David Carradine found dead in Bangkok(Apparent suicide)

The Nation ^ | 6/4/2009 | The Nation

[jcb2009]

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

[Danae]

Prayers for him and his family. This is so sad. I really liked him, he was a fixture of my childhood. Farewell grasshopper. You will be missed.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

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[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

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[b4its2late]

Yep, that’s natural alright.

[Richard Kimball]

Chuck Norris was a fighter that went into acting. Carradine was an actor that pretended he was a martial artist. He may have been pretty good, but there's a lot of difference between a hobbyist and a professional.

Reminds me of the thing between Bruce Lee and Burt Ward. Ward had pretended he knew karate to get the part of Robin. Lee challenged him to spar. Ward, very wisely, declined. Lee could have whipped Adam West, Burt Ward and the guy playing the Green Hornet without breaking a sweat.

[SJSAMPLE]

In interviews, Burt Ward has been very gracious about the staged Robin vs Kato “fight”. He noted, with quite an ironic tone, that a chubby, out of shape actor “beat” what some considered the greatest martial artist of the era.

[brytlea]

I think I get the two confused.

[Dustbunny]

Why would he hang himself while “sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals”.

The statement is totally illogical.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

I'm really sorry to hear that. He was on my short list of people with interesting faces and intriguing personalities. Doubt I would have enjoyed his drinking and the resultant abuse that would have come with it, but his scripts managed to tone that down and make that interesting face desirable. James Coburn was another. It hurt me to watch him grow old and arthritic. Jimmy Stewart was my top of the list. I never outgrew my crushes on all three of them — others came and went with the trends, but they always could have made me blush with a look.

Wish he could have gone under nobler circumstances, but sounds like he went out happy (or at least less tense). ;-)

[ichabod1]

I get them confused too. It was actually because of Wild West Tech that I could tell them apart better. Keith played a tour-de-force performance of Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Tombstone, and of course David was Kung Fu.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

talking about bangKOK, didn’t he have to get out ropes to gain his exit out of the Shaolin monastery on Kung fu?

[Reagan Man]

RIP David Carradine.

[brytlea]

Yeah, they don’t look alike, but for some reason, their names confuse me! Glad I’m not the only one.

[eleni121]

Sad.

Hollywoodland is a rough place esp for sensitive people.

RIP

[fieldmarshaldj]

Not a good way to go. Talented actor, though. RIP.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Actually, Bruce Lee was the one who had the idea for this show and was suppose to play that part of Grasshopper

[wally_bert]

WWT was a good show and he hosted it well. RIP Mr. Carradine.

[wally_bert]

I really enjoyed the first few seasons of Kung Fu The Legend Continues with him and the ancient.

[sushiman]

He was great in The Long Riders - one of my fave westerns about the James and Younger brothers’ escapades .