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14 March 2004
spalding gray, r.i.p.
The search for Spalding Gray ended last week, and for many people the news brought a creative chapter to a close. I had hoped that his latest monologue would help him exorcise the demons that traveled with him, but that wasn't meant to be. I guess "talking cures" can only do so much.
For those of you who are curious, a few more related pieces: The New York magazine cover story about the difficulties that plagued Gray in recent years; more thoughts from John Perry Barlow; an appreciation broadcast on NPR (with audio clips of Gray himself); link to the WNYC (Leonard Lopate Show) tribute (including a rebroadcast of a November 1990 interview with Gray, around the time he was performing "Monster in a Box," the monologue about his experience of writing Impossible Vacation); and the New York Times' obituary.