| Spalding Gray  Born: 5-Jun-1941
Birthplace: Barrington, RI
Died: 11-Jan-2004
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Suicide
Remains: Buried, Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Swimming to Cambodia monologist Actor Spalding Gray was best known for his monologues, in particular Swimming To Cambodia (1987), which documents his experience in the film The Killing Fields. While vacationing in Ireland, Gray was in a serious automobile accident in 2001. The nature of his relationships is muddled in the press: it is not entirely clear if Gray has had two or three wives, or has two or three sons. In January 2004, his wife Russo reported Gray missing -- ominous because of two previous suicide attempts, one of which she and police talked him down from a bridge. Gray's body was recovered from the East River in New York City on 8 March 2004. Father: Rockwell Gray, Sr. (lived into his 80s)
Mother: Margaret Elizabeth Horton Gray ("Elizabeth", d. 1967 suicide, age 52)
Brother: Rockwell Gray, Jr.
Brother: Channing Gray
Girlfriend: Elizabeth LeCompte
Wife: Renee Shafransky
Wife: Ramona (was married when Forrest was born to girlfriend Kathy. div.)
Wife: Kathie/Kathy Russo
Son: Forrest (first child, to Kathy)
Son: Theo (b. circa 1998)
Son: Leo (second son, perhaps this is Theo)
University: Emerson College
Guggenheim Fellowship
Suicide Attempt Long Island, NY (Oct-2002)
Esalen Speaker
Famous Missing Persons
Autopsy
Risk Factors: Claustrophobia, Depression, Dyslexia, Insomnia
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
And Everything Is Going Fine (Jan-2010) · Himself
Kate & Leopold (25-Dec-2001)
How High (17-Dec-2001)
Revolution #9 (22-Apr-2001)
Julie Johnson (26-Jan-2001)
New York: A Documentary Film (14-Nov-1999) · Himself
Coming Soon (17-Apr-1999)
Bliss (14-Apr-1997)
Glory Daze (27-Sep-1996) · Jack's Dad
Gray's Anatomy (11-Sep-1996) · Himself
Diabolique (22-Mar-1996)
Drunks (23-Aug-1995)
Beyond Rangoon (24-May-1995)
Bad Company (20-Jan-1995)
The Paper (18-Mar-1994) · Paul Bladden
Twenty Bucks (22-Oct-1993)
King of the Hill (20-Aug-1993) · Mr. Mungo
The Pickle (30-Apr-1993)
Monster in a Box (15-May-1992) · Himself
Straight Talk (3-Apr-1992)
The Image (27-Jan-1990)
Heavy Petting (7-Sep-1989) · Himself
Beaches (21-Dec-1988)
Clara's Heart (7-Oct-1988)
Stars and Bars (18-Mar-1988)
Swimming to Cambodia (13-Mar-1987) · Himself
True Stories (10-Oct-1986) · Earl Culver
Seven Minutes in Heaven (9-May-1985)
Almost You (Jan-1985)
Hard Choices (1985)
The Killing Fields (2-Nov-1984) · U.S. Consul
Variety (10-Sep-1983) · Obscene Phone Voice [VOICE]
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