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Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi (野口 恒富, Noguchi Tsunetomi, born January 4, 1927) is the former chief medical examiner-coroner for Los Angeles County.Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", [citation needed] Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles; In office April 27, 1982 – July 1, 1990: Preceded by: Thomas Noguchi: Succeeded by: J. Lawrence Cogan (Acting) Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Ventura County; In office January 1, 1974 – August 31, 1980: Preceded by: First: Succeeded by: F. Warren Lovell: Personal details; Born ...
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Building in 2008. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (“DMEC”, formerly the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and Department of Coroner) was created in its present form on December 17, 1920, by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, although it has existed in some form since the appointment of the ...
A medical examiner is always a medical doctor, whereas a coroner is a judicial officer. [9] Pilot studies in Sheffield and seven other areas, which involved medical examiners looking at more than 27,000 deaths since 2008, found 25% of hospital death certificates were inaccurate and 20% of causes of death were wrong.
[15] [17] Chief Moore stated that the footage was expedited for release due to public interest. [5] On June 2, 2023, an autopsy report from the Los Angeles County coroner found that Anderson died from "effects of cardiomyopathy and cocaine use", and that his death was "determined hours after restraint and conducted energy device use". [13]
In 1990 Cogan was appointed acting Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner following the resignation of Ronald Kornblum. [3] During his tenure in this position, the county's murder rate jumped by 18% and the office struggled to keep up with the high murder toll of 38 homicides per week. [6]
Theodore Joscelyn Curphey (October 25, 1897 – November 27, 1986) was an American coroner who was the chief coroner for Los Angeles and Nassau (New York) Counties. Curphey was elected Nassau County medical examiner on December 15, 1937, by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors. [1]
In 1977, he joined the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. He worked his way up to the position of chief of forensic medicine. In 1990, he was passed over in favor of J. Lawrence Cogan for the position of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner. [2] Sathyavagiswaran was appointed Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner in 1992.