DAVID CARRADINE DEATH: AN ACCIDENT?

According to janetcharltonshollywood.com the sudden death of David Carradine in a Thailand hotel is pointing to auto-erotic asphyxiation, NOT suicide. This is a kinky sex act in which a person cuts off his oxygen supply (in his case with a rope around the neck) in order to gain sexual gratification. The decreased oxygen to the brain causes euphoria and can enhance the sex act. It can be done alone or with a partner, but is obviously very risky. Since Carradine was found naked with rope tied around his neck AND his penis, suicide is not likely. His manager declared the death "accidental" without further comment.

DAVID CARRADINE FOUND DEAD IN BANGKOK

"Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" star David Carradine was found hung in a closet in a hotel room in Bangkok on Wednesday, Thai police said. Police believed he committed suicide.
Carradine, 72, 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."
The actor was in Bangkok to shoot a movie and stayed at a Suite Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road since June 2. The film crew were aware of his absence when they went to dine out at a restaurant on Sathorn Road on June 3. Carradine did not show up at the dinner and the team could not reach him. They assumed that he took a rest because of his age.
It was a hotel's maid who opened his suite on Thursday at 10 am only to find Carradine in a closet. He was described as being half naked.
Police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope, the kind that is used with curtains.
Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assault.
Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.
Aside from Quentin Tarantino's two part "Kill Bill" in 2003/04, Carradine was perhaps best known for his role as the fugitive half Chinese Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s eastern/western TV drama "Kung Fu". He also starred in Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" in 1972, portrayed folksinger Woody Guthrie in "Bound for Glory" in 1976, acted in Ingmar Bergman's "The Serpent's Egg" in 1977 and costarred with half brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine in the 1980 western "The Long Riders".
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