Daikun
08-10-2004, 09:13 PM
Fay Wray, the Canadian-born actress who earned fame as the frightened girl carried by King Kong up the Empire State Building, has died at age 96, a spokesman told the Reuters news service on Aug. 9. Spokesman Greg Mitchell of the Writers Guild of America West in Los Angeles said Wray died on Aug. 8 in New York, the news service reported.
Born Vina Fay Wray in Cardston, Alberta, on Sept. 15, 1907, she appeared in about 100 films, but was best known for her role in 1933's original King Kong. She made an appearance at the 70th Anniversary Academy Awards in 1998.
Wray had a daughter, Susan, by her first marriage to John Monk Sanders, and two children, Robert and Vicky, with Robert Riskin.
In Wray's honor, the Empire State Building will dim its lights for 15 minutes on Aug. 10, the Associated Press reported.
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Born Vina Fay Wray in Cardston, Alberta, on Sept. 15, 1907, she appeared in about 100 films, but was best known for her role in 1933's original King Kong. She made an appearance at the 70th Anniversary Academy Awards in 1998.
Wray had a daughter, Susan, by her first marriage to John Monk Sanders, and two children, Robert and Vicky, with Robert Riskin.
In Wray's honor, the Empire State Building will dim its lights for 15 minutes on Aug. 10, the Associated Press reported.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-08/10/09.00.film