David Carradine
Actor David Carradine, age 72, the star of television series Kung Fu and the Kill Bill movies, was found dead Thursdayin his Bangkok Hotel room, the US embassy here in bangkok confirmed the death. And said “He was found in his hotel room in Bangkok but the cause of death has not yet been established”.
Police officials said they suspected Carradine had committed suicide, after the actor’s body was discovered in his hotel room.”We suspect that he committed suicide by hanging himself,” officer Pirom Janthapirom stated, adding that security cameras showed no one else going in or out of Carradine’s room.
“We found his body hanging in the wardrobe of his hotel room at around 11:30 am (0430 GMT) with a rope around his neck,” said Pirom. “We are investigating from where he got the rope because it does not seem it was from the hotel.”
A hotel maid opened his suite on Thursday at 10 am and found Carradine in a closet. He was described as behind half naked.
Officer Pirom said that all of the actor’s personal belongings “were intact. There is no trace of fighting in the hotel room and the room was locked from inside,” he said, adding “there is no sign of bruising on his body.”
Police said death happen less than 12 hours ago and they found no sign of fighting and assaults.
David Carradine in Kung Fu
Carradine, was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, and stayed at a Suite Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road since June 2.
Actor David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine
The film crew were aware of his absence when they went to dine out at a restaurant on Sathorn Road on June 3. Carradine did not show up for dinner, the crew thought he was resting in his room. They assumed jet lag and his age after the long flight.
David Carradine in Kill Bill
Carradine’s personal manager, Chuck Binder, told BBC that the news was “shocking”, adding: “He was full of life, always wanting to work… a great person.”
David Carradine appeared in 102 movies and 166 hours of television, most famously as Kwai Chang Caine, who wandered the Old West in the early-’70s chopsocky series Kung Fu, kicking the occasional ass and dispensing mystical nuggets of wisdom.
His recent roles included Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” in 2003 and 2004, but Carradine is best known for his role as the fugitive half-Chinese Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s eastern western TV drama “Kung Fu”. He also starred in Martin Scorsese’s “Boxcar Bertha” in 1972, portrayed folksinger Woody Guthrie in “Bound for Glory” in 1976, acted in Ingmar Bergman’s “The Serpent’s Egg” in 1977 and co-starred with half brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine in the 1980 western “The Long Riders”.
He was the son of prominent actor John Carradine and part of an acting family that includes brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine.
