King Kong actress Fay Wray dies

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 at 96.

King Kong actress Fay Wray dies

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 at 96.

Wray died on Sunday at her Manhattan flat, said Rick McKay, a friend and director of the last film she appeared in. There was no official cause of death.

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