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“People know her as this legend, and some people think of her as having a tragic life,” Natasha Gregson Wagner, Wood’s first daughter and only child with her second husband Richard Gregson, told PEOPLE. “But that’s not the way I remember her at all.”
02of 05EverettNatasha, 43, and her half-sister Courtney Wagner, who is the child of Wood and Robert Wagner during their second marriage, remember Wood as a stunning and kind mother, who filled their lives with “a sense of adventure and mischief” and read Russian fairytales at bedtime.
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Natasha, 43, and her half-sister Courtney Wagner, who is the child of Wood and Robert Wagner during their second marriage, remember Wood as a stunning and kind mother, who filled their lives with “a sense of adventure and mischief” and read Russian fairytales at bedtime.
03of 05Ron Galella/WireImageNatasha has happy memories of her years spent living with Wood, Wagner (who legally adopted Natasha), Courtney and Wagner’s daughter from his second marriage, Katie.“My parents celebrated all the holidays to the maximum: Easter, Christmas, Halloween and birthdays were all a big deal,” Natasha recalls.The family hosted large parties, and guests included famous faces like Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and Laurence Olivier.
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Natasha has happy memories of her years spent living with Wood, Wagner (who legally adopted Natasha), Courtney and Wagner’s daughter from his second marriage, Katie.
“My parents celebrated all the holidays to the maximum: Easter, Christmas, Halloween and birthdays were all a big deal,” Natasha recalls.
The family hosted large parties, and guests included famous faces like Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and Laurence Olivier.
04of 05EverettThe joy that the filled family’s life came to an abrupt and painful stop when Wood died while sailing off Catalina Island with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. Natsha was only 11.“I wanted her to stay home,” says Natasha. “I had a funny feeling. I don’t know if it was just being a child who didn’t want her mom to leave or what it was, but I didn’t want her to go.”
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The joy that the filled family’s life came to an abrupt and painful stop when Wood died while sailing off Catalina Island with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. Natsha was only 11.
“I wanted her to stay home,” says Natasha. “I had a funny feeling. I don’t know if it was just being a child who didn’t want her mom to leave or what it was, but I didn’t want her to go.”
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As a tribute to the caring and vivacious mother who cooked them huevos rancheros and filled their lives with affection and excitement, Natasha and Courtney are releasing Natalie, a fragrance modeled after Wood’s signature scent, Jungle Gardenia, as a tribute to their mom.
source: people.com
