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Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« on: June 04, 2009, 09:30:10 AM »


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

David Carradine

The American embassy in Thailand confirmed the 72-year-old had been found dead.

Reports said he was found hanging from a curtain cord in a closet by a chambermaid.

Police said there were no signs of a struggle or other suspicious circumstances and are treating the death as suicide.

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

The local Bangkok newspaper, The Nation, cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was believed to have committed suicide and had hanged himself with a curtain cord in his suite at the Park Nai Lert Hotel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5444839/David-Carradine-found-dead-in-wardrobe-of-Bangkok-hotel.html
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2009, 09:37:10 AM »
Oh God! That is really awful if he took his own life.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2009, 09:43:27 AM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on June 04, 2009, 09:37:10 AM
Oh God! That is really awful if he took his own life.
Looks like it. I found some more detail which I put in the OP.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 09:47:05 AM »
This is just sad beyond words. He was still active in the movies and as far as I know was doing well otherwise too.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 09:47:56 AM »
I can't imagine the circumstances that would bring his successful life to this conclusion.  

RIP, David Carradine.  I hope you got what you wanted.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 10:08:19 AM »
Man, I used to LOVE "Kung Fu" when I was in high school......
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2009, 10:10:07 AM »
Hmm...around his genitals too? autoerotic asphyxiation?
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2009, 10:14:49 AM »
For some reason, it was the Bostonian Drunkard who broke this news to the primitives on Skins's island.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2009, 10:19:27 AM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on June 04, 2009, 10:10:07 AM
Hmm...around his genitals too? autoerotic asphyxiation?


that was what I thought too......

Bangkok...
Hanging in a closet with a rope around his parts....

Kinky sex.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2009, 10:23:10 AM »
He has a few movies to still come out. I'm thinking autoerotic asphyxiation also.

Portland (2009) (pre-production) .... Jerry
Night of the Templar (2009) (post-production) .... Shopkeeper
Money to Burn (2009) (post-production)
Six Days in Paradise (2009) (post-production) .... Vernon Billings
Su Qi-Er (2009) (post-production)
... aka True Legend (International: English title)
The Rain Chronicles (2009) (post-production) .... Clive Jonis
Detention (2009) (post-production) .... Principle Hoskins
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2009, 10:46:37 AM »
That sucks.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2009, 10:52:57 AM »
Quote from: debk on June 04, 2009, 10:19:27 AM

that was what I thought too......

Bangkok...
Hanging in a closet with a rope around his parts....

Kinky sex.

I don't know.  At 72, autoerotic asphyxiation is usually limited to waking up lying on your stomach with a morning "pulpy".
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2009, 12:06:06 PM »
Damn, that wasen't in the link I posted in the Lounge.

Bill killed Bill, who'da thunk it?
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2009, 12:58:53 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on June 04, 2009, 10:52:57 AM
I don't know.  At 72, autoerotic asphyxiation is usually limited to waking up lying on your stomach with a morning "pulpy".

Viagra fixes all.....
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2009, 02:40:46 PM »
I hate to say this, but the only thing I've ever seen where someone 'hangs' themself and their genitals are involved is autoerotic asphyxiation. There have been some accidental deaths when a person passes out before their act is complete and they can remove the rope.

Really enjoyed the things he was in. A shame however it pans out.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2009, 03:03:21 PM »
Quote from: jtyangel on June 04, 2009, 02:40:46 PM
I hate to say this, but the only thing I've ever seen where someone 'hangs' themself and their genitals are involved is autoerotic asphyxiation. There have been some accidental deaths when a person passes out before their act is complete and they can remove the rope.
Really enjoyed the things he was in. A shame however it pans out.

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Seems he forgot, huh?
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2009, 04:29:50 PM »
I liked him in Kill Bill...it does seem like an accidental death...what a way to go out though...
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2009, 04:49:57 PM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on June 04, 2009, 04:29:50 PM
I liked him in Kill Bill...it does seem like an accidental death...what a way to go out though...

It certainly sounds like he added the kinky twist, to going out with hookers and blow in Bangkok.

Wowzers, RIP.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2009, 05:09:06 PM »
I loved him in the Larry Cohen classic, Q:The Winged Serpent.

RIP

I know in the past he had struggled with alcoholism but I thought the put that all behind him.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2009, 11:24:21 AM »
Carradine Family Request FBI Investigation

BANGKOK – The family of American actor David Carradine has asked the FBI to help investigate his death after his body was found in a hotel closet in Thailand's capital with a rope tied to his neck, wrist and genitals.

Pornthip Rojanasunand, director of Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Science, said the circumstances under which Carradine died suggest the 72-year-old actor may have been performing auto-erotic asphyxiation.

On Friday, however, police said the actor may have died from accidental suffocation or heart failure after revealing that he was found with a rope tied around his neck and penis — leading to speculation that Carradine may have engaged in a dangerous form of sex play.
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
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Re: Kung Fu Star David Carradine Found Dead
« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2009, 01:41:04 PM »
Maybe there are other photos but the one I saw could have been Obama or Bo-Bo the dancing bear.
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