Robert Wagner Remembers Late Wife Natalie Wood Ahead of the Anniversary of Her Mysterious Death

Robert Wagner is thinking about his late wife, Natalie Wood, ahead of the 44th anniversary of her death.

On Sunday, November 23, the Hart to Hart actor, 95, reposted a photo of himself with the West Side Story star in his Instagram Story.

He was married to the former child star from 1972 until her mysterious drowning death on November 29, 1981, when she was just 43 years old.

The mother of two died at the end of a weekend trip to Catalina Island on the yacht Splendour with her husband and her Brainstorm costar, Christopher Walken.

Though initially ruled an accidental drowning, the case was reopened in 2011 when the boat’s captain, Dennis Davern, told police that he had heard Wood and Wagner arguing that night.

Davern has told the National Enquirer that he believes Wagner was cheating on her with future wife Jill St. John, though the actress has insisted that they didn’t start dating until three months after Wood’s death.

The Austin Powers star was named a “person of interest” in her death at one point, but was cleared by the LA Sheriff’s Department four years later.

But as the National Enquirer previously reported, the “new scrutiny on the case” has caused him to become a recluse, a source revealed.

“The memories won’t leave him alone, but he’d rather crawl into the woodwork than confront the past,” the source added. “He knows he doesn’t have a huge amount of time left, and he’s worried something will come out to damn him forever!”