Posted on 06/04/2009 6:10:39 PM PDT by pissant
Thai police are investigating the twin theories that the death was either suicide or a sex game gone wrong. Carradine, 72, was found hanging in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and other parts of his body.
The actor was in Thailand to shoot a film and checked into the luxury Nai Lert Park Hotel, situated next to the British Embassy, on May 31. He failed to join crew members for dinner on Wednesday night but they did not raise the alarm, believing him to be resting in his suite. A maid discovered his body at 11.30am on Thursday.
Initially, police said they believed Carradine had committed suicide and were not seeking anyone else in connection with the death. "There is no trace of fighting in the hotel room and the room was locked from inside. There is no sign of bruising on his body," police official Pirom Janthapirom said. "We are investigating from where he got the rope because it does not seem it was from the hotel."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
My hubby and I were talking and saying it was strange that a man his age would hang himself.
Brit kids have a name for it and I can’t recall it this evening. Did your term paper uncover any popular terms for it?
One of Morgan Freeman’s best movies next to Glory.
RED: I have had some long nights in stir. Alone in the dark with nothing but your thoughts, time can draw out like a blade... That was the longest night of my life...
That's what I am thinking.
72 and still playing sex games...my new hero.Played and lost I'd say...
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... no.
Weird, but I sorta get it....
Yep. Weird stuff.
More like the snatch got him.
Jimi said that twice actually
It’s amazing how easy it is to ignore sh*t you either know about or don’t care about.
Carradine likely died from erotic asphyxiation
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/145219/carradine-likely-died-from-erotic-asphyxiation
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 5/06/2009 at 11:16 AM
American actor David Carradine might have died from attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation, Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) director Porntip Rojanasunan revealed on Friday morning.
The 72-year-old actor was found hanged inside a closet in his suite in Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel at 11am Thursday. One end of a shoelace was tied around his penis and the other end fastened around his neck, while his hands were bound with a cord which was also tied around his neck.
Evidence suggested that he could be trying auto-erotic asphyxiation and he may have suffocated during the act, Dr Porntip said.
She said other facts supporting the evidence were his sexual deviation and a penis shrine inside his room.
She believed nobody else was involved, but said her assumption based on forensic science might not be 100 per cent accurate.
Carradine arrived in Bangkok a few days ago to star in a new movie, Strand.
Lara Parker? You mean the blonde who played on “Dark Shadows” many years ago as the witch? What made you mention her? I’m curious!
A penis shrine????? ROFL
*snort*
Yes, it was. We're big Morgan Freeman fans, and hope to get to his Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS, when we move back to our home state.
Interesting, but not shocked. I vaguely recall an interview many years ago in which David Carradine mentioned that he was very much into porn that he had a large collection.
What I don’t get, maybe I’m misunderstanding that part. How could he tie a string lace to his penis and around his neck and yet his hands were bound with a cord which was also tied around his neck.
I had a huge crush on Lara Parker when I was a kid. I didn’t care that she was a witch. LOL!
Yep, that Lara Parker.
I mentioned her in relation to an assertion on a previous message that Shaolin priets were celebate - because in one episode of the old "Kung Fu" television series Kwi Chang in fact had "relations" with a character played by Lara Parker. (at least he kept his kung fu mitts off Barbara Eden!)
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