Spalding Gray

Actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter (1941-2004).

Born June 5th, 1941 in Providence. [ref]

Died January 11th, 2004 at 62 years old in New York City (drowning).

Occupations
actor, autobiographer, film actor, novelist, pornographic actor, screenwriter, television actor, writer
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche