Kung Fu star David Carradine dead
p2pnet news view Movies | TV:- In the famous Kung Fu TV series, Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine travels slowly through the old American West, armed only with his skill in the martial arts — and a bamboo flute 
— as he searches for half-brother Danny Caine.
He’s portrayed by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a teenager and Radames Pera as a young boy), says the Wikipedia.
The late Bruce Lee was originally cast in the part, but Hollywood politics got in the way.
Now Carradine, 72, who also starred in Part II of the Kill Bill flicks, is dead.
He was found in a Bangkok hotel room today, says the BBC, going on Thai police said he was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck, “and other parts of his body”.
Rumours that he committed suicide are unconfirmed
Says his website, “Music was what David was doing at San Francisco State the day he happened into an acting class. The rest is history, but David never let go of music …”
BBC – Kung Fu star Carradine found dead, June 4, 2009
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June 4th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Bummer.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
@Jon:
“Rumours that he committed ?????? are unconfirmed”
: )
June 4th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
^^ Fixed. Good to see you’re paying attention.
Cheers!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Whah?
Sorry, Jon, did you say something?
)8^D>
June 4th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
omg!!!???/ i love this guy! WTF
June 4th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
“other parts of his body”?!? Almost sounds like an autoerotic self-strangulation, which is quite different from suicide.
June 4th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
<— Maybe that’s what Jon was getting at in his original statement “Rumours that he committed ?????? are unconfirmed”