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Esquire has a story written by the person who discovered Spalding Gray's body which ends with this quote from Gray's wife, Kathleen Russo: "No, please, do whatever you like. You don't have to be tasteful. This is Spalding Gray. All he ever talked about was his own death."

Three years after his death, Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell has opened at Minetta Lane Theater. Running through May 13th, the performance features five actors surrounded by stacks of marble notebooks, similar to those Gray filled in his lifetime (up to 300). Selections from "Swimming to Cambodia," "Monster in a Box" and other monologues are read, but perhaps more insightful and often eerie are his unpublished works. From his last entry (a tape recording from December 18th, 2003): "Everything's in my head now, my timing is all off. Tomorrow is the day I'm going to kill myself."

MOVIE: The 10th Annual New York International Children's Film Festival commences tonight, starting with the US premiere of the French animated film U (which includes unicorns!). A kid-friendly catered reception will take place after the film.

Another sad thing is the Gray's wife, Kathleen Russo, found out about the body that had been found near the North 10th Street Pier off Greenpoint only when an AP writer contacted her. Then, she learned that the medical examiner's office confirmed the body was Gray's by watching the news. "It's just horrible," Vass said. "The whole thing is just dreadful. There's just so much upset in all of this and so much sadness."

Earlier story: A body found in the East River will be autopsied today. Recovered yesterday, police wonder if it might be the body of Spalding Gray, writer-actor, who has been missing since January. He was last seen on the Staten Island Ferry, and people worry that he may have jumped. While the body's face is badly decomposed, police say it is a white man's body wearing black corduroy pants. The Post reports Gray was last seen wearing "black corduroy pants, a gray jacket, blue scarf, brown sweater and brown shoes."