David Carradine found Hanged in Hotel
admin | Jun 04, 2009 | Comments 0
Kill Bill actor David Carrdine has been found dead in his hotel in Thailand. The 72 year old who was shooting his new film Stretch is believed to have hanged himself at the Park Nai Lert Hotel in Bangkok. His body was found by a maid.
According to a spokesman for the US embassy who confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor, Carradine died either late on Wednesday or early today, but he could not provide further details “out of consideration for his family”,
“He was found in his hotel room in Bangkok but the cause of death has not yet been established,” the official said.
However local police officer Pirom Janthapirom suspects it is a case of suicide. He said: “We found his body hanging in the wardrobe of his hotel room at around 11:30 am (0430 GMT) with a rope around his neck. “We are investigating from where he got the rope because it does not seem it was from the hotel.”
Born in 1936, he became famous in the Seventies for his role as “Grasshopper” Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest in the 1800s American West in television series Kung Fu.
He was introduced to a new generation of fans when he played Bill, the lead villian and leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Quentin Tarrantino’s Kill Bill, Volumes One and Two.
He is survived by his fifth wife, Annie Bierman, and three children including actresses Calista and Kansas.
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