David Carradine

[Luis G]

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday.

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.

The US star was in Thailand filming his latest film, Stretch, according to his personal manager Chuck Binder.

Mr Binder said the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."

A US embassy official confirmed the actor's death, but added that the cause of death had not yet been established.

However, Thai newspaper The Nation reported that police believe the actor took his own life, and preliminary investigations found that he hanged himself.

Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.

The star was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s TV series Kung Fu, which spawned sequels in the '80s and '90s.

The character became one of the most iconic roles in US TV and earned Carradine both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Full story. Source: BBC

Farewell to the unique and famous Snake Charmer

 

[MrBishop]

Damn!
Caine's dead

Rest in Peace

 

[Professur]

found the checkered flag or Death Race.

 

[paul_valaru]

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

WTF.

sexual adventure gone wrong, or some chinese mafia watched crank 2

 

[Professur]

Thai police are calling it suicide.

 

[Winky]

Kwai Chang has done snatched the pebble for the last time.

 

[MrBishop]

Thai police are calling it suicide.

Easier to sweep under the rug that way.

naked by a hotel maid in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body

Okay...if he hung himself, how'd he end up in the wardrobe?
What's with the cords around 'other parts of his body'? (You certainly don't need cords anywhere but around your neck for suicide).
Naked? Even the 'slit wrists in the tub' crowd stay dressed most of the time.
What did he hang himself from?
Suicide note?

Rings more like auto-erotic asphyxiation gone bad...

 

[Gonz]

Kwai Chang has done snatched the pebble for the last time.

All day long, the news reported than Carradine was "best known" for his role in Kill Bill. Best known? Hell, if it wasn't for that little bald headed boy, he's still be wishing he was Peter Fonda.

That was the other news screw-up....the voice-overs were all the little boy in Kung Fu, not Carradine.

:rip:

 

[catocom]

sad

yep too many question, and the area.....no, something is very wrong here.

 

[pc_builder]

I heard about this on the radio today at work.

RIP