Any word on Spalding Gray?

[Flaxbee]

I read a few weeks ago he was reported missing, then have read no other info -- guess he's still missing?

[Terwilliger]

1. He's sipping cognac with D.B. Cooper somewhere

in a nice, warm location :-)

[sleipnir]

2. Sad news, nothing, but it's pretty sure bet he's dead.

He's almost certainly jumped off the Staten Island Ferry, but won't be found until the Spring (with warmer weather/currents/,etc)

I'm in the know on subject due to some of my work with several close sources to Spaulding's agent/family.

The tragedy of the loss of this man will be felt for years. He truly had a gift for amazing observations and massivly important monologues. His loss is too great even for words. My feelings go out to his family, especially his wife and kids.

It's a very sad situation and everyone loses...

[Flaxbee]

3. It sounds like he had overcome his struggle

with depression quite well until that car accident. He was a brilliant person, and I do feel bad for his family, not knowing (or just waiting for the inevitable) must be awful.

[sleipnir]

4. Yeah, the Ireland accident really ruined him.

I wish it never happened, but the operation, the metal plate, and all the trauma seemed to push him back over the edge. At a recent series of performances in NYC, he seemed to be doing much better and the rumor was that he was booked to do another show in the Spring. I guess that the depression was too much, but who knows, and no one probably ever will. I think it was a bad sign that the last movie he saw with his kids was "Big Fish" about 18 hours before he committed suicide. It's a sad tale about how many lies are used to explain life and, well, it's a really depressing story.

[Susang]

6. You found Big Fish to be a depressing story?

How strange.....

Personally, I think the speculation and rumor is somewhat disrespectful to the man and his family, whether one is "in the know" or not. Just my 2 cents.

[NightTrain]

7. "Swimming to Cambodia" and "Monster in a Box" were both terrific films!

He also did a great job as a rival editor in the 1994 (?) movie "The Paper" with Michael Keaton and Robert Duvall.

[mitchum]

5. He didn't even leave a script

[DemoTex]

8. No word. Irony, however. Too much irony for my diet, in fact.

I grew up in Spalding County, Georgia. Griffin, to be exact. It was a town half as big as a New York cemetary, and twice as dead (thanks, Tom Sharpe!). The Spalding County Army Guard unit, which went to the first Gulf War, are called the Grays. The Spalding Grays.