This is the story of Robert Wagner's life. He was in some great movies (The Pink Panther, The Longest Day & Austin Powers) and some great TV shows, including Hart to Hart.

He married Natalie Wood twice and has led a very interesting, star studded friend type life. I have always liked him and enjoyed his work, so that led me to read his book. I was surprised at the level of honesty about Natalie Wood's death. I was expecting him to smooth it over, but he didn't.

anyone who is interested in Hollywood stars from the 1950s onward.

the generous way he deals with old romantic rivals and semi-rivals like Christopher Walken. I get the feeling he is more generous to people like Warren Beatty then is really deserved, but a guy who has the life he has now, can afford to be generous. It is obvious he has been a great dad and you can't say more than that about a person.

the fact that Natalie Wood and he won't be buried together. That made me sad for her, but I understand that he has moved on and maybe at the end it made him angry in a way he can't deal with, even now.

I didn't like how he ended up with Stefanie Powers, but I suspect he is not happy about that either.

see some of his early work in movies.

seems very brutally honest about the stinkers in Hollywood. It is a mean street they walk on there.

it was very entertaining and a fast read. It had more interesting stuff than I expected, especially about some of the old time movie stars who were a lot older than Wagner, who is in his early 80's now.

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