OH NO, SAY IT ISN’T SO

A body being found in the East River is nothing new, but as Gothamist notes this morning, the New York Post is reporting that this body could be that of Spaulding Gray. As I mentioned in my (overwritten) second post, Gray is someone I have long admired and often thought of and is a very important figure in my own development (and lack-of) as a writer due to an experience I had interviewing him about 12-13 years ago. While nothing is confirmed, and this news does come from the Post, it doesn’t exactly come as unexpected and would simply be a sad and tragic ending to the life of not just a great actor, but possibly the best American monologuist and pure storyteller of the current era.