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RIP David Carradine [1936 - 2009]
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| jashic |
| Oh yeah, he's the white guy...who was playing a chinese guy who knows kung fu....but didn't know kung fu....because studio execs didn't want an asian on TV. That's how he'll be remembered by 80% of the world. |
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| able.h |
he's white? all this time i thought he was asian...
anyhow, I heard on the radio earlier today they were saying that the Thailand police is investigating this case, they said it could've been a suicide... :nervous:
RIP David |
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| LYNDSAYwhaaat? |
| quote: | Originally posted by able.h
he's white? all this time i thought he was asian...
anyhow, I heard on the radio earlier today they were saying that the Thailand police is investigating this case, they said it could've been a suicide... :nervous:
RIP David |
yah... looks like he hung himself :(
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies...dead-bangkok-ap |
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| darin epsilon |
| What?! NOOOOO!!!!! |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
Actually, the original BBC article said they found him with a "cord wrapped around his neck and genitals." They changed it about 20 minutes later to "..wrapped around his neck and other body parts."
In other words, he pulled a Michael Hutchence. Still sad. |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty
In other words, he pulled a Michael Hutchence. Still sad. |
so he was getting his freak on |
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| R!CH |
| quote: | Originally posted by jashic
Oh yeah, he's the white guy...who was playing a chinese guy who knows kung fu....but didn't know kung fu....because studio execs didn't want an asian on TV. That's how he'll be remembered by 80% of the world. |
ha! sad but true. not to diminish his career, but david carradine will always epitomize the insular hollywood ethos of marginalizing asians--in his case by playing the role of an asian martial artist because he's somehow more convincing than the real thing. the practice, although less overt as it was in the 70s still exists today.
on the other hand, what a freaky motherfucker! |
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| Dj Blurr |
"Was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals"
Police: Carradine death may have been accidental
June 5, 2009, 6:20 AM EST
BANGKOK (AP) -- The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.
The 72-year-old actor's body was discovered Thursday in his luxury suite at Bangkok's Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel. Police initially said they suspected suicide, though Carradine's associates had questioned that theory.
Police Lt. Gen. Worapong Chewprecha told reporters that Carradine was found with a rope tied around his genitals and another rope around his neck.
"The two ropes were tied together," he said. "It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not or he died of suffocation or heart failure."
Thai police completed an autopsy on Carradine on Friday. But Police Col. Somprasong Yenthuam, superintendent of the Lumpini police station, which is handling the case, said results would not be ready for at least three weeks because the cause of death was unclear. He called the time lag "normal."
Dr. Nanthana Sirisap, director of Chulalongkorn Hospital's Autopsy Center, told reporters that the autopsy was conducted because of the "unusual circumstances surrounding Carradine's death," but did not elaborate.
Police Lt. Teerapop Luanseng had said Thursday that Carradine's body was found "naked, hanging in a closet," and that police at the time suspected suicide.
But one of Carradine's managers dismissed the theory.
"All we can say is, we know David would never have committed suicide," said Tiffany Smith of Binder & Associates, his management company. "We're just waiting for them to finish the investigation and find out what really happened. He really appreciated everything life has to give ... and that's not something David would ever do to himself."
Carradine had flown to Thailand last week and began work on a film titled "Stretch" two days before his death, Smith said. He had several other projects lined up after the action film, which was being directed by Charles De Meaux.
Carradine was in good spirits when he left the U.S. for Thailand on May 29 to work on "Stretch," Smith said.
"David was excited to do it and excited to be a part of it," she said by phone from Beverly Hills.
Filming began Tuesday, she said, adding that the crew was devastated by Carradine's death and did not wish to speak publicly about it for the time being.
Aurelio Giraudo, the hotel's general manager, said Carradine checked into the hotel May 31 and he last saw him June 3. He said Carradine chatted with staff and even played piano a few nights in the lobby as well as flute which the "guests really enjoyed."
"I was a fan. I had a very nice talk with him when he checked in," Giraudo told The Associated Press. "He was very much a person full of life. I mentioned to him that I had seen (the movie) "Crank" with my family and that was the last smile he gave me."
Giraudo said a chambermaid discovered Carradine's body, adding that she knocked and entered after there was no response. Police arrived shortly thereafter.
Somprasong said there was no evidence there was anyone else in the room at the time of Carradine's death.
Carradine, a martial arts practitioner himself, was best known for the U.S. TV series "Kung Fu," which aired in 1972-75. He played Kwai Chang Caine, an orphan who was raised by Shaolin monks and fled China after killing the emperor's nephew in retaliation for the murder of his kung fu master.
Carradine also appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby.
He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino 's two-part saga "Kill Bill." Bill, the worldly father figure of a pack of crack assassins, was a shadowy presence in 2003's "Kill Bill — Vol. 1." In that film, one of Bill's former assassins (Uma Thurman) begins a vengeful rampage against her old associates, including Bill.
RIP David Carradine |
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| djjoshuaallen |
| I like to jerk off as much as the next guy, but some people push the limits a bit much |
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| DJ RANN |
| Oh dear, beginning to sound like the Micheal Hutchense death... :nervous: |
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| bas |
| Merged the two David Carradine threads, MOD POWERS ACTIVATE! |
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