porcy62 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) Actor David Carradine found dead in Bangkok Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family. The Web site of the newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...3.DTL&tsp=1 Edited June 4, 2009 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Shit, that's too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 R.I.P., Grasshopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 yes indeed...long goodnight grasshopper. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) R.I.P. I only discovered him a few weeks ago, with "Kill Bill 2" that I saw for the first time. Impressive performance. Edited June 5, 2009 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 RIP. "Kill Bill" is one of my all time favorite films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 A suicide? That sucks. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Oh, this is truly awful...really, really sad... I know nothing of Kill Bill but I absolutely lived for Kung Fu back in the day. The ...Legend Continues wasn't all that great, but it was a fun continuation of the original and there were nearly twice as many episodes. He seemed to take any work that he could get - and I mean any work, but his screen presence was such that he could get away with the worst of things thrown at him. The DVD set of the entire Kung Fu series have some really nice extras (except for the last bit when he sits at a piano and attempts to sing), but his quest to visit a certain Zen Temple in China was quite touching. I just don't understand this suicide - a Buddhist suicide, much like that of Chögyam Trungpa seems somehow more perplexing to me. I am so crestfallen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Yeah, really upsetting news. RIP and thank you, Mr. Carradine. (I accidentally posted a new topic on this as well, sorry porcy.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 RIP David. I always thought he would have made a great Thomas Covenant, if those books had ever been turned into movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Damn. He's great in "Kill Bill." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 If you read this book, it's a bit surprising that he lived as long as he did: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 If you read this book, it's a bit surprising that he lived as long as he did: without reading the book, that was my first thought. very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use3D Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Jesus what a total bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Pure speculation here, but maybe he found out he had a terminal illness and... In any case RIP, loved him in 'Kill Bill' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 No more Caine. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 RIP. "Kill Bill" is one of my all time favorite films. Ya know? A real tragedy. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm starting to wonder if his "suicide" was some kind of weird sex act gone horribly wrong a la Michael Hutchence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 (edited) I'm starting to wonder if his "suicide" was some kind of weird sex act gone horribly wrong a la Michael Hutchence. Carradine may have died from sex act: Thai police Edited June 5, 2009 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm starting to wonder if his "suicide" was some kind of weird sex act gone horribly wrong a la Michael Hutchence. Carradine may have died from sex act: Thai police "Under these circumstances we cannot be sure that he committed suicide but he may have died from masturbation," he said. Oh my God! Something else to worry about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 If it's true, I say WTF? I mean, is the traditional method so bad that at 72 you've got to experiment at the risk of losing your life? It ended up the worst way possible and now he will be the subject of jokes for years. Nice going, Kwai Chang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Wikepedia has already added him to the Auto-erotic Asphyxiation page. Personally I always figured the reward couldn't be great enough to outweigh the risk. I'll stick with the traditional method, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Damn. I never comment on reported "hangings" until some time for investigation has passed, because of the seeming frequency of autoerotic asphyxiation. I was especially wary given the Bangkok (noted destination for sex junkets) location. But WTF would you take a trip to BKK and then wank? RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Why the fuck do the media need to report this fact? They could have just said 'the death seemed to be accidental' and left it at that. The internet would have spread the word anyway. Not that we really need to know. In general, when a 'celebrity' dies, why do some people feel they are entitled to know the cause of death? What if it is something embarrassing (as is the case here)? It just adds to the family's grief. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowT Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 The DVD set of the entire Kung Fu series have some really nice extras I just ordered each of the 3-season sets yesterday. It's been on my wish list a long time and now Amazon has them for 60% off. I grew up loving that series too. Many fond memories. I'll miss him. I had a chance to meet him once, but my dad was too pig-headed to let me. I was a teenager sleeping in until noon on a Saturday and Carradine saw my dad working on his home-built airplane in his garage in Malibu, and stopped in to say hello that morning. He didn't wake me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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