Bill has been killed

[Sir T]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_thailand_david_carradine

BANGKOK – 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 news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said the embassy was informed by Thai authorities that 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 Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room.

It said Carradine was in Bangkok to shoot a movie and had been staying at the hotel since Tuesday.

The newspaper said Carradine could not be contacted after he failed to appear for a meal with the rest of the film crew on Wednesday, and that his body was found by a hotel maid at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The name of the movie was not immediately available.

It said a preliminary police investigation found that he had hanged himself with a cord used with the room's curtains. It cited police as saying he had been dead at least 12 hours and there was no sign that he had been assaulted.

A police officer at Bangkok's Lumpini precinct station would not confirm the identity of the dead man to The Associated Press, but said the luxury Swissotel Nai Lert Park hotel had reported that a male guest killed himself there.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.

In all, he appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby.

But he was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest traveling the 1800s American frontier West in the TV series "Kung Fu," which aired in 1972-75.

He reprised the role in a mid-1980s TV movie and played Caine's grandson in the 1990s syndicated series "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues."

He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin Tarantino's two-part saga "Kill Bill."

[Samwise]

[bhodi]

Likely a suicide, this story says a rope. No one is totally sure yet.

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and body on Thursday morning.

The US star was in Thailand filming his latest film Stretch, according to his personal manager Chuck Binder.

Mr Binder said the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."

Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.

The star was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s TV series Kung Fu, which spawned sequels in the '80s and '90s.

After a career which included more than 100 movies with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman, he recently found fame again thanks to his role in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill.

He is survived by his wife, Annie Bierman, and four children.

Four children, no wonder!

[Signe]

I always found him sort of mysterious and creepy.   Now he's even died in a kind of mysterious and creepy way.  I mean, in this age of easily obtained prescription drugs - who hangs themselves?  Still, maybe he didn't.  Maybe he'll come back as some crazy Kung Fu ghost wizard and go after the people who did it.  That would be just like him.

[bhodi]

The telegraph is a bit more graphic

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals.

The local Bangkok newspaper, The Nation, cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was believed to have committed suicide and had hanged himself with a curtain cord in his suite at the Park Nai Lert Hotel.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I immediately think there may be an underage sex scandel here.

[Signe]

Ok.  After reading that little genital blurb thingy, it's not as mysterious.  It's now mostly just creepy.   

[Mrbloodworth]

There is no way he committed suicide.


Accidental kinky shit gone wrong? sure.

[Bunk]

His passing saddens me greatly. I grew up watching Kung Fu.

[Engels]

Accidental kinky shit gone wrong? sure.

sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals.

Sounds to me like someone else was involved. Probably some prossie and the event of the evening was some form of autoerotic asphyxiation. And then when everything went tits up, the prossie stuffed him in the closet.

I would prefer it that way. Carradine getting his freak on in his 70s than killing himself.

[Signe]

I don't know.  People are odd and he was kind of extra special odd, no?  Didn't he live in a tree house for a long time and once say that Rick Sprinfield was one of his favourite musicians?  That's pretty weird.  Still, the whole thing sounds awful. 

[WayAbvPar]

Bob Crane approves.

[Pennilenko]

I would prefer it that way. Carradine getting his freak on in his 70s than killing himself.

This

[stray]

RIP. The only white man I'd call Asian.  /pours 40 oz

[schild]

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

[Arthur_Parker]

Somebody on SA.

Dude died doing what he loved: killing legions of potential usurpers with but a stroke of his hand.

[Salamok]

Bob Crane approves.

or Michael Hutchence

[Engels]

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

what song is that? I remember it from childhood, but I have no idea who sings it or what its called.

[schild]

Murray Head, One Night in Bangkok, from the musical "Chess."

[voodoolily]

The telegraph is a bit more graphic

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals.

The local Bangkok newspaper, The Nation, cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was believed to have committed suicide and had hanged himself with a curtain cord in his suite at the Park Nai Lert Hotel.

I was automatically assuming autoerotic asphyxiation. It's what killed Michael Hutchence! Unintentional suicide.

[WayAbvPar]

Murray Head, One Night in Bangkok, from the musical "Chess."

Goofy as hell, but I love it. Since I know schild is such a huge BTVS fan, a trivia note- Murray Head is Anthony Head's (Giles) brother. Make of that what you will.

[Merusk]

There are 3 80's songs I will cherish forever and curse anyone who speaks ill of.

The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Sweet Dreams (are made of this) by the Eurythmics
and One Night in Bangcock.

/pointless derail.

[WayAbvPar]

Sweet Dreams I can take or leave, but I am with you on Safety Dance. And Weird Al's interpretation, Brady Bunch.

[Montague]

There are 3 80's songs I will cherish forever and curse anyone who speaks ill of.

The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
Sweet Dreams (are made of this) by the Eurythmics
and One Night in Bangcock.

/pointless derail.

Our guild leader in WoW played Safety Dance every time we fought Heigan. Every. Single. Time.

Forgive me if I loathe the song. 

[Merusk]

My wife bought me their "greatest Hits" CD and instantly regretted it.  The Safety Dance has 2 versions on the disc and I played them in rotation for weeks.  I can not get sick of the song.

[Tebonas]

They are brothers? That thought never entered my head.

No, that pun wasn't intentional.

[Endie]

That's a relief: despite knowing about the story already, when I saw the title I thought you meant that Bill the Cat had been killed off.

[bhodi]

David Carradine's wife and his manager disputed suggestions that the actor's death was a suicide, while rescue workers and police in Bangkok, Thailand, said the actor's neck and genitals were found bound with rope.

[Salamok]

The telegraph is was a bit more graphic

Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals other body parts.

The local Bangkok newspaper, The Nation, cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was believed to have committed suicide and had hanged himself with a curtain cord in his suite at the Park Nai Lert Hotel.

they FIFY

[Righ]

Our guild leader in WoW played Safety Dance every time we fought Heigan. Every. Single. Time.

That's awesome. These are the things that make a great guild leader.

This news is rather going to put a damper on the upcoming teen comedy-drama My Suicide, isn't it?

[gryeyes]

Emmy for sure.

[Merusk]

That's a relief: despite knowing about the story already, when I saw the title I thought you meant that Bill the Cat had been killed off.

He already died once, back in the 80s.  It may have been twice, even, as I never read all of Outland.

[Azazel]

Our guild leader in WoW played Safety Dance every time we fought Heigan. Every. Single. Time.

That's awesome. These are the things that make a great guild leader.

This news is rather going to put a damper on the upcoming teen comedy-drama My Suicide, isn't it?

Publicity stunt?

[fuser]

The photo's of the crime scene are now online...

(not even bothering linking it but its out there)

[Tale]

The photo's of the crime scene are now online...

(not even bothering linking it but its out there)

Seems fake. Head has thick black hair (Carradine had thin grey hair - that would have to be a wig if it's him) and people say it doesn't look like the rooms of the hotel where he was found. It's being hosted on CNN's iReport site with a "discretion advised" screen.

Not worth looking at. The key information would be hands tied above head, ruling out suicide, but it doesn't even seem to be him so it's not useful.