David Carradine found dead

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**Frazzled**

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/06/04/headlines/headlines_30104421.php

BREAKING STORY
David Carradine found dead in Bangkok

"Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" star David Carradine was found hung himself in a closet in a hotel room in Bangkok on Wednesday, Thai police said.

Police believed he committed suicide.

Carradine, 72, was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, and stayed at a Suite Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road since June 2.

The film crew were aware of his absence when they went to dine out at a restaurant on Sathorn Road on June 3.

Carradine did not show up at the dinner and the team could not reach him. They assumed that he took a rest because of his age.

It was a hotel's maid who opened his suite on Thursday at 10 am only to find Carradine in a closet. He was described as behind half naked.

Police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope, the kind that is used with curtains.

Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assaults.

His personal manager, Chuck Binder, told BBC that the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."

Kung Fu Man

Aside from Quentin Tarantino's two-part "Kill Bill" in 2003 and 2004, Carradine was perhaps best known for his role as the fugitive half-Chinese Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s easternwestern TV drama "Kung Fu". He also starred in Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" in 1972, portrayed folksinger Woody Guthrie in "Bound for Glory" in 1976, acted in Ingmar Bergman's "The Serpent's Egg" in 1977 and co-starred with half brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine in the 1980 western "The Long Riders".

His father was the noted actor John Carradine.

In Thai cinemas, Carradine was recently seen as a martial arts guru in the Rob Schneider comedy "Big Stan" and as a perverted elderly Chinese mobster in "Crank: High Voltage" starring Jason Statham.

**Jin**

Just saw that myself.

G'nite Kung Fu man.

**Deff Dread red Edition**

I haven't seen him in films,was he a good actor?

How sad,and what a terrible way to die.

**barlio**

You will be missed Grasshopper.

Too bad the last movie I saw him in was Crank: High Voltage.

**LunaHound**

I know this is abit inappropriate and disrespectful for the guy but....

to DDre : he is a really really bad actor . He only have one expression may it be acting or in person , just 1 !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6bov4MvlI

The Google ads were interesting too xD

**Anung Un Rama**

Wow. That came....unexpected. I've only seen 2 movies with him, but he will be missed.

**legoburner**

From BBC:

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body.

When the story first appeared on the beeb it said:

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord tied around his neck and genitals.

Updated to make it easier explain to kids who read the news me thinks. Still, I hope I'm still that active at 72 years old.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
oh and fraz, I edited your post to remove the google ads you had pasted in too.

**Kilkrazy**

I have to say if I was a rich old film star staying in a posh hotel in Bangkok I think I could find a better way to get my rocks off than erotic autoasphyxiation.

If a 72-year-old got caught in one of those 'Thai Special Massage' shops, most people would admire him for still having the energy.

**whatwhat**

legoburner wrote:From BBC:

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body.

When the story first appeared on the beeb it said:

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord tied around his neck and genitals.

Updated to make it easier explain to kids who read the news me thinks. Still, I hope I'm still that active at 72 years old.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
oh and fraz, I edited your post to remove the google ads you had pasted in too.

So he did a Michael Hutchence or he killed himself?

**Deff Dread red Edition**

I don't understand one thing,was he a really small man as I think it would be rather difficult to hang yourself in a closet.

**whatwhat**

Yeh it seems it's not suicide and he actually did do a Michael Hutchence.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2464856/David-Carradine-found-hanged.html

**Deadshane1**

Ironic that the movie he was working on was called "Stretch"....looks like he was trying a little to hard for another Golden Globe Nomination.

Seriously...I was shocked when I saw this. I dont think the swiss doctors from "Death Race 2000" could even put Frankenstein back together after death....

Thanx for all the entertainment Mr. Carradine.

**Typeline**

I heard this on NPR heading home and it's been the only famous persons death since Chris Farley that really affected me. I feel so depressed now. Thank God I didn't see Crank: High Voltage, my last memory of him is him dieing in Kill Bill 2. One of the best deaths ever died I'd have to say, and also one of his favorite rolls for me personally.

**JohnHwangDD**

Kilkrazy wrote:I have to say if I was a rich old film star staying in a posh hotel in Bangkok I think I could find a better way to get my rocks off than erotic autoasphyxiation.

Yeah, but then there's the risk of being the next Gary Glitter...

Of course, there's always the possibility that he did an Eddie Murphy and the ladyboy got the better of him.

Kilkrazy wrote:If a 72-year-old got caught in one of those 'Thai Special Massage' shops, most people would admire him for still having the energy.

Those girls are pros, so I have no doubt they have the skills to "wake the dead", as it were...

**Black Blow Fly**

Those that mock will experience seven years of the worst luck.

G

**chromedog**

Maybe he saw what it did for Heath Ledger's award chances and wanted some of that for himself?

Never saw Kill Bill (I try to avoid Tarantino movies) - the last one (movie) I saw him in was sometime back in the 80s.

@GBF: I'm already married. I'm immune to such minor curses.

**Black Blow Fly**

Good luck with it.

: )

**Destrado**

Damn... Hadn't felt like this since Heath Ledger.

Sad to hear about it, I loved his role in Kill Bill 2.

**thehod**

Wow someone managed to finally Kill Bill ...

RIP