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David Carradine found dead, age 73

JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid?Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
edited June 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm

Many of us younger folk know David as Bill from the Kill Bill movies, and the older generation know him as Kwai Chang Caine from Kung Fu. David spent most of his career in bit parts, and in TV movies, but will always be known for those two roles, both massively popular and succesful. It's said the only reason Kung Fu only lasted 3 seasons is because David quit, being tired of getting injured all the time.

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Boo :(.

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ouch. RIP Mr. Carradine, you will be missed.

    I watched Kung Fu all the time as a youngster. I always wondered why I didn't see him in too many other things after that, but he did very well in Kill Bill.

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The cause for this murder was most certainly a violent falling out with his liver.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Aw, shit. He was an awesome actor.
    Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals on Thursday morning.

    What. The. Fuck.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Cherrn wrote: »
    Aw, shit. He was an awesome actor.
    Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals on Thursday morning.

    What. The. Fuck.
    Well it is Thailand...

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    He was filming a movie.

    And I didn't mention that because I didn't see a second source on it. So far that looks like bullshit to me.

    Edit: Looks like the BBC did update their article to include it. Sneaky bastards.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    They changed it to "rope around his neck and body".

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Remember kids: Choking yourself to get off is extremely dangerous

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  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    You will be missed!

    But why would someone put a rope around their neck and genitalia?

    I would have understood rope around a neck = suicide hanging.

    Just... huh? What?

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  • PantsBPantsB Fake Thomas Jefferson Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    TK-42-1 wrote: »
    Remember kids: Choking yourself to get off is extremely dangerous

    Especially if you do it inxs

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    So is this another auto-erotic asphixiwhatchamacallit mishap? I didn't think putting it round your wing-wang was necessary.

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  • RaakamRaakam Too many years... CanadalandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    PantsB wrote: »
    TK-42-1 wrote: »
    Remember kids: Choking yourself to get off is extremely dangerous

    Especially if you do it inxs

    O no you di-idn't

    Maybe he was trying to master the Iron-Testicle Style. That is so utterly random, but still a kick ass way to die. Perhaps Dan Brown will write a novel about it and how tying a rope around your neck and nuts is a symbol for how Noah is still alive...

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Bummer city.

    accidental suicide?

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  • Hardleft_335Hardleft_335 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I never understood why they had him play a guy named Kwai Chang Caine. Where there no Asian actors available?

    I loved him in Kill Bill though.

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  • GungHoGungHo Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Who needs to jerk off in Thailand?
    Hardleft_335 wrote: »
    I never understood why they had him play a guy named Kwai Chang Caine. Where there no Asian actors available?
    There are multiple stories on this one. But, yes... there were Asians available.

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  • necroSYSnecroSYS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    I guess he didn't get his kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    A shame. I'd heard... less than pleasant things about him at appearances, but I always enjoyed Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
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  • CamuiCamui Sogekidan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sucks ass, my old man just called me up and told me about it. Though I would wanna know why it happened before I feel bad or not.

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    PantsB wrote: »
    TK-42-1 wrote: »
    Remember kids: Choking yourself to get off is extremely dangerous

    Especially if you do it inxs

    :^:

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  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Looks like he snatched the pebble from god's hand.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    After living peacefully in a wheelchair, he got bored and took five steps so his heart exploded.

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  • RecklessReckless Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    RIP Mr Carradine. Looks like the yellowpages needs new a spokesperson. Luckily, they get a discount when putting employment ads in the yellowpages.

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  • TachTach Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hardleft_335 wrote: »
    I never understood why they had him play a guy named Kwai Chang Caine. Where there no Asian actors available?

    I loved him in Kill Bill though.
    You should read up on Bruce Lee, or see Dragon. Rumor has it that he came up with the series, but had it leg swept out from under him by the studios.

    Anyways, David Carradine. Yeah. Sad to hear. But- yeah, not the best actor in the world, guys.

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  • Typhus733Typhus733 Yip! Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    :( Was just talking about him for fun here at work and now I found out about this. Lame, excessively lame. Rest in Peace.

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    necroSYS wrote: »
    I guess he didn't get his kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.
    The world was his oyster, though.

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  • Hardleft_335Hardleft_335 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yeah, but why did the studios "leg sweep" it out from under him?

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  • BamaBama Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Tach wrote: »
    Anyways, David Carradine. Yeah. Sad to hear. But- yeah, not the best actor in the world, guys.
    I must have missed the part where people were saying this.

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  • necroSYSnecroSYS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Hardleft_335 wrote: »
    Yeah, but why did the studios "leg sweep" it out from under him?

    They didn't feel Bruce Lee could carry a television series, so they wanted a Western actor instead.

    Bruce Lee could go back to being the Asian sidekick.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Tach wrote: »
    Hardleft_335 wrote: »
    I never understood why they had him play a guy named Kwai Chang Caine. Where there no Asian actors available?

    I loved him in Kill Bill though.
    But- yeah, not the best actor in the world, guys.

    But always a welcome sight whenever he was in a movie.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Damn.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    necroSYS wrote: »
    I guess he didn't get his kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.

    You are terrible.

    I laughed, so I am too.

    But still.

    :cry:

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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hardleft_335 wrote: »
    Yeah, but why did the studios "leg sweep" it out from under him?

    'cism.

    Edit: allegedly

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ed321 wrote: »
    So is this another auto-erotic asphixiwhatchamacallit mishap? I didn't think putting it round your wing-wang was necessary.

    Necessary? Is it necessary to drink my own urine? No! But it's sterile, and I like the taste.

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited June 2009
    necroSYS wrote: »
    I guess he didn't get his kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.

    :^:

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    He wasn't the best actor in the world, but his monologue at the end of Kill Bill Part 2 is still one of my favorite scenes from a movie, and incredibly memorable.

    I read a few weird stories about him and public appearances. Anecdotal stuff, nothing I could cite. But really... autoerotic asphyxiation in Thailand? I guess some people like to choke while they're choking, but in Thailand... I dunno, there must have been someone willing to help him with that.

    Whatever, it sucks when someone dies. I can only hope he want out doing what he loved. It seems that he probably did.

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I find it odd about myself, personally, that I went right to "Oh, that was a murder made to look like a suicide." I don't even like conspiracy theories in general, but, probably as a result of hearing all the Bruce Lee anecdotes people mentioned above, my natural reaction was that someone decided it was time for payback.

    Regardless... first Eddings, now Carradine. Which David dies next?

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Duchovny.

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  • DarkCrawlerDarkCrawler Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Damn. This sucks.

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  • victor_c26victor_c26 Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Well, this day started off completely shitty.

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