Natalie wood was an actress who starred in rebel without a cause and west side story she died tragically drowning during a boating trip in 1981. Natalie wood had traveled on the yacht splendour at the night of her death in the 21st century the splendour was stationed for 20 years in the ala wai small boat harbor near waikiki in honolulu hawaii by 2020 the yacht was in very poor condition and the owners had accrued 12000 dollars in fees for its illegal mooring