David Carradine Dead

[Mulboyne]

Telegraph: David Carradine found dead in wardrobe of Bangkok hotel

David Carradine, star of the television series Kung Fu and the Kill Bill movies, has been found hanged and half-naked in the wardrobe of a Bangkok hotel room, according to reports. The body of Carradine, 72, was discovered by a maid early on Thursday morning. He was in the Thai capital to shoot Stretch, his latest film. A spokesman for the US Embassy confirmed that Carradine had died either late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, but said he could provide no further details. 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 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. He failed to join fellow cast and crew members for dinner on Wednesday night but they did not raise the alarm, believing that he was resting...more...

[American Oyaji]

Not only no, but HELL NO!!

Carradine can't go out like that man. Something about that just aint right!:ninja3:

[IkemenTommy]

I wonder if the "suicide" involved drugs and Thai hookers. That's going to ruin his Legend legacy.

[Ketou]

Damn...why is it always naked with ropes or drugs.....

[Yokohammer]

The current reports are that it was "a sex game gone wrong," and other variations on the theme.

[Iraira]

The current reports are that it was "a sex game gone wrong," and other variations on the theme.

1) Dammit, do I have to teach everyone how to autoerotically asphyxiate?
2) He was 73...gotta respect him even more, if he went out true perv style.

[amdg]

Autoerotic asphyxiation? Yeah, that's what they want you to believe.

Anything that draws attention away from the real cause - Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique.

[IkemenTommy]

The current reports are that it was "a sex game gone wrong," and other variations on the theme.

Did I call that one or what?

[2triky]

[IkemenTommy]

Seriously, if you are going to die, at least die in dignity because this is starting to get fucked up.

[Iraira]

Seriously, if you are going to die, at least die in dignity because this is starting to get fucked up.

Dunno, he's climbing up my respect-o-meter with each niews update. I never really saw Caine as a freak....shit, my dad is only 7 years older than him, and I can't/really don't want to imagine pops getting the rope out of the garage and....

Here's a few options for you masturbation enthusiasts...when you're tired of the Tenga.....try the shroud knot.....

[Kuang_Grade]

While not making light of the event, I find the way this story is spreading/changing over time interesting....While this is the current AP story line is

"It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not or he died of suffocation or heart failure."

but about twelve hours ago it was

"It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not or he died of suffocation or heart failure due to orgasm" which I thought was a pretty saucy quote for the AP and I was wondering how newspapers would handle that quote

[Yokohammer]

What always impresses me (not necessarily in a good way) about these types of stories is that if it had just been the old bloke down the road it would have been a nonevent. The price for celebrity is extracted in so many ways.

[AssKissinger]

Not only no, but HELL NO!!

Carradine can't go out like that man. Something about that just aint right!:ninja3:

You forgot the most important one:

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Something isn't right here. A 72 year old guy dies alone in a kinky sex thing in a Bangkok hotel room? Kinky sex, alone, Bangkok. Just don't add up. Was there a note signed by his mother also?

[Behan]

Something isn't right here. A 72 year old guy dies alone in a kinky sex thing in a Bangkok hotel room? Kinky sex, alone, Bangkok. Just don't add up. Was there a note signed by his mother also?

Good point. He could have hired help cheaply. If there had been someone there, they might have run off fearing trouble.

[Greji]

Seriously, if you are going to die, at least die in dignity because this is starting to get fucked up.

That may appear to be a point if you're looking at if from the PR point of view, but there is a different realistic point of view. Insurance!

Autoerotic asphyxiation is an accidental death. Suicide is not and depending on the type of policy or the time limit, may be voided if suicide is established. AA will in most cases be double indemnity.

Police in recent years have been pressured to establish cause of death more exactly in these type of deaths because of the recognition of AA, which until 30 or 40 years ago was unknown and were routinely written off as suicides, which can result in a major cash loss to the family from the estate.

As for the other side of the story, this is also a learning moment. So the next time you see Iraira flopping around on the floor with his tongue popping in and out like a cash register drawer, you will now be able to recognize that he is not trying to do himself in, he's merely getting off....

[Gilligan]

As for the other side of the story, this is also a learning moment. So the next time you see Iraira flopping around on the floor with his tongue popping in and out like a cash register drawer, you will now be able to recognize that he is not trying to do himself in, he's merely getting off....

Just out of curiosity G, how many times HAVE you seen Iraira flopping around on the floor with his tongue popping in and out like a cash register drawer?

For me personally, the one time I saw it my mind as I was reading your sentence was one too many. Nothing personal there Iraira, I'm just saying...

[Iraira]

Just out of curiosity G, how many times HAVE you seen Iraira flopping around on the floor with his tongue popping in and out like a cash register drawer?

For me personally, the one time I saw it my mind as I was reading your sentence was one too many. Nothing personal there Iraira, I'm just saying...

got a little frisky with the send button...this is masturbation we're talking about....please continue reading my maybe clever retort to Greji's allegation below....

[Iraira]

Just out of curiosity G, how many times HAVE you seen Iraira flopping around on the floor with his tongue popping in and out like a cash register drawer?

For me personally, the one time I saw it my mind as I was reading your sentence was one too many. Nothing personal there Iraira, I'm just saying...

I'm more into electrical stimulation of the prostate to induce orgasm than some ancient masturbatory form that's been around at least since the 1600's (perhaps invented by the Grej-ster himself):p

List of famous Autoero deaths: pinched from Wikipedia
[quote]Frantisek Kotzwara, composer, died from erotic asphyxiation in 1791, which is probably the first recorded case.
Sada Abe killed her lover, Kichizo Ishida, through erotic asphyxiation in 1936, proceeding to cut off his testicles and carry them in her handbag for a number of days. The case caused a sensation in 1930s Japan and has remained one of the most famous Japanese murder cases of all time.
Albert Dekker, stage and screen actor, was found in 1968 with his body graffitized and a noose around his neck in his bathroom.
Vaughn Bodé]

Would Joycelyn Elders approve of AEA?

[Greji]

I'm more into electrical stimulation of the prostate to induce orgasm than some ancient masturbatory form that's been around at least since the 1600's (perhaps invented by the Grej-ster himself):p

I would have answered your lame humor early, but I was busy choking on my garter belt. Now that is over an cleaned up, I want to know what you find so stimulating about sitting on a cattle prod? We out grew that in middle school!

You need to think outside of the box more and grow. I mean the scope is endless, electric dildos hotwired to the third rail of the Marunouchsen and the like....

[osopolar]

[Greji]

Hey, Iraira! Did you check out what bear just came up with? Pointed grappling hooks with bungee cords attached! We may be missing out on something here!

[Iraira]

Hey, Iraira! Did you check out what bear just came up with? Pointed grappling hooks with bungee cords attached! We may be missing out on something here!

Different images come to mind when I think about "auto erotic"

Lovin' the twin overhead cams.

[osopolar]

[Greji]

Different images come to mind when I think about "auto erotic"

Lovin' the twin overhead cams.

That pair of blast retarder's ain't too shabby either.....

[Greji]

New York Post: Whack'y Kung Fu

"....He had been accused of being a fan of "potentially deadly" kinky sex acts in divorce papers Anderson filed against him in 2003....."

Well, at least it's nice to know he was just one of the fellas. Would have fit right in here on FG...

[IkemenTommy]

According to his wikipedia entry:

A police official said Carradine was found hanging by a rope in the room's closet,[15][16] and the Bangkok Post reported that his body was found curled up in the wardrobe with a shoelace tied around his genitals and neck.[17] The same officer said: "Under these circumstances we cannot be sure that he committed suicide but he may have died from masturbation.

OK, if that was the case and masturbation causes one to die, shouldn't mankind be extinct already?

Meanwhile, in his last featured film, Carradine plays the character of Poon Dong in the movie Crank: High Voltage. What a way to be remembered.

[osopolar]

..Didn't take long..

A total of FIVE photos are in existence, RadarOnline(dotto)com has confirmed. All of the photos show Carradine nude and strapped to a metal coroner's table with the autopsy incision plainly visible.

The photos have been offered for sale around the world, although no one has yet purchased them.

Follow the jump for a somewhat revealing pic.. via WWTDD..