“Kung Fu” star David Carradine found dead in Bangkok
Published: June 4, 2009
BANGKOK (AP) — Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.
The Web site of the newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide.
Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.
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Ok. Not to be critical but I am baffled as to why there is an article about 72 year old actor, granted he was a great actor, who has apparently taken his own life yet I have yet to find and read the article about the 12 year old boy who was electocuted and died just miles from Woodbridge playing baseball last night. I don’t get it and a becoming increasingly frustrated with this site. Go ahead and tell me to stop reading it then as some of you might say. I just may do that.
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