# Robert Carradine dies at 71 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 24, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934 "2026-02-24T15:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/21 "2026-02-25T00:25:30Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I missed out on some of the other brothers’ work, but I think I’ll try to find some of it. Keith in Southern Comfort. I don’t how well it holds up but I really enjoyed it at the time: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083111/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083111/) > [@Sylvanz](#): > > father John in the old horror movies. Immortalized in this Ass Pony’s song: > **[Ass Ponys - Kung Fu Reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qZUxoZ0Bk%2F)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/22 "2026-02-25T00:36:43Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Funny story about RotNs. Way back when, I saw that movie with a girl I was dating. She liked it and wanted to see the ‘original’. I was confused, we talked around each other for a long time until I realized she assumed that since it was called “Revenge of” there must have been an original “Nerds” that this was a sequel to. Well, there was an episode of _CBS Afternoon Playhouse_ called _Revenge of the Nerd_ which aired the year before (1983). Though it was totally unrelated to the later film franchise. I think it just had a similar name by coincidence. [IMDb: CBS Afternoon Playhouse “Revenge of the Nerd”](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297766/) Also, on Wikipedia: > **[CBS Schoolbreak Special | Season 5 (1982–83)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Schoolbreak_Special#Season_5_(1982%E2%80%9383))** > > 1.CBS Schoolbreak Special at IMDb | > 2.CBS Afternoon Playhouse at IMDb I was 5 years old when that episode aired, almost 6, and I remember seeing it on TV. When the film _Revenge of the Nerds_ came out the following year, I was sure they were related somehow. It wasn’t until years later, when I was old enough to actually watch the movies (on cable) that I figured out they had nothing to do with each other. Hmm, that whole episode is available for viewing here, if anyone is curious: > **[Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fjrql)** I do not recommend it, as it was made for TV in 1983 and geared toward teens on CBS. Keep your expectations **very** low. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/23 "2026-02-25T15:03:28Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > that shocked me! I had no idea he was related to those Carradines. Same here! He doesn’t look like the others. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/24 "2026-02-25T15:15:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Episode I: The Dork Menace The Last Booger The Rise of Skolnick ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/25 "2026-02-25T15:32:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Well, there was an episode of _CBS Afternoon Playhouse_ called _Revenge of the Nerd_ which aired the year before (1983). Which sounds like it should be a sequel to [The Nerd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nerd_(play)). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/26 "2026-02-28T00:36:49Z")
Update.. Looks like he might have commit suicide. He was in the hospital and he was found with a rope around his neck. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/27 "2026-02-28T00:46:53Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Update.. > > Looks like he might have commit suicide. This was never a question. From the 3rd post in this thread. > [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’m glad they were honest that he committed suicide due to mental illness instead of sweeping it under the rug like most people do. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/28 "2026-02-28T01:22:03Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Looks like he might have commit suicide. Definitely. David died similarly, though with David it was autoerotic asphyxiation. Very sad for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934/29 "2026-02-28T02:58:55Z")
Sounds like a glamorous life to be raised in a Hollywood family but he had a fucked up childhood. When his parents got divorced, during their custody battle, he was made a ward of the court and put in a home for abused children. (Along with Keith, David was 21 at the time) His father got full custody and he didn’t see his mother for 8 years and didn’t even know who she was. He thought his step mother was his mother until Keith told him the truth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934.md?page=1)