David Carradine found dead
There are some actors who die and an entire generation will mourn. David Carradine is that actor. The “Kill Bill” star was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room Wednesday, according to his manager. He was 72.
Chuck Binder said Carradine was staying in Bangkok while shooting a movie. The film crew noticed his absence when they went out to eat Wednesday and when a producer went to his room, he discovered that the actor had died.
A statement on behalf of his family has yet to be released, but Binder called the death “shocking and sad.”
The cause of death is under investigation, but The Nation claims that an unidentified Thai police source said the actor was found hung in his hotel room from curtain rope in an apparent suicide.
The Nation also reported that the hotel maid found Carradine’s half naked body in a closet Thursday morning and that there were no signs of a struggle or assault.
I (and legions of viewers) remember seeing him as a kid in “Kung Fu” and “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.” The original show is about Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest traveling the 1800s American frontier West and in the sequel, he portrayed Caine’s grandson.
He returned to fame in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s two-part saga “Kill Bill.”
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