King Kong Actress Fay Wray Dies at 96

By Jack August 9, 2004 1:05 PM

Fay Wray, who won everlasting fame as the damsel held atop the Empire State Building by the giant ape in the 1933 film classic "King Kong," has died, a close friend said Monday. She was 96.

Wray died Sunday at her Manhattan apartment, said Rick McKay, a friend and director of the last film she appeared in.

R.I.P.: Fay Wray