# Kung Fu's David Carradine Dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691 "2009-06-04T13:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/21 "2009-06-04T16:13:03Z")
When I first saw the news my first thought was, “well at least they’ll finally have to replace him on CSI Miami.” Then I realized i was getting David Carradine and David Caruso confused. No good can come of David Carradine dying…rip. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/22 "2009-06-04T16:17:04Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Yeah, I saw that as well. Now it says “and other parts of his body”. So, maybe some auto-erotic-asphixia or whatever they call it? Just damn. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/23 "2009-06-04T16:17:54Z")
RIP, Grasshopper. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/24 "2009-06-04T16:20:08Z")
[Link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/739/whats-the-story-on-autoerotic-asphyxiation) to revelant Cecil column. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/25 "2009-06-04T16:21:19Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Well darn. I was about to comment on his taking the Night Train to Mundo Fine but that was his dad. Um, well, I guess that’s a little bit frightnin’, but this was done with expert timin’. Um, I take this back, now knowing some details of his demise. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/26 "2009-06-04T16:22:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > David Carradine has a new film coming out. > > _Hung Fu_ > > (Actually, I’m sorry to hear the news. But I couldn’t resist.) Well, I was going to say “Wow…one night in Bangkok DOES make a strong man humble.” but yours is better. Sad news, I shouldn’t make light of it. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/27 "2009-06-04T16:25:55Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/28 "2009-06-04T16:26:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/739/whats-the-story-on-autoerotic-asphyxiation) to revelant Cecil column. Hmmm, I’m hoping not too relevant. The dude was over 70 years old. I’m hoping the guy would find a better way to get off than autoerotic asphyxiation. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/29 "2009-06-04T16:29:07Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > So, maybe some auto-erotic-asphixia or whatever they call it? > > Just damn. Yeah, I was thinking he may have pulled a Vaughn Bodé. Or, after reading some of **Siam Sam** ’s posts, I wonder if there was foul play. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/30 "2009-06-04T17:03:33Z")
There’s something to be said about still being able to get your freak on at that age. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/31 "2009-06-04T17:03:40Z")
I can fully account for my whereabouts (for most of) tonight. The local press is treating it as a suicide. Story [here](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/06/04/headlines/headlines_30104421.php). Whether it was a suicide or a Michael Hutchence, pity the poor maid who found the body. She probably won’t stop running until she hits ocean. Thais are very superstitious, and to come across a dead body like this is their worst nightmare. This was in the Nai Lert Park Hotel on Wireless Road. I am familiar with the place. It used to be the Hilton. The Hilton today is over on the river. Back in the 1980s, when this was still the Hilton, it had hands down THE best Sunday brunch, although it’s been eclipsed since then. This is not the first sensational death there, either. I recall maybe 13 or 15 years ago, a prostitute went missing on her way to meet a client there. They found the body in a water-storage tank on top of the hotel several days after she went missing. Yes, the water that was pumped into the rooms and kitchens. Lovely. It eventually transpired that a security guard had killed her in the carpark. She’d asked him for directions to the client’s room, he made some smart-ass remark to her about being a prostitute, she ripped him a new asshole mouthing off to him, so he killed her. Dumped the body in the water tank and took off for his village in the Northeast without so much as a by your leave. Since he disappeared about the same time the girl was last seen alive, the police put two and two together and found him in his village. Whatever the story behind Carradine is, I’ll bet there’s a good chance a bargirl is involved. There usually is. But RIP, David. Loved your recent performance in _Crank: High Voltage_. BTW: The name of the film he was here to work on is, ironically, _Stretch_. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/32 "2009-06-04T17:06:10Z")
He’s married and has three children. I hope it’s not some extramarital kinky sex, or his wife will have THAT to deal with too on top of his death. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/33 "2009-06-04T17:18:19Z")
To me, he will always be Cole Younger. “First getting shot…then getting married? Bad habits!” RIP ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/34 "2009-06-04T18:18:27Z")
The title does make me wonder: Are there so many David Carradines out there that we have to make a distinction? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/35 "2009-06-04T18:23:06Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Whatever the story behind Carradine is, I’ll bet there’s a good chance a bargirl is involved. There usually is. As Jimmy Buffet said, some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I know it’s just my own goddamn fault. A woman might break your heart but it’s ultimately YOUR decision to commit suicide over it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/36 "2009-06-04T18:27:59Z")
I’ll always remember him as Justin in _North and South_. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/37 "2009-06-04T18:36:37Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > The title does make me wonder: Are there so many David Carradines out there that we have to make a distinction? 🙂 Well, there are other acting Carradines; the title is just to remind you which one which one was found hanging in a closet in Bangkok. By the way, since the locals are treating it as a suicide, I wonder if a note was found… ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/38 "2009-06-04T18:50:15Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Can’t believe he would kill himself. His career was probably hotter than it’d been in 30 years. I worked on one of his shows. That he died “unexpectedly” is not so much a surprise, but I feel very bad for his family. It really seemed that he was getting his act together. I was told that he could be wickedly smart. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/39 "2009-06-04T18:53:48Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > By the way, since the locals are treating it as a suicide, I wonder if a note was found… You have to remember that just about any farang (Westerner) deaths here are treated as a suicide, even if they’ve been found tied up hanging upside down and pole-axed. Especially so, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691/40 "2009-06-04T18:56:39Z")
Maybe this makes me odd, but I’d rather find out it was the result of AEE than a suicide. Although the first still sucks, people die all the time, often from accidents. I’m not saying that it isn’t still kind of tragic, but it seems better than knowing he spent his last moments so despondent that he could see no other course of action than to take his own life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fus-david-carradine-dies/498691.md?page=3)