also the inspiration for the popular 1970s-80s television drama “Quincy, M.E.”, starring Jack Klugman. Featuring never-before-published details about Noguchi's most controversial cases, “L.A. Coroner” is a meticulously researched biography of a complex man, set against the backdrop of the social and racial politics of the 1960s and 1970s and Hollywood celebrity culture.