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Zale Parry, LSD study diver, dies at 93

8/17/2026

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U.S. scuba diver Zale Parry died on July 20 at her home in Tillamook, Oregon, aged 93, her granddaughter Katherine Maloney confirmed.
She participated in psychiatrist Oscar Janiger’s LSD study that dosed over 900 Los Angeles subjects, saying it deepened her appreciation of underwater life.
Parry appeared on Sports Illustrated’s cover, doubled for Sophia Loren in the 1957 film “Boy on a Dolphin,” and co-starred with Lloyd Bridges on “Sea Hunt.”

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U.S. scuba diver Zale Parry died on July 20 at her home in Tillamook, Oregon, aged 93, her granddaughter Katherine Maloney confirmed.
She participated in psychiatrist Oscar Janiger’s LSD study that dosed over 900 Los Angeles subjects, saying it deepened her appreciation of underwater life.
Parry appeared on Sports Illustrated’s cover, doubled for Sophia Loren in the 1957 film “Boy on a Dolphin,” and co-starred with Lloyd Bridges on “Sea Hunt.”