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Fay Wray dies
2004-08-09
(AP) - Fay Wray, who won everlasting fame as the damsel held atop the Empire State Building by the giant ape in the 1933 film classic "King Kong," has died, a close friend said Monday. She was 96. Wray died Sunday at her Manhattan apartment, said Rick McKay, a friend and director of the last film she appeared in. There was no official cause of death
Posted by:Korora

#7  *Sigh*

A wonderful gift from Canada goes the way of all flesh. She was SO beautiful and talented, it's a shame to compare her to the modern Hollywood anorexics.


Posted by: Ernest Brown   2004-08-09 23:39  

#6  While not a widely known fact, Wray actually died of a broken heart.

"No letter, no flowers, not even a phone call from that beast!"
Posted by: Zenster   2004-08-09 20:43  

#5  There was no official cause of death, but she put it off as long as she could.
Posted by: GK   2004-08-09 19:29  

#4  I wonder whether Koko will speak at her funeral?
Posted by: Crusader   2004-08-09 19:07  

#3  hmmm. is em coments counter broke?
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-09 18:46  

#2  Beauty finally joins the Beast in the afterlife...
Posted by: borgboy   2004-08-09 18:11  

#1   There was no official cause of death

she was 96!!!!
Posted by: spiffo   2004-08-09 18:00  

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