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Spalding Gray, 62, Actor and Monologuist, Is Confirmed Dead By Shaila K. Dewan and Jesse McKinley March 9, 2004 A body that surfaced in the East River on Sunday was identified by the city medical examiner yesterday as that of Spalding Gray, the confessional monologuist and actor who disappeared two months ago. The cause of death had not yet been determined, but the police were investigating reports that Mr. Gray, who had a history of depression, had committed suicide by jumping off the Staten Island ferry, said Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman for the Police Department. Mr. Gray, 62,...

Monologist Spalding Gray, known to most normal people chiefly for his appearance in David Byrne's 1986 True Stories, has been found dead in the East River at lower Manhattan. Gray disappeared two months ago; speculation at the time was that he was a suicide and had leapt from the Staten Island Ferry.

Printer-friendly format March 8, 2004, 3:16PM Actor-writer Spalding Gray's body found Associated Press AP/New York Times Spalding Gray performs his monologue, "Morning, Noon and Night," at the Beaumont theater in New York in this 1999 file photo. NEW YORK -- The body of actor-writer Spalding Gray was pulled from the East River over the weekend, two months after he walked out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared. He was 62. Gray, who laid bare his life and mingled performance art with comedy in acclaimed monologues like "Swimming to Cambodia" and "It's a Slippery Slope," was identified today through dental records...

His scent still lingers on the bed sheets in their SoHo loft. Kathie Russo hasn't changed them. She wants to remember the last time her husband, Spalding Gray, slept there. His skis still stand in a corner of the living room. He was supposed to fly to Aspen on Jan. 10, but his flight was canceled. So he saw a movie, Big Fish, with two of their kids, Theo and Marissa, and walked the dog. That evening, with Russo at a conference, Gray went back out. He boarded the Staten Island Ferry. For years, the acclaimed 62-year-old monologuist and actor...

January 14, 2004 -- The family of missing movie monologist Spalding Gray is "bracing for the worst," fearing he may have leaped into New York Harbor's frigid waters from a Staten Island Ferry, sources said yesterday. The angst-ridden writer and actor disappeared Saturday night "without his credit cards, his wallet and with no medication," said Tara Newman, speaking for Gray's heartsick wife, Kathie Russo. And police were checking a report that Gray was spotted on a ferry Friday - on what his loved ones dread may have been a test run. Gray - a manic depressive who has twice attempted...

<p>Spalding Gray - the wry, anxiety-ridden movie monologist best known for the films "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Gray's Anatomy" - has been reported missing by his wife.</p> <p>The 62-year-old writer-performer, a diagnosed manic depressive, was last seen late Saturday night at his TriBeCa home, law-enforcement sources said.</p>