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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.

Joy, 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.

L.A. Coroner is the first ever biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the chief medical examiner, coroner of Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Noguchi conducted the official

autopsies of some of the most high-profile figures of his time. His elaborate press conferences,

which often generated more controversy than they did answers, catapulted him into the public eye.

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,

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