The mystery deepened over the death of American cult actor
David Carradine, best known for TVs 1970s series "Kung Fu,"
who was found naked in a hotel closet in the Thai capital.
This file photo released by ABC on Sept. 20, 1973 shows
Carradine as Caine on the television series "Kung Fu.
AP Photo/ABC, file.
The mystery deepened over the death of American cult actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," whose naked body was found in a hotel closet in the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Police initially suspected suicide but after information emerged that Carradine had a rope running to his neck and genitals, speculation has run rampant that the star's death was due to accidental suffocation, possibly due to auto-erotic sex play gone awry. The practice of auto-erotic asphyxiation involves temporarily cutting the supply of oxygen to heighten the effects of a sexual climax.
A chambermaid found Carradine's body Thursday morning in his luxury suite at Bangkok's Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel, said general manager, Aurelio Giraudo. Police were summoned and arrived shortly thereafter.
"When I arrived, I saw the dead body with a string of rope tied around his neck, also tied around his wrist," said Police Colonel Somprasong Yenthuam, Superintendent of Lumpini Police station, which is handling the case.
Another police officer, Lt. Gen. Worapong Chewprecha told reporters that Carradine was found with a rope tied around his genitals and another rope around his neck.
Celebrity bloggers and social media sites were buzzing with news of Carradine's death, which has dominated search traffic since his death was announced.
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Comments
now we know, sort of, great actor in kill bill #2, but in real life, a very most kinky dude. bruce lee was supposed to take the role in kung fu, then t.v. history would have changed forever, not a white guy trying to be orientalized. john wayne looked ridiculous playing gengus khan. carradine was ridiculous trying to talk chinesey. actors have too much time off, so this one went off.
Easy, Maybelline, that's Kwai Chang Caine you're talking about there (wink)...and Uncle Bill. A true legend and much missed. Also, I don't consider the word 'kinky' to be pejorative, merely descriptive. I imagine auto-erotic asphyxiation, for all its 'kinky' connotations, might be a right pleasant way to go...especially considering the alternatives in life, like falling out of the sky into a howling ocean storm in the middle of the night...or actually hanging yourself...Go in peace, Grasshopper...godspeed.
this really saddens me that news paper write what they think what happens and not what they know. he was a good actor and if he was kinky so be it let the man and his family haVE PEACE AND HOW DO YOU REALLY KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPEN IS EVEN SEXUAL. SUCIDAL OR WHAT EVER? WHY DOES THE MAN RACE GOT TO BE PUT INTO IT AND WHO KNOWS HE COULD OF BEEN KILLED BY A KINKY PERSON OR A DRUG DEAL GONE BAD INFORMANT ETC NO ONE KNOWS SO WHY BLUNT OUT YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS JUST TO TEAR THE MANS NAME UP AND WALK AWAY AS NOTHING PRAY WITH THIS MAN FAMILY AND WHA EVER HAPPEN PRAY FOR THAT TO. MAY ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE COMFORT AND PEACE i REALLY SEND MY CONDOLENCES. SORRY ABOUT MY SPELLING i JUST HAD TO LET YOU KNOW THEIR IS MANY OUT HERE WHOM ARE REALLY SADDEN THAT HE PASSED AWAY AND WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE PEACE AND MAY GODS BLEESINGS POUR DOWN ON ALL OF YOU. lIFE TO SHORT FOR BITTERNESS AND UNFORGIVENESS ITS TIME TO ALL MAKE OUR MINDS UP AND FOLLOW jESUS HE COMING FOR HIS PEOPLE SOON WERE ALL HIS.
David Carradine was a good actor , He left the World a few good movies .Thats all whats important for his public and the rest of the world , his personal life is not their business. May he rest in peache.
Leave the man alone, why must we know every detail of what happened to him. Let him rest in peace. If there was foul play, by all means investigate. If not, shut up about it and let him rest...Have a Soul.................
I STILL STRONGLY BELIEVE HE WAS MURDERED...
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