David Caridine dead at 72

[Fr8monkey]

Rest in peace, Grasshopper. :cry:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31103217/

[Rhodes]

I reed it now! R.I.P. Quai Chang Kane:cry:!

[AVGWarhawk]

That is a shame. I remember watching his Kung Fu series when I was a kid.

[Oberon]

Dang, I may not have seen Kung Fu, but I watched Kill Bill and he did a fantastic job in that.
RIP :cry:

[Frame57]

Just bought the series on DVD. It will be a sad reunion....:nope:

[Fr8monkey]

Dang, I may not have seen Kung Fu, but I watched Kill Bill and he did a fantastic job in that.


That series was a classic. I want the series now.

[Skybird]

Suicide. Was he ill? Cancer in terminal stage? Depressions?

[SteamWake]

Shame, he was still doing a series for Discovery "Wild west tech" which I enjoyed.

It did strike me that he looked a little frail.

[Jimbuna]

How very sad :nope:....I wonder what tipped him over the edge, and naked? :hmmm:

[Platapus]

This is on CNN (so we can't be sure of the accuracy) but at this is now from two news sources (Which does not necessarily mean much these days)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html

"American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according a Thai police official."

If true, it would indicate suicide. :(

[Sailor Steve]

1) I had no idea he was that old. I thought he was about a decade younger.

2) Given that he was making a film at the time, I find it hard to believe suicide. On the other hand, not much else makes sense.

3) I've been a fan since Kung Fu. Loved the series. Loved the sequel series. But my favorites are The Long Riders and Circle of Iron (AKA The Silent Flute).

[mookiemookie]

This is on CNN (so we can't be sure of the accuracy) but at this is now from two news sources (Which does not necessarily mean much these days)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html

"American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according a Thai police official."

If true, it would indicate suicide. :(

Maybe, maybe not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoerotic_asphyxiation

[August]

Or somebody decided to bump off the old gentleman...

[SteamWake]

With all due respect..

~One night in Bangcock~

[August]

He was making a movie, he had good relations with his family. No public history of depression, drug abuse or perversion. I just don't see the suicide motive here.

[Enigma]

You guys been talking recently?

[Stealth Hunter]

He was making a movie, he had good relations with his family. No public history of depression, drug abuse or perversion. I just don't see the suicide motive here.

Exactly. And the naked part makes me suspect it was an accident related to auto-erotic asphyxiation.

[Rhodes]

Apparantly the police found him with a rope around his neck and another around is sexual organ, acording to the tailand police commander.
Reed it from one of my contry newspaper site!

:hmmm: You guy's crack the case even before it hit the news!

[Jimbuna]

It was the 'naked' part in my earlier post that instigated my curiosity :yep:

[SteamWake]

Apparantly the police found him with a rope around his neck and another around is sexual organ, acording to the tailand police commander.
Reed it from one of my contry newspaper site!

:hmmm: You guy's crack the case even before it hit the news!

Well thats understandable they use the same sources. :cool:

[Rhodes]

Jet lag, SteamWake, jet lag! The news here were only advanced today! ;)

[Frame57]

Dang! If I were ever to be found dead I would rather have it be while banging a broad, not spanking my monkey...:salute: What would Bruce Lee do???:woot:

[Jimbuna]

Dang! If I were ever to be found dead I would rather have it be while banging a broad, not spanking my monkey...:salute: What would Bruce Lee do???:woot:

He'd probably take an asparin and regret it later :DL

[Frame57]

An aspirin? I heard that Bruce died from the "death touch" aka "Dim Mak". Oh man does this bring back memories....:woot:

[SUBMAN1]

Exactly. And the naked part makes me suspect it was an accident related to auto-erotic asphyxiation.

It was. I read another article where one of his wife's left him because he was into this stuff. Seems it finally caught up with him.

-S

[Skybird]

Just flew over another news snippet that brought the erotic component of the story to my attention (I did not read about Carradine before). If that is true, I can only say: poor idiot.

[Frame57]

I have heard of the Drunken Monkey form of Kung Fu, but perhaps he was developing a new one that involved the spanking monkey...:woot:

[CastleBravo]

Let it be a lesson to everyone who may be using this kind of self gratification. When bringing onesself that close to unconciousness, losing control of the noose, is a definate posssibility, and will lead to death.

Does this qualify for the Darwin Awards, or was he too old to qualify?

[Schöneboom]

From the latest AP feed -- Carradine's family is livid over the publication of what appears to be a forensics photo:

A grainy photo published on the Saturday cover of the tabloid Thai Rath shows a naked body suspended from a clothes bar in a hotel closet, hands apparently bound together above the head and feet on the floor. The face is blacked out and other areas are obscured.

The paper did not indicate the source of the image, but Thai police said they believed it was a picture of Carradine's body taken by a forensics team. Keith Carradine said in a statement that the family was "profoundly disturbed by the release in Thailand of photographs taken at the scene of David Carradine's death," and threatened legal action against further distribution.

Yep, the plot thickens, I'd say!

[CastleBravo]

Yep, the plot thickens, I'd say!

Indeed. Was it a case of the famous BKK sex-capades gone wrong?

[Jimbuna]

From the latest AP feed -- Carradine's family is livid over the publication of what appears to be a forensics photo:

A grainy photo published on the Saturday cover of the tabloid Thai Rath shows a naked body suspended from a clothes bar in a hotel closet, hands apparently bound together above the head and feet on the floor. The face is blacked out and other areas are obscured.

The paper did not indicate the source of the image, but Thai police said they believed it was a picture of Carradine's body taken by a forensics team. Keith Carradine said in a statement that the family was "profoundly disturbed by the release in Thailand of photographs taken at the scene of David Carradine's death," and threatened legal action against further distribution.

Yep, the plot thickens, I'd say!

This is really worrying, but what else can you expect and in a country where many are always on the lookout for ways to make a quick buck.:nope:

[OneToughHerring]

This is really worrying, but what else can you expect and in a country where many are always on the lookout for ways to make a quick buck.:nope:

I'm sure the British paparazzis would have handled the matter much more discreetly. :roll:

[Jimbuna]

I'm sure the British paparazzis would have handled the matter much more discreetly. :roll:

I think your missing the fundamental point here....it is not about the 'papparazzis' as you put it (but I do think British tabloids have higher ethical and moral values than those in Thailand anyway)....it is about the official source of the leaked information. I can't imagine a Scenes of Crime Officer releasing such material to the press.

[Skybird]

Let it be a lesson to everyone who may be using this kind of self gratification. When bringing onesself that close to unconciousness, losing control of the noose, is a definate posssibility, and will lead to death.

Does this qualify for the Darwin Awards, or was he too old to qualify?

He convincingly demonstrated his own interpretation of what the French call "la petite mort", and I think that enthusiasm in his performance makes that Darwin Award truly well-earned, I think. :yeah:

[OneToughHerring]

I think your missing the fundamental point here....it is not about the 'papparazzis' as you put it (but I do think British tabloids have higher ethical and moral values than those in Thailand anyway)....it is about the official source of the leaked information. I can't imagine a Scenes of Crime Officer releasing such material to the press.

If the British police officers and members of the media would have to scrimp and save in order to get along with their salary I'm sure there would be even more corruption and misconduct among them then there already is, and there already is quite a lot for a 'rich' European country.

[Schöneboom]

The puzzling thing is that this report suggests that Carradine's wrists were bound together above his head -- that usually requires an assistant! Yet supposedly the Thai police have "all but ruled out foul play" & the surveillance video did not show anyone else entering or leaving the room (so they say). I'm not surprised Carradine's family want the FBI to do their own investigation. Something smells fishy here, and it ain't the pla pao.

[Carotio]

A Thai tabloid recently published a photo of DC hanging in his hotel room.
The face and body was edited to "anonymize" the person, but still...

I have seen it, but not really interested in sharing the link - I didn't bookmark it, so you'll have to search yourselves, if you wanna see it.

The first articles I read about it indicated that he was hung, like in having a rope around his neck. The photo indicated more like "something which went wrong" or something. I don't know what...

Anyway... I only remember DC from the television serie of North and South and then Kill Bill.

RIP

[sunvalleyslim]

How old was he?.....Man, I think he was down there making a Viagra Commercial............:woot: :woot:

[Jimbuna]

If the British police officers and members of the media would have to scrimp and save in order to get along with their salary I'm sure there would be even more corruption and misconduct among them then there already is, and there already is quite a lot for a 'rich' European country.

What facts do you have to support your claims of "quite a lot" of corruption within the British Police Service?

[OneToughHerring]

What facts do you have to support your claims of "quite a lot" of corruption within the British Police Service?

Oh I didn't think I need any, just like you don't.

Sorry to derail this wonderful thread about Carradine's death. I think there's a certain poetic justice about this considering that Carradine was chosen into Kung-Fu over Bruce Lee because Lee looked "too oriental".

[FIREWALL]

Kind of a sad way to be remembered. :nope:

[Sailor Steve]

I think there's a certain poetic justice about this considering that Carradine was chosen into Kung-Fu over Bruce Lee because Lee looked "too oriental".
That may be one of the great myths of television history. I saw an interview with Kung F 's producer, and he said that Bruce Lee walked into his office, leaped onto his desk and did an impressive but scary kung fu routine. The producer said he rejected Lee because he came across as much too arrogant, and the character was supposed to be more withdrawn and introspective.

[TDK1044]

"When you can walk the rice paper in your stockings and heels and leave no trace, it will be time for you to leave, Grasshopper."

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl:

That's just plain evil!:rock:

[TDK1044]

Sorry, Steve. I couldn't resist it. :)

[Sailor Steve]

Well, they say the true zen master can hear the sound of one hand slapping...I mean clapping...

[Skybird]

Well, they say the true zen master can hear the sound of one hand slapping...I mean clapping...

:D You just can't help yourself, eh?

[Sailor Steve]

Hey! You're German. You don't have a sense of humor!




Sorry, couldn't help that one either.:oops::D