UPDATE: ‘Kung Fu’ star David Carradine dead at 72

bruised lo, rampant homophobia gets you a place in hell

of course he's dead. you need to remind everyone?....

alright enough with the praising, kissing up, and all that grasshopper bullshit. i have a newspaper here, and on the article its about david carradine, what do you know. it says here...

Thai police initially said they suspected Carradine's death was a suicide, but they later conceded it could have been accidental. Their description - that the actor's body was found nude, with ropes around his neck, wrist and genitals - fueled speculation that he was killed while engaging in a dangerous sex practice called autoerotic asphyxiation. =.=

so carradine fans, try to remember him for all the good that he's done, even though his death was g@y. you wanna honor someone who died like that? you people are on crack, and i don't give a F what you say.

here's a man who got the lead for the kung fu series, which was suppose to be for BRUCE! then they did a kung fu: the movie back in 1986, and Brandon Lee played Caine's son. hmm if Bruce got the part, and they did the movie, both real father and son would be in the fictional movie.

he's fucking dead

as i already wrote somewhere else, Carradine may probably be only second to Bruce Lee in terms of popularizing the Chinese martial arts in the west! RIP!

I'm leaning toward the "Assassination by a secret Kung Fu Sect" theory as the most plausible explanation for Carradine's death

they say it probably happened through a lovegame,because they found the rope both in his neck and his "lower organs"...well noone will ever know,what really happened,and all we have to say is our condolences...

never heard of fullstops?

david carradine R.I.P doesnt matter what most folks say that you inspired them and you make martial art to big stream and coz of you we got studios ewerywhere but donT forget AGAIN A MAN WHO HAS INSPIRED DOZENS DIFFENT THINGS IN FREE RUNNING TO BODY BUILDING AND PROTEIN SHAKES AND ELECKTRIK MUSCLE BUILDER EWEN DANA WHITE HIM SELF SAYS THAT BRUCE LEE IS FATHER OF MIX MARTIALARTS AND NEARLY40 YEARS AGO HE USED THE GEAR AND FIGHTING APPLICATIONS WICH IS EASY TO SEE UFC ONLY FEW DECADES LATER GREAT MAN WHO TRULLY CHANGED THE WHOLE WORLD NOT JUST CINEMA BUT WORLD AND HIS PHILOSOPHY IS SO UNIGUE AND SIMPLLE DONT FOLLOW ANY OTHERS PEOPLES FILOSOFY FIND YOUR OWN AND THE IDEA OF JKD IS :THE TRUTH IN THIS ART IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BRUCE STATUES IN PRESENT DAYS EWEN STANDS FOR PEACE IN EX WAR ZONE SERBIA\BOSNIA HE ALWAYS TAUGHT US TO BE OURSELF WHITOUT BUTTING ON A SHOW AND EXPRESS YOUR PERSONA ,FEELINGS,EMOTIONS ETC TROUGH MARTIAL ART AND LET YOUR BODY EXPRESS WHAT HAPPENS YOUR INSINGHT IF ITS FEAR LET IT SHOW DONT TRY TO HIDE IT BUT DONT LET IT GET YOU SHOW YOUR OPPONENT YEAH IM SCARE BUT IM GONA GIVE YOU ALL I GOT COZ EWEN A SIMPLE KICK IT DOESNT HAD TO BE DIFFICUILT THE QUESTION IS NOT WICH KICK HE MAKES BUT EWEN A SIMPLE KICK HOW HE DOES THAT KICK AND THERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS BEHIND THAT FAKT KICK WAS TROWN THEN WITH THAT ATTITUDE WIN OR LOSE NO MATTER YOU GROW AS HUMAN BEEN AND FIGHTER MY POINT IS NO ONE CANT ARGUE THAT BRUCE HAS INFLUENSED EWERYTHING BUT THIS CARRADINE WAS SELECTED IN SERIES WICH BRUCE AND PRODUCERS HAD PLANNED CALL KUNGFU BY THEN BUT SUDDENLY A WHITE MAN PLAYS A PART OF CHINAMAN AND EWER A LESS HE GET LUCKY ROLE FROM THEN UNKNOW BRUCE LEE AND GOT FAMOUS AND WAS TILL THIS DAY AND I CANT BELIVE HE HAS FANS NO QUESTION IF THERE WAS BEEN A ORIGINAL PLANNED ACTOR TO PLAY IN ROLE OF KUNGFU DO YOU THINK HE WOULD EWER COME THIS KIND OF CONCLUSION TO TAKE ONES LIFE BRUCE WAS HERE 32YEARS LOOK WHAT HE ACHIEWED CARRADINE NEARLY80YEARS BUT ONLY THING IS GRASSHOPPER AND HE EWEN NEWER ADMIT HES GOT ROLE COZ BRUCE WAS ORIENTAL THIS GUY IS ENTERTAINER NOT AS NEAR THE STATUS WHERE BRUCE STANDS SO WHY IS ALL THIS TALK BRUCE COZ CARRADINE IS FAMOUS ONLY FROM KUNGFU AND YES DONT FORGET GRASSHOPPER WAS AMERICAN AND GOT ROLE AND BRUCE FIRED IN THE END BRUCE GET FEW YEARS TO CONCUER THE WORLD BUT CARRADINE SINSE DAY OF SELF HANG REMAINS GRASSHOPPER ALL COZ BRUCE PITY HIM AND LET HIM PLAY CRASSHOPPER

Hard to deny that David Carradine was an innovator. I don't think the Kung Fu series would have ever achieved such incredible accolades if it weren't for him. David brought something really special to that role, and so many others. David had many personal demons, and perhaps was a tad jaded. But he had many amazing talents, and was a great actor who brought real depth and dimension to the roles he portrayed. The Kung Fu genre would not be the same today if it weren't for the Kung Fu series and that series would have died after the first season if it weren't for him. He will truly be missed.

fuck me he stll dead?!

SHOCKING, LONG LIVE GRASSHOPPER!!!!!

my parents was in shock when we heard the news, i too was in shock. me and my parents loved his Kung Fu series.

Now the AP reports Thai Police says his death is accidental

If I were to make a movie, I would definitely put David in it. His screen presence and charisma are unlike any of the actors of today. He will be missed, and remembered. Now you are immortal grasshopper...

what're you talking about bob hedrest? Spouting such crap, nobody would miss you. RIP David.

I think he was deprest. He fight himsef to much in the head den he caratee chop himsef in the head too. He hang himsef up so the world can see he so dam sad. It not the 70ies any mo so he sad an he mad to! He make garate film and fight with bamboo that dont crack,..woow I never seen that befor!
You know what? This worlds going to shit right before your eyes....especially the USA! Do you see a bright shiny future right now?
He's was old, maybe he had cancer, who knows. Maybe he was fed up with the bullshit of Hollywood types and tired of being typecast. Wouldn't you? Do you think he had more in him as an actor than just a Kung Fu guy? I'm sure he did.
Problem with the world is that everyone labels things, makes their "piss marks" on what they think they know "all about".
I watched Kung Fu as a child and I loved it. The only TV show in it's time that had SPIRIT and philosophy. Sad, it could have done more of that, gone deeper, and branched off to some sort of intelligence on TV. No such thing anymore.
The problem with seeing BALANCE in life or any type of harmony is that when you are in a down time you can see the contrast of it...the disharmony, fakeness, disfunctional cheepness of all the flakey selfish people in this world.
I bet he just gave up on all the B.S...Not a good way to do it though.
I love him for what he did and tried to convey on television.

death is inevitable. That is the reality. Too bad he sped up the process. oh well life is a bitch then you marry one. good bye David!!

I was having the same thoughts John (striking similarity to Michael Hutchence, INXS' death), hopefully not
In any case, R.I.P. Grasshopper, thanks for having given us so much enjoyment in life

I have also heard on CNN that it may NOT have been suicide. I hope the crime professionals of Thailand have the expertise to uncover what really happened to this great contributor to America's martial arts entertainment community. I am sorry for his family's loss.

Truly sad and shocking news,for the news surrounding his death is even more shocking. :( :(

Wasen,t he was suppose to be apart of "Walk The Earth"the Kung Fu re-imagined film.I read this some where he was doing a small cameo.Last thing I saw David in was a DTV film with Chaing Pei-pei.

Anyway they are saying on the news here that no one believes he did it to himself.Using a cord is a painful way to kill yourself.I guess that is what makes the story un-believeable.

rest in pieces.

i very much loved him because he was man of 70s and also by reason he had charisma...i will not talk that he have not had right to kill himself or something like that, but this way has been terrible for such person like him.

From what I read it may be something even worst and very embarassing that he did to himself. I just hope they leave him with the dignity he deserves in his passing. A classy, cool, talented man who regardless of career ups and downs had an film and tv career that will always be remembered. All the best to his family, I can't imagine how they must feel. Rest in Peace David, and thank you for entertaining us for so many wonderful years.

I'm at a loss for words.