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    David Carradine: Fighting and Philosophizing

    David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide

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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine: Fighting and Philosophizing
    Suicide by hanging in a Bangkok hotel room. That's got to be one of the most pitiable and romantic ways to die.
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    Image of maevemealone maevemealone
    06/04/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: Read between the lines and it seems it's more likely auto erotic asphyxiation...
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    god bless him. i'm just going to assume he went out having a hell of a time. for my inside smiles.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine: Fighting and Philosophizing
    This news made me very sad. It's also going to make watching Kill Bill vol 2 much more difficult.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine: Fighting and Philosophizing
    I dunno.


    In my mind, he'll always be that dude who wasn't Bruce Lee who was supposed to be the star of Kung Fu. Of course, David had nothing to do with that decision, but still. It broke Bruce's heart and it breaks mine.

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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine: Fighting and Philosophizing
    In "Kung Fu" reruns, he always seemed cool, but in a very campy way. I don't think it was until much later than any of us discovered he was actually cool.


    But if you have a chance, I recommend that anyone watch Bound for Glory, the 1976 film in which he played Woody Guthrie. He's unexpectedly amazing in that role.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/04/09

    @TedSez: Love him in that. A little-known movie Americana is kind of useless but he's great in it, so subtle.
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    06/04/09

    @BookishLookish: Boxcar Bertha the Scorsese with Carradine (talk about great little-known filns) and of course his campy greatness in Wild West Tech.



    + Watch video
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    06/04/09

    @TedSez: I'll be adding a lot of films to my netflix queue today. Thanks for the addition.
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    Image of TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    What a bummer of a week.


    YESTERDAY:


    KoKo Taylor, QUEEN OF THE BLUES, died.


    Not as popular as David Carradine, but had an amazing career.


    TUESDAY:


    Exene Cervenka, (lead singer of X) announces she has multiple sclerosis.

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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    06/04/09

    @TillieHarper: We the Blacks...Niggmata (I Have Holes in My ...: Well, Koko lived a long life. And Exene sounds like she's ready to fight it. And Carradine lived to 72. All sad, but not tragic. Life ends, life goes on.
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Isn't every older white man who dies in Thailand found with a rope around his neck & genitals?
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    Image of Thatcornellguy Thatcornellguy
    06/04/09

    @El_Gato: I know what you're trying to get at, but please, have some goddamn respect.
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    He drank one too many Grasshoppers.
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    Image of katastic katastic
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Oh, no! I met him once. He was a very nice guy.
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    06/04/09

    @katastic: They took your star?


    This is an outrage. I want heads rolling!

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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Goodbye, Grasshopper.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Sad news indeed. He'll be remmebered forever for his Kung Fu series. His brother is the lead nerd in Revenge of The Nerds FYI.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    He has so many projects in postproduction right now, he had been working all the time evidently.

    Mr. BL interviewed him one or two times, he was a gentleman and could talk about any topic under the sun. A fascinating actor. I think the first movie I saw him in was Death Race 2000. This is a terrible loss.


    RIP.

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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Christopher Walken better live forever.
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    06/04/09

    @rudi_freude: You ain't kidding.

    Can he walk just around as "The Horseman". Classic look for him.
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    Image of Cafezinha Cafezinha
    06/04/09

    @rudi_freude: In high school, I had a friend who would often ponder aloud whether or not X celebrity or historical figure was actually still alive, and without fail, within a week or two, said person would die and be in the news.


    I sincerely hope you are not secretly her, because if you are, Mr. Walken better get his affairs in order tout de suite.

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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    06/04/09

    @Cafezinha: Celebs die in three's. My "dead-pool" friend has predicted her next two already.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    06/04/09

    @rudi_freude: I'm thinking on Walken's deathbed he'll finally tell whether or not he killed Natalie Wood.
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    Image of bangers bangers
    06/04/09

    @Cafezinha: cafezinha, are you my best friend from high school? that used to happen to me all the time in hs and i thought i had terrible powers
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Oh, crud. That sounds just awful and yet strangely not surprising. I dunno. He always seemed like some sort of inner tortured soul. Maybe it was the roles he took. Or maybe it resulted in the roles he took, either way, farewell thee Caine.
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    Image of Artie Fufkin Artie Fufkin
    06/04/09

    In reply to David Carradine Dead In Bangkok; Early Report Suggests Suicide
    Wait, he was not Asian?
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    06/04/09

    @Artie Fufkin: Nope. Not for about 73 years.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/04/09

    @Artie Fufkin: As Asian as his father, John Carradine.


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