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Dates: during 2004-2004
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DIED. FAY WRAY, 96, shriektacular heroine of the original King Kong and other thrillers of the early talkie era; in New York City. Still in her teens when she started in silent films, she developed the scream she would make famous in later films like Mystery of the Wax Museum and Doctor X. She had to fight off all kinds of movie beasts, getting pawed by Erich von Stroheim in The Wedding March and Wallace Beery in Viva Villa! But the great ape was her strangest, strongest suitor, in a horror film that was also a poignant love story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 23, 2004 | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

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