Fay Wray has died

Imp · Post by **Imp** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:26 am

Fay Wray died Sunday at 96.

'Kong' star Fay Wray dies

Fay Wray, who achieved screen immortality when she starred as the frightened young woman carried by King Kong to the top of the Empire State Building, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Manhattan. She was 96. The image of the diminutive, blonde-wigged Wray in the grasp of the giant, dark ape atop what was at the time the world's tallest building is one of cinema's most recognizable and powerful images. "King Kong" was named one of the 100 greatest films of all time by the American Film Institute in 1998. "They told me I was going to have the tallest, darkest, leading man in Hollywood," Wray quipped in her 1989 autobiography, "On the Other Hand: A Life Story." So identified was she with the iconic film that director Peter Jackson, who is prepping a "King Kong" remake met with her, and according to her daughter Victoria Riskin, "they became fast friends, warm and enthusiastic." (Duane Byrge)

fully story here - http://199.249.170.186/thr/people/artic ... 1000603185

Requiescat in Pace

(must not title "whatever happened to... Fay Wray?")

Mother Mo · Post by **Mother Mo** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:31 am

Oh, so sad! :cry:

You should have titled it that, Imp.

JaNell · Post by **JaNell** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:40 pm

I was wondering whatever happened to her...

Post by **Bone** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:46 pm

the original queen of scream.

Heard they blacked out most of the Empire State Building in her honour the other night. Pretty cool of em if you ask me.