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Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

The Web site of the newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.
 
What a bummer. He was great in Kill Bill too.
 
just saw this on msn...so sad that he felt the need to take his own life. He was there working on a new movie. just shocking.
 
http://www.imdb.com/news/ns0000002/#ni0818207

Carradine Death Was Accidental

David Carradine died during a sex game that went wrong, according to sources in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was found dead on Thursday.

Carradine's body was discovered in a hotel suite and local reports suggested he committed suicide.

He was discovered by a maid, naked and hanged, but the suggestions his death had a sexual twist were strongly disputed by the star's close friend, attorney Vicki Roberts, and his manager Chuck Binder, who insisted he died of natural causes.

But a statement from Carradine's representative now indicates the actor died during a sex act.

The spokesperson tells TMZ.com, "We can confirm 100 per cent that he never would have committed suicide. It was an accidental death. Everybody is in shock."

Rumours Carradine died attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation - where victims achieve heightened sexual pleasure by restricting their air supply - are backed up by a quote a Bangkok police officer gave to British newspaper The Sun.

The cop tells reporters, "A rope was attached to his neck and also to his penis".

Rocker Michael Hutchence was rumoured to have died attempting the same sex act in a Sydney, Australia hotel room back in 1997 - although his death was officially declared a suicide.

Carradine was in Thailand to shoot new movie Stretch. He was 72.
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That was the first thing that I thought of when I heard he was found hanged. Then I thought about his age and decided probably not.
 
Very sad news. Id at first heard the reports the he had committed suicide and it just didnt seem to add up. Id never heard that he had tried to commit suicide in the past and hadnt really heard anything about any tragedies happening to him, so it just didnt make sense.
The sex act explanation does make sense though. Its weird, but it makes sense.
I enjoyed watching him on the original Kung Fu and in the Kung Fu that was on TV in the mid '90s (the one that was a cop show where his son was a cop and he was pretty much the badass that beat up the bad guys) and I thought he was great in the Kill Bill movies, so its definetly sad news.
 
Okay, this is probably pushing the bounds of acceptable conversation, but can someone (tactfully please) explain the rope around the genitals? I understand the theory behind the restricted airway (or, at least, I've heard the theory), but what is the correlation to the rope around the genitals?
 
Harry,
I honest to goodness have absolutely no idea. Ask my wife, she seems to know all this stuff.

hehe
 
Spoiler
It directs more blood flow to the, well you know.
 
TheGasman said:
Spoiler
It directs more blood flow to the, well you know.
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Directs, or keeps once already there?

Still, to me, the discomfort would seem to outweigh the benefit.
 
I would say it keeps the blood there, perhaps helping the "member" to stay "up". Thats just a guess though, Im a good boy, so I dont know much about the kinky stuff... :angel:
 
I would say Bake is on the right path. I think the words strong like bull would be appropriate.
 
TheGasman said:
I would say Bake is on the right path. I think the words strong like bull would be appropriate.
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I think that if I had a problem with it not, "staying up", Id prefer to take the little blue pill than to tie a rope around my...well, you know...
 
Sad. And what a way to go -- whether it was an accidental sex-related death or an intentional suicide, no one would want their legacy tarnished by either possibility. I must admit that when I heard he was found in a hotel room in Bangkok, I feared the worst.
 
I've already heard one fellow remark he's always wanted to go out like Nelson Rockefeller, but not like Keith Carradine. I guess you have to choose your extracurriculars pretty carefully, gents.
 
worst_shot_ever said:
I must admit that when I heard he was found in a hotel room in Bangkok, I feared the worst.
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I think Murray Head said it best:
"One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me"
 
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Michael Hutchence anyone?
 
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