Born: 5-Jun-1941
Birthplace: Barrington, RI
Died: 11-Jan-2004
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Suicide

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Swimming to Cambodia monologist

While ostensibly an actor, Gray is best known for his monologues such as Swimming To Cambodia, 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
    Kate & Leopold (25-Dec-2001)
    How High (17-Dec-2001)
    Revolution #9 (22-Apr-2001)
    Julie Johnson (26-Jan-2001)
    Coming Soon (17-Apr-1999)
    Bliss (14-Apr-1997)
    Glory Daze (27-Sep-1996)
    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)
    Twenty Bucks (22-Oct-1993)
    King of the Hill (20-Aug-1993)
    The Pickle (30-Apr-1993)
    Monster in a Box (15-May-1992) Himself
    Straight Talk (03-Apr-1992)
    Beaches (21-Dec-1988)
    Clara's Heart (7-Oct-1988)
    Stars and Bars (18-Mar-1988)
    Swimming to Cambodia (Apr-1987) Himself
    True Stories (10-Oct-1986)
    Seven Minutes in Heaven (9-May-1985)
    The Killing Fields (2-Nov-1984)

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